For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 14th
Contact: Jason Weingartner, President - (917) 951-2306
E-mail: nyyr@hotmail.comNY City Council Trip to Zimbabwe a Travesty
New York, NY The New York Young Republicans are appalled by the New York City Council trip to the African nation of Zimbabwe from August 24th to August 31st. Jason Weingartner, President of the Young Republicans, explained that, "When a dozen City Council members, led by Councilman Charles Barron, travel to Zimbabwe as guests of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, they will be traveling as the guests of a violent tyrant. Mugabe and his government have a policy of violence and have no regard for the rule of law and the protection of personal property."
In fact, Mugabe has recently praised militants and "young men who slugged it out on the farms'' during his program of land seizures over the past two years. They are the new war veterans ... not impostors but genuine fighters for their land,'' he said
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