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Grijalva: Churches Are ‘Open Door’, Protesters Have ‘Right’ to Go In
Breitbart ^ | January 19, 2026 | Ian Hanchett

Posted on 01/20/2026 12:16:26 PM PST by Morgana

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) said that when people find out “someone that’s supposed to be speaking for the community in church” is “a federal agent that is running ICE in their communities, they have the right to go in there.” “Churches have always been an open door,” and the people who barged into a church in St. Paul over the weekend weren’t violent.

Host Jim Sciutto asked, “Do you believe it was a step too far for protesters to go into a church?”

Grijalva answered, “I don’t. I don’t. I think that when they find out that someone that’s supposed to be speaking for the community in church is found out to be an ICE

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TOPICS: Local News; Religion
KEYWORDS: 6263wcopperleafdr; adelitagrijalva; church; churches; daz; democrat; democratterrorism; grijalvahomeisopen; hauntherfootsteps; nopeaceforher; protestatherhome; tryitatamosque
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To: Sarah Barracuda

In the mind of the left, Churches try to make people feel guilty... and often unworthy.

In contrast, Universities and government exist for opposite reasons that are plaudible.


21 posted on 01/20/2026 12:29:22 PM PST by spintreebob
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To: ClearCase_guy

They passed that law to squelch Pro-Life rescuers. The Communists and radicals would love to start storming the churches and one wonders what they’re thinking now.


22 posted on 01/20/2026 12:29:26 PM PST by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: Morgana

Wrong. You flunk the test.


23 posted on 01/20/2026 12:30:46 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Yet another indication that we are in the next Great Awakening. Satan is doing major pushback just like he did in the prior Great Awakenings.


24 posted on 01/20/2026 12:32:59 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Morgana

as we forgive those who trespass against us.


25 posted on 01/20/2026 12:33:27 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Morgana

There is no right to protest.

There is a right to peaceably assemble.


26 posted on 01/20/2026 12:34:52 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Morgana

Then I should have the right to stand up in a crowded movie theater and yell “FIRE” shouldn’t I?


27 posted on 01/20/2026 12:36:47 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Morgana

Ok fine, but if we pepper spray you dumb ass don’t be surprised.


28 posted on 01/20/2026 12:36:58 PM PST by Dave911
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
They have the right to go in.

Not even that. A church is private property. Churches can determine who enters and who stays.

29 posted on 01/20/2026 12:38:19 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Gay State Conservative

That’s what the response should be. Just do it once and don’t keep it out of the news when they protest.


30 posted on 01/20/2026 12:38:58 PM PST by GMThrust
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To: Morgana

So, then Jan 6 was ok then?


31 posted on 01/20/2026 12:41:16 PM PST by TiGuy22
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To: shelterguy

Well maybe some people need to move up the food chain then and take those guys out...


32 posted on 01/20/2026 12:41:37 PM PST by dpetty121263
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To: Morgana

Even in Tucson there are a lot of really good people. Grijalva ain’t one of ‘em.


33 posted on 01/20/2026 12:44:25 PM PST by Tucsonican
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To: AnglePark

I was thinking of libraries, after spending much of my like working in them.

Similar protest group VANDALIZED the library and intimidated and surround Jewish students trying to study for final exams.
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Anti-Israel protestors took over part of Columbia University’s Butler Library in May 2025, disrupting final exams with a “liberation zone,” leading to clashes, injuries to campus security, and over 80 arrests by the NYPD, with protesters chanting slogans, distributing pro-Palestinian materials, and vandalizing the space before the university initiated suspensions and expulsions for those involved.
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NBC News.

At least 80 pro-Palestinian protesters detained at the Columbia University Butler Library after taking over library room.

New York police made multiple arrests after protesters refused to identify themselves and leave Butler Library.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-palestinian-protests-resurface-columbia-days-israel-announces-plan-ta-rcna205486


34 posted on 01/20/2026 12:48:19 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“”COOL so does that mean that protestors have the right to go into the capitol, after all that is OUR capitol right..oh wait that’s DIFFERENT Trump supporters are NOT welcome we go to jail, but commies can storm churches..its always (D)ifferent””

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Yes. D for Different, Double Standards and a few other choice adjectives I could (and do) use to describe Democrats.


35 posted on 01/20/2026 12:48:30 PM PST by Danie_2023
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To: Morgana

I have the right to react when I believe I am threatened with bodily harm.


36 posted on 01/20/2026 12:48:50 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Morgana

And people have a right to defend themselves.


37 posted on 01/20/2026 12:49:25 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: TiGuy22

Well said.

The hearings leaders should come over and kiss my foot now.


38 posted on 01/20/2026 12:50:04 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Morgana

The church doesn’t speak for the community. It speaks TO the community. She doesn’t understand Christ.


39 posted on 01/20/2026 12:52:35 PM PST by alternatives?
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To: ConservativeMind

Yup.


40 posted on 01/20/2026 12:52:54 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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