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Dem AG: Letting America Burn Is the Path to Growth
freebeacon ^ | JUNE 3, 2020 | Josh Christenson

Posted on 06/04/2020 10:20:29 AM PDT by MarvinStinson

Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey (D.) on Tuesday refused to denounce the violent riots occurring nationwide, likening them to the purifying effects of a forest fire.

"Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow," Healey said in a speech delivered to the Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Healey, who is also the co-chair of the Democratic Attorneys General Association, repeated her remarks in a tweet later the same day, adding that Americans need to "seize the opportunity" to rid the country of "institutionalized racism," which she blamed for the violence.

Maura Healey

Today in my address to the bostonchamber, I spoke about how we must seize the opportunity we have right now to build anew in ways that rid us of the institutionalized racism that’s led to America burning today.

Republican Attorneys General Association chairman Jeff Landry called on Healey to renounce her statement shortly after, criticizing her for "inflammatory rhetoric."

"Maura Healey’s inflammatory rhetoric is part of the problem, not a solution," Landry said. "An AG is elected to uphold the rule of law and protect life and property, not to violate their oath and incite additional violence by inflaming emotions and condoning lawlessness. AG Healey has an obligation to quell fear, not incite further damage and destruction."

Landry affirmed that all who seek to harm or kill "must be held accountable" during this time.

"The wrongful death of any innocent life is a tragedy. That includes George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, and now the numerous law enforcement officers and business owners who have been killed or assaulted as a result of these riots and domestic terrorism. Criminal elements have infiltrated peaceful protests, and those individuals breaking the law must be held accountable," he said.

Healey's remarks come after a week of protests in cities nationwide sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed as a white police officer pinned him to the ground and refused to let him get back up.

The protests have taken a violent turn by night in many of America's cities. Businesses have been ransacked, cars and homes have been set ablaze, and cultural sites have been defaced.

In Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed and the protests began last week, fires consumed cars, businesses, and homes last weekend, and the city's 3rd Precinct headquarters was set ablaze by protesters.

On Sunday night in Washington, D.C., some protesters set the historic St. John's Church on fire, which stands a block from the White House. The fires were doused before any damage was done to the main sanctuary, but the church's nursery was destroyed.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: ag; again; againandagain; alreadyposted; anarchotyranny; civilunrest; healey; massachusetts; maurahealey; riots
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To: escapefromboston

about to say the same. The only racism I have seen for the msot part and the worst racism is from the black community and their crimes on whites.
Also I lived in a all black neighborhood when I first got started and all I got was f off what you doing here, this ain’t your hood etc. This was Mattapan in Boston.


81 posted on 06/04/2020 2:18:51 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Does she understand it is their Marxist cities burning down whilst their cowwardly thugs are passing on the virus to each other.

We are doing just fine here so go and destroy your commie states and cities up


82 posted on 06/04/2020 2:21:27 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: MarvinStinson

This is how these people really think....

Obama’s Friend Ayers: Kill 25 Million Americans
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/2455-obamas-friend-ayers-kill-25-million-americans


83 posted on 06/04/2020 2:27:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MarvinStinson

It’s not an irrational position given their operating assumption about America.


84 posted on 06/04/2020 3:14:59 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: MarvinStinson

85 posted on 06/04/2020 3:42:48 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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Yet another free GOP election ad.


86 posted on 06/04/2020 5:28:44 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: MarvinStinson

The left have boxed themselves into a corner. They have to publicly endorse arson and looting or they will annoy an important constituent group.


87 posted on 06/04/2020 5:38:57 PM PDT by Lazamataz (China is the single source of evil in the entire world.)
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To: Lazamataz

Whether willingly or unwillingly, liberals have become terrorist sympathizers.

It’s as simple, and horrible, as that.


88 posted on 06/04/2020 6:16:07 PM PDT by FreedomVsControl
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To: MarvinStinson
"Yes, America is burning, but that's how forests grow," Healey said

OK, Karen!

89 posted on 06/04/2020 6:37:37 PM PDT by Flick Lives (My work's illegal, but at least it's honest. - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds)
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To: MarvinStinson

I want to see a forest growing on the ashes of Maura Healey’s house.


90 posted on 06/04/2020 7:13:40 PM PDT by TigersEye (Covid is over. Rioting in giant crowds is in.)
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To: Truth29

Yes. And it’s time we responded accordingly.


91 posted on 06/04/2020 7:19:55 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: MarvinStinson

“”Yes, America is burning, but that’s how forests grow,” Healey said”

No that’s not how forests grow. A forest needs things like sunlight, water and CO2. If external forces block those things the forest won’t grow.

These thugs and the dems are blocking the things needed for America to thrive and grow.


92 posted on 06/04/2020 9:07:46 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: MarvinStinson

Dear Maura, Tar is pretty healing too. IMO.


93 posted on 06/04/2020 9:10:13 PM PDT by Kudsman (Im trying to love the tolerant left. They make it very hard to do.)
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To: econjack

The only thing worse than a communist female lib is a communist female lib from MA.


94 posted on 06/04/2020 9:19:28 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: MarvinStinson

?


95 posted on 06/04/2020 10:07:32 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Q sent me)
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To: escapefromboston

Yes and blacks are more likely than whites to be involved in violent crime. They represent almost half of violent crime though representing only 13% of the population. The whole narrative is top to bottom fiction. White officers are no more likely to kill in the line of duty than minority ones. The vast majority of killings occur in areas of high incidence of violent crime. The highest incidence of killing of black men occur in cities ran almost exclusively by Democrats with diverse representation on city councils.


96 posted on 06/05/2020 12:06:56 AM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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To: MarvinStinson
Minorities hardest hit, thanks to Dems like this idiot AG...


97 posted on 06/05/2020 7:38:53 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: dainbramaged

She probably lives in a gated community with security guards at the entrance.


98 posted on 06/05/2020 7:42:37 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: manc; escapefromboston
NYC Health Committee Head: ‘Blame Racism’ if George Floyd Protests Cause Coronavirus Spike

I wonder if they all use copies of the same talking points....

99 posted on 06/05/2020 10:43:31 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

[[[Ultimate Karen haircut and expression right there, I tell ya whut.]]]

She also got her stupid pill prescription filled.


100 posted on 06/05/2020 3:55:45 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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