Posted on 10/11/2018 1:44:21 PM PDT by jazusamo
Full title: Sen. Hirono Condemns McConnell Calling Leftist Protestors a 'Mob', Says It 'Dangerously Underestimates' Them
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Thursday for using the word “mob” in reference to left-wing protestors that have been targeting GOP lawmakers over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“It is the richest of ironies that the majority leader has taken to calling those opposed to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh a mob when several nights a month the president whips his supporters into a frenzy to attack his target of choice,” she said in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting.
Hirono then issued a somewhat ominous message to McConnell, warning him that he was “dangerously underestimating" what Kavanaugh's confirmation had "awakened."
“To characterize the women who identified with Dr. Ford, who demonstrated and marched here to Washington from around the country to demand the Senate not confirm a man credibly accused of sexual assault as a ‘mob’ dangerously underestimates what this confirmation process awakened,” she said.
“Women are tired of being dismissed and disbelieved and if you want to be responsive to the American people we would all be wise to listen to them with respect,” Hirono concluded.
In his floor speech on Tuesday, McConnell referred to the “unhinged tactics” of leftist protestors which included chasing GOP senators out of restaurants and in airports , screaming at them in the halls and floor of the Senate, and even banging and clawing at the doors of the Supreme Court.
“The far-left mob is not letting up,” he said Tuesday. “Earlier today former Secretary of State Clinton sent this signal as clear as today. This is Secretary Clinton. She told CNN exactly how she views millions of Americans who hold different political views from her own.”
“Here’s what she said: ‘You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for. If we’re fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the Senate, that’s when civility can start again,’” he continued, simply quoting Clinton’s remarks .
While she would like McConnell to condemn the word “mob,” Sen. Hirono has refused to condemn protestors targeting the GOP in restaurants and at their homes.
"It is one thing to protest at the Supreme Court,” CNN’s Dana Bash told Hirono, “it's another thing to run senators out of restaurants, go to their homes. Is that going too far?"
"I think that it just means that there are a lot of people who are very, very much motivated by what is going on,” Hirono replied, “because what happened with Judge Kavanaugh is from the very beginning, this was not a fair process."
"Well, this is what happens, you know, because when you look at white supremacists and all of that, this is what is coming forth in our country," she added. "There is a tremendous divisiveness in our country, but this is the kind of activism that occurs, and people make their own decisions. If they violate the law, then they have to account for that."
Sen. Hirono is not the only one who has developed sudden scruples over the use of the word "mob" to describe the extreme leftist protestors. CNN hosts Brooke Baldwin and Don Lemon have both chastised CNN panelists for using the term, claiming that it is being weaponized by the right.
Free Beacon's Andrew Kugle compiled clips of the behavior of leftist protestors with clips of the CNN hosts condemning the term mob:
SUPERcut of reporters telling people to not use the "mob" word cut with video of the mob.
>>>“I think that it just means that there are a lot of people who are very, very much motivated by what is going on,” Hirono replied,...<<<
The Klan was motivated too.
The Woman is dumber than a Box of Pineapples.
Mazie is evil crazy.
Spawn of Tojo. Her sneak attack on Justice Kavanaugh was a low blow.
Mazie sure is crazy. And so are the leftist MOBS that she and her ilk are urging on!
Like the term “Fake News”, the term “angry mobs” needs to be pushed regardless of the Orwellian left’s attempts to deny the truth.
Mob! Unruly mobs! Angry mobs! Violent mobs! The Democrats encourage mob behavior. There I said. And I will say it again. Mob rule is what the left has wrought!
HOORAY Mitch!
The difference between peaceful political protesters and a mob is the clear threat of violence. Mazie, you can’t deny that there is more than a little bit of threatening going on.
Trump’s “Democrats are the Party of Crime” is starting to stick.
The Dems are in big trouble. They are merely reacting to Trump who is controlling the narrative.
Even today, the great meeting with Jim Brown and Kanye, the media have to cover this story but they would much rather not!
You seem to be closing in on it...
She’s right - should have called them a spitting, hissing, malicious, whoring horde....they take money to demean themselves....
Team —
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It’s been a busy month in Washington. Between the Kavanaugh hearings, fighting Trump’s ideological takeover of the judicial system, and many other important fights in Congress, I haven’t had nearly enough time to focus on fundraising for my re-election.
We can’t take anything for granted in our re-election, especially since Republicans are launching a relentless series of nasty attacks against me, hoping they can find a weakness.
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Mahalo,
—Mazie
This Crazy Mazie is a real piece of work.
very disgustingly MY SENATOR .....and up for reelection . Yet , due to a completely feckless and disjointed Hawaii Republican Party , her opposing candidate gets almost zero support or mention .
Yep - someone here said she has advanced cancer...it might be shaping some of her thoughts and how she displays them.
John thanks you!
TRS
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