Posted on 07/21/2016 11:21:45 AM PDT by MichCapCon
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters from Bloomfield Township is one of 19 Democrats who were scheduled to give televised speeches from the Senate chamber on Monday and Tuesday criticizing some nonprofit think tanks for their work on global warming. The gambit is part of a larger campaign that is raising concerns of governmental retribution for free speech.
Emily Enderle, chief environmental policy adviser for U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, sent an email July 10 revealing a coordinated plan. The plan targets 33 free-market think tanks and organizations, including the Cato Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Americans for Prosperity, and The Heritage Foundation, among others.
The proposed resolution circulated among the Democrats hints at congressional investigations into the organizations.
“Sen. Whitehouse is, once again, abusing the power of his office to lead a coordinated attack on free speech,” said Jim Lakely, the director of communications for The Heartland Institute, in an email. “By singling out Heartland and other groups, Whitehouse and his allies are trying to intimidate us and our supporters into silence, but he will fail. Every American has the right to support the causes they believe in, even if a cabal of senators disagrees. The words uttered by Sen. Whitehouse and other participating in this stunt are as un-American as they are unscientific.”
Peters was scheduled to give his speech condemning the Cato Institute at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
“With all of Michigan’s problems, it’s surprising to see Senator Peters spending his time trying to shut down voices who question government studies,” said Dan Kish, the senior vice president of policy for the Institute for Energy Research, in an email. “It strikes me as a dangerous totalitarian impulse to use a high office to stifle differing voices and declare that there is an Official Government View that must be obeyed. It’s a good thing we have a Constitution which protects free speech, or he might succeed in stifling differing opinions.”
Neither Enderle nor Allison Green, a spokeswoman for Peters, returned emails seeking comment.
The orchestrated speeches are part of a trend of progressive government officials threatening government action against speech expressing opposing viewpoints.
Earlier this year, a group of attorneys general from 17 states formed “AGs United For Clean Power.” The attorneys general have stated they will pursue climate change policies via litigation against free-market think tanks.
The RAT goons in Congress think we’re living in a dictatorship?
Have they hired Lois Lerner?
No discussion permitted. Just do what we say.
This shows us exactly who the Democrats are, who they think they are, and how they intend to RULE over we the people.
The only good Democrat IMO doesn’t exhale.
I hope they go all in and push more voters over the edge.
Obviously the issue is never the issue.
The RAT goons in Congress think we’re living in a dictatorship?
They certainly do. POS Obama set the groundwork. Hitlery would firm up the deal.
The Today show voice over said that Trump “left” him on the stage alone, as if Trump abandoned Pence, rejected Pence, or had some horrible motive.
They said the same thing when Trump introduced Pence Saturday. If Trump had remained, they would have accused Trump of hogging the limelight.
These people are huddling at this moment and trying to come up with ways to twist whatever Trump says or does to distract everyone from what Trump actually says and does.
13 posted on July 21, 2016 at 9:44:04 AM CDT by odawg
I hear Jamie Gorelick is hot on the case.
New info video on climate data falsification by govt. agencies:
http://iceagenow.info/exposing-global-warming-fraud/
You mean, of course, that they suck?!?
Or were you referring to them being "autonomic-ally challenged"?
Speaking of silencing debate about politically correct global warming, please consider the following.
Even if alleged global warming had been conclusively proven with the consistent results of scientific-method based experiments, it remains that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate environmental issues.
So the corrupt, post-17th Amendment ratification Congress actually has no constitutional authority to officially regulate, tax and spend in the name of politically correct, vote-winning global warming issues.
If the Senate really wants to officially discuss politically correct global warming, it needs to first lead Congress to successfully petition the states for a global warming amendment to the Constitution which ill give the feds the specific power to address environmental issues.
As Rush would say, “ assumed room temperature’.
Aren’t we?
If Whitehouse and his ilk choose to violate their oath of fealty to the Constitution, we should make them immediately aware that such violation is a federal crime.
HF
She should find someone named Eichmann to run as VP with her. Fits, IMO.
Very fitting. She would rival Hitler.
If that evil witch becomes president, she would unleash the demons of Hell upon her enemies. She’d have her personal Gestapo.
Just like many of their voters. Especially in Chicago.
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