Posted on 11/08/2018 7:38:41 PM PST by Texas Fossil
When a mob of left-wing Antifa activists descended Wednesday night on Fox News personality Tucker Carlson’s D.C. home, it signaled a new phase in the political violence and angry confrontations that now are targeting the news media.
Political violence has been rising in the U.S. since 2012, according to the Global Terrorism Database. Increasingly aggressive activists have pushed political confrontation to the limit since 2016, accosting Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials in restaurants and in the halls of Congress. And now they’re going after conservative journalists at their homes.
“Tucker Carlson, we will fight. We know where you sleep at night!” the activists allied with Antifa chanted outside Mr. Carlson’s home.
Antifa is short of anti-fascist, though the group has anarchist leanings and targets anyone perceived as not in step with a far-left agenda.
“Here’s the problem. I have four children,” Mr. Carlson, whose wife was home alone during the disturbance, told Fox News. “I never thought twice about leaving them home alone, but this is the reaction because this group doesn’t like my TV show.”
On Capitol Hill, the overheated political debate has lawmakers increasingly working under a threat of violence.
Capitol police say they saw a surge in protective details assigned to lawmakers earlier in the fall, when senators were facing hallway protests during the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
Security details were assigned to at least two Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee, Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Flake of Arizona.
Security details typically are assigned only to members of leadership.
Senators have mostly been away from Washington since the Kavanaugh confirmation, and it’s not clear whether enhanced security will still be the norm.
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There are no longer any rules and no restraint.
When do we bust their bubble?
Rule of Law? Must be restored.
It is not a question of can we, WE MUST right the ship of state and reinstate the Rule of Law.
If we don't, we are through as a nation.
Please, God Bless these "United States" of America again.
They believe at least 25 million Americans will have to be killed for “The Revolution”.
Ping.
Yes, Bill Ayers said that. Long long ago.
What do you think their losses will be?
Any excuse for that group.
They need to be smacked down hard and fast.
FBI? Secret Service? Homeland Security?
Yes, Bill Ayers said that. Long long ago.
What do you think their losses will be?
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About 75 - 85%
Yes, Bill Ayers said that. Long long ago.
What do you think their losses will be?
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About 75 - 85%
Break my door down at night you will be found there in the morning.
Where the hell is the FBI? Christopher Wray is useless, he should have people infiltrate these groups and round them up. What is he doing?
This needs to stop, but I can’t see how it will without bloodshed. And then they will be martyrs.
Short of some drastic change in the law, I can’t see how this stuff can be prevented.
When are the Feds going to start locking these Nazi ‘RATS up?
Democrats won the House and are trying to steal the Senate, they will stop at NOTHING til all of their “Enemies” are dead
They need to arrest these guys and interrogate them to find out who organized this and funded it.
“Hey! I know! Let’s fight fascism by dressing up in uniforms, having huge rallies, smashing people’s houses, painting symbols on their doors .... why, we can even have a night where we bust our enemies windows! .... we could call it....Crystal Night!” — AntiFa
It genuinely feels like I am in 1939 Germany, and my last name is Goldstein.
Washington,DC HAS a law against the wearing of masks————they could have been arrested by the local cops at Tucker’s,and as far as I know,NONE were arrested.
I am soooooo sick of this s*** !!!!!!!!
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These people need to be locked up - 5 years hard labor would be about right.
There is a difference. We are both armed.
And for me, my neighbors are too.
There are places that the Antifa pukes had best stay out of. I know a number of them. They won’t like the reception if they try their nonsense there.
Ask them about that, and they answer: we are different, we are doing it against the correct people, those who are enemies of the people!
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