Posted on 01/20/2022 4:31:48 AM PST by MtnClimber
I recently wrote to my United States senator, a Republican NeverTrump, respectfully asking why the January 6 detainees are still in jail, with many still in solitary and not arraigned for what was essentially trespassing on public property (forgetting for the moment the role of FBI instigators). (Incidentally, we should all be writing.) His reply saddened me profoundly. I received back a two-page harangue of how horrible January 6 was and how it imperiled our democracy. Buried within that harangue were unexpected admissions about the unconstitutional conditions in which far more prisoners are held than most people realize. Surprisingly enough, these admissions gave me hope.
For anyone who lived through Election Night 2020, and watched Trump winning comfortably at 11:00 P.M. EST, only to lose that massive lead by the following morning, skepticism about the election will always remain intense. (And it seems more people are getting skeptical by the day.) That skepticism is hardened by stories of municipalities that actually stopped counting during the night and reopened with large Biden pluralities.
This sense of wrongdoing doesn't justify trespassing and certainly doesn't justify vandalism. But what happened on January 6 still pales in comparison to the carnage that BLM and Antifa wreaked on many American cities and towns the previous summer — and without cost to its perpetrators in most cases. So a white-hot rage remains in many Americans.
But back to my senator's curious reply. After a lengthy harangue about Jan. 6, the depraved perpetrators, and the evil Donald Trump, he provided two very odd statements. First, he informed me that 570 people are still held in D.C.'s jails.
Five hundred seventy! I had no idea that so many were incarcerated for so long, without trial.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I wonder how many ANTIFA and BLM arsonists are in jail with no bail. And they are true criinals.
James MUllin is too much of a pussy to even name names? Worthless.
I wonder if a year of fascio/marxist/demented control has taught these RINOs that there are far worse things than an outsider winning on their party’s ticket and trying to fix the country.
No need to wonder. They haven’t learned.
Let alone in the 23-hour lockdowns that is the apparent 'normal' for the 01/06 prisoners. I still find it telling that the videos are sequestered by (?). I DO FAULT DJT as this was an unforced error and a wide-open invite for retaliation against the entirety of the opposition to the LEFT!
DC is the HOME of the SWAMP and lessons should have been learned from previous court cases that the LEFT has near-total control over that court system there. To expect a good outcome from just legitimate protestors was near stupid in FORESIGHT! The opportunity for false-flag activity was equally visible and that is what HAPPENED!
DC is in need of a slim Pickens moment.
570 people? Solitary confinement? I had to double check the date of this piece to confirm it was current. The author must have been living in denial for the past year, as this is hardly new info. AT is usually better than this.
Who’s the Senator? His office should hear from the public.
I have no comment.
So do none of the prisoners have lawyers to fight this injustice?
I am having a hard time understanding how this can continue for over a year. No writs of habeas corpus? No nothing?
They're going to find the staffer, regardless. This just makes the Brandonton commissar in that POS senator's office have to work harder.
My truly scary surmise is that these two reveals — following after the harangue — were no accident. The harangue, seemingly, was what was to be expected from a Democrat senator, so some staffer dutifully complied. But the two reveals were perhaps an admission — stealth or subconscious — that things aren't all fine and dandy in our nation's capital. They were an admission from a D.C. insider!
This reply was perhaps a dutiful staffer serving notice that, in addition to the harangue he was supposed to churn out, there are two more items that the establishment would rather the office not ratify. The whole thing suggests that our country is pretty far gone but that there are glimmers of resistance in surprising places.
Do you mean riding the nuke...or almost losing a FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR handcart?
“James MUllin is too much of a pussy to even name names? Worthless.”
totally worthless pussy, indeed ...
I emailed and wrote my congresswoman, phoned the office and left a voice mail, spoke with an intern. My question was would my congress lady please investigate who Ray Epps is. No response.
My Congressional representative does not represent me on this issue.
when people are prevented from peaceably assembling to bring their grievances to their government, they may get a little violent... but it is not an insurrection by any means.
Worshipping any govt is very dangerous.It’s not what the country should be, but they turned it into that many years ago. Lawlessness is ok for the govt, but no matter what we should continue to worship the govt.
While what BLM & ANTIFA did was atrocious. And those involved should be held accountable. Some have or are the process of it. Many haven’t. But Jan 6th was a coup attempt. Much more serious than the Spring and summer of 2020. But if even not a coup, other than burning the buildings, Jan 6th was the same as Spring and Summer of 2020. Aggrieved people destroying property.
Swallowing the compass for sure ;-)
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