That has probably got to be my favorite of all.
As a charged felon, Donnelly couldn’t own a gun, so he bought one illegally, tried to take it on a plane, and then lied about it.
In February 2012, Donnelly was arrested at the Ontario Airport for attempting to carry a loaded .45-caliber Colt Mark IV pistol on to an airplane. Not only was this illegal, but he didn’t even have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. In fact, the gun was not even his own. Donnelly plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges and then used his political position to get a sweetheart deal of three years of probation and a ban on using, possessing, or owning any firearms.
Donnelly then violated the terms of his probation. Once again, his political connections prevented him from going to prison.
In 2016, Donnelly’s wife called 911 to report Donnelly had abandoned his family and stolen from her, and she disclosed a secret behind his often-denied felony.
On June 19, 2016, Donnelly’s wife Rowena called the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department from the Donnelly home in Twin Peaks. She reported that Donnelly had abandoned his family and stolen her guns. She informed police that he was a convicted felon who was barred from owning firearms:
Read the full report for this June 19, 2016 incident. This report includes references to the 2003 DUI arrest and other emergency calls to the Donnelly residence:
(Download the report here.)
Throughout his life, Donnelly has shown a reckless disregard for the law. Whether it was violently breaking into people’s homes as a young man or mixing guns and alcohol as an adult, Donnelly has shown that he is a danger to his family, to society, and even to himself. Do we really want a repeat criminal who steals from his own family representing us in Congress?
Tim Donnelly was named Right on Daily’s Grifter of the Decade 2010-2019 for stuff like this.
CA-08 Update: Daddy Drops The Hammer. PRESIDENT Trump Endorses Jay Obernolte
In case you needed some review:
DONNELLY CLAIMS HE’S THE “TRUMP CANDIDATE.”
REALITY: Donnelly stood with Nancy Pelosi in opposition to Trump’s signature tax reform plan.
DONNELLY CLAIMS TO BE THE “REAL” REPUBLICAN IN THE RACE.
REALITY: Donnelly, as an Assemblyman, voted with San Francisco liberals to pass legislation lightening sentences for drug dealers, including those working for Mexican cartels.
DONNELLY CLAIMS TO BE THE “REAL” GUN ADVOCATE IN THE RACE.
REALITY: Donnelly cannot legally own a gun due to his criminal past, which includes multiple convictions spanning several decades.
DONNELLY ACCUSED A SITTING PRESIDENT OF SUPPORTING TERRORISTS.
REALITY: Donnelly, as an Assemblyman, authored a bill preventing California from handing over to the US military suspected terrorists, thus creating the first ‘sanctuary’ state for terrorists in the country. Specifically, the bill prohibited “an agency in the State of California [or] a political subdivision of this state… from knowingly aiding an agency of the Armed Forces of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, or detention of a person within California pursuant the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA).”
If that sounds a lot like California’s “Sanctuary State” laws, you’re right. Donnelly’s bill was the model.
DONNELLY CLAIMS TO BE A “PATRIOT NOT POLITICIAN.
REALITY: Donnelly needs money, and being in politics pays well — hence he keeps running for office. In his own words to the senior citizen he scammed for tens of thousands of dollars, “If I do get back in office or get more steady work, I’ll get a loan, and pay you off in full immediately.”
THAT’S WHY HE’S SOUGHT FOUR POLITICAL OFFICES IN FOUR YEARS:
- California Governor in 2014, for which, Jack Pitney, professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College, wrote, “[Donnelly] has about as much chance of becoming governor as (former Gov.) Arnold Schwarzenegger has of becoming pope.” Why did he run? Money. He needs it, and he’s learned to skim money from his campaigns.
- State Senator in 2015, less than a year after his run for governor.
- Congress in 2016, where he failed to make it out of the primary.
- Congress in 2018, where he is finally being exposed as a criminal and fraud.
- Congress in 2020, where he is getting his tail kicked by the Right On Daily Blog.
Sounds like a politician.
DONNELLY CLAIMS TO BE A “FISCAL CONSERVATIVE.”
REALITY: Donnelly owes tens of thousands of dollars personally and even scammed the SB 277 (anti-vaccination) campaign.
Tim Donnelly is the biggest political fraud in California, and it’s time for his big reveal. There’s a lot more material.
Ironic that Tim Donnelly rails against illegal immigrants when he himself is a felon and then some. In fact, four years ago, he stole from his own wife.
Tim Donnelly is above all else, a criminal. In college, Donnelly’s time as a student at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor ended when he was convicted of larceny following a botched burglary. After publicly denying his felony conviction, Donnelly was caught in his lie and admitted to “breaking into somebody else’s room and stealing a stereo from them” while drunk.
Donnelly’s alcohol problems continue.
Following this conviction, Donnelly left Michigan and moved to California, but his problems with alcohol might have followed him. In 2003, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department recorded a “driving under the influence” arrest for Donnelly’s Twin Peaks residence [full address redacted, see below for full report and other details]:
Donnelly claimed publicly that he “quit drinking” following his larceny conviction. That too is a lie. On social media, Donnelly has made many references to his problematic alcohol consumption such as this one in 2017:
Throughout his life, Donnelly has shown a reckless disregard for the law. Whether it was violently breaking into people’s homes as a young man or mixing guns and alcohol as an adult, Donnelly has shown that he is a danger to his family, to society, and even to himself. Do we really want a repeat criminal who steals from his own family representing us in Congress?
Tim Donnelly was named Right on Daily’s Grifter of the Decade 2010-2019 for stuff like this. To be continued…
Endnote: CA-08 = California’s 8th Congressional District, this is the seat of retiring Republican Paul Cook.
