There were numerous powerful speeches delivered at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday evening, but Madeline Brame, the mother of a slain U.S. Army veteran, gave perhaps the most powerful with her fiery condemnation of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his soft-on-crime policies.
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Brame’s son, Sgt. Hason Correa, a 35-year-old married father of three, was brutally beaten and stabbed to death in 2018 in Harlem. It was how the cases against his killers were handled by Bragg’s office once he took over that ignited Brame’s fury.
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I’ll let her words speak for themselves:
Good evening, everyone. My son, Sgt. Hason Correa, an Afghanistan War retired veteran — he received enemy fire from the Taliban, only to be murdered with a knife on the streets of New York City.
The four assailants responsible for his death initially were facing justice. But that changed when District Attorney Alvin Bragg was elected.
(Not surprisingly, the audience erupted in boos at the mention of Bragg.)
Suddenly, two of the homicidal maniacs responsible for my son’s death had their gang assault and murder charges completely dismissed. One of them received 14 months time served — Alvin Bragg charged her with “assault with a shoe.” And another one was sentenced to seven years.
I later learned Alvin Bragg often dismisses and reduces dangerous criminals. He wants to clear the jails and return violent felons onto our streets, every day.
The injustice was devastating for me and my family. I don’t want anyone else to experience the senseless pain that many other victims across this United States of America have to live with every day. So I decided to use the voice that God gave me to be the voice for the voiceless across America.
We need justice for victims. And we need accountability for prosecutors who fail in their duty — soft-on-crime prosecutors, like Alvin Bragg in New York, Kim Foxx in Chicago, and George Gascón in Los Angeles, have turned our great country and cities into war zones.
Poor and neglected communities like mine are suffering. And who else in here is sick and tired of being sick and tired?
The Democratic Party that poor minorities have been loyal to for decades — including myself, alright? — they betrayed us, they stabbed us in the back. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who claim to represent us, have abandoned us. They neglected the poor, minority communities across America.
But mine eyes have been opened — just like so many other poor minorities across America. Donald Trump shares our values: love of God and family and country. He’s been a victim of the same corrupt system that I have been, and my family has been. He is committed to providing economic opportunities, helping those suffering from addiction with long-term, inpatient drug programs, rolling back deadly bail reform policies that are getting our children killed every single day, and supporting our police — we back the NYPD; we back the blue! Back the blue — NYPD — back the blue!
Trump was right when he said they’re after us — he’s just standing in the way. And guess what? He always will. That’s why I’m standing with him today.
Let’s make America safe again — and reelect our Donald J. Trump! Thank you, and good night.
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Brame received a standing ovation for her rousing remarks — including from Trump himself. On a night full of passionate speeches, hers was a standout.