Posted on 07/30/2020 4:32:03 AM PDT by karpov
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Joe Biden and other Democratic luminaries like to pretend all that’s happening in Portland is “peaceful protests.” That’s hardly the whole story. What’s also happening in the Rose City are violent late-night assaults on the country’s governing institutions in an attempt to undermine the rule of law. Russia and China could only hope to be as effective in damaging the U.S. and its global image as the thugs whose work we’ve seen for almost nine weeks.
Nor is this the handiwork of both far-right and left provocateurs, as former Democratic National Chairman Donna Brazile claimed Monday. If there were right-wing nuts leading this violence, the liberal mayors and governors in Oregon and Washington would have been condemning it. This lawlessness was created by America’s political left.
Fearing the party’s progressive wing, Democratic Party leaders don’t condemn the nightly violence. That could be a problem. A June 5 CNN poll found 69% of Americans felt “the violent protests that have occurred” are “unjustified.” In the almost two months since, that number is likely to have risen in cities where the mayhem has continued.
Mr. Biden speaks frequently of “leadership” and “unity,” almost always to decry President Trump’s failure to provide either. But if Mr. Biden wants to provide leadership and promote unity, why hasn’t he specifically decried the Portland and Seattle violence? Why has he never called on their mayors to protect the courthouses with local police? Why won’t he urge the leaders of peaceful protests to end their silence and join in denouncing the violence?
Instead, he offered a milquetoast statement Wednesday saying “Arsonists and anarchists should be prosecuted” and “local law enforcement can do that” without one word criticizing the attacks in Portland and Seattle.
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I imagine that Karl Rove is eager to reach across the aisle and support a bipartisan effort to expand government services to create a Progressive society in which such things happen somewhat less.
Clear the leftist rioters out of Portland.
If they come back warn them that anyone violating a 10 pm curfew, who is attacking the federal properties with fire, or explosives will be shot on sight.
And do so if necessary.
Believe me.
They will fade into obscurity.
“They will fade into obscurity.”
I disagree with you on that. Now the privileged White trust fund kids and the Black kids fooled into thinking this is all about them might run off.
But the die hard commie antifa and BLM types will simply go into hiding, regroup and do something even worse. They are enemies of the state, pure and simple as that. They are domestic terrorists that need to be rounded up and sent to Gitmo.
Disagree. Gitmo is where we house people who may have value. There is nothing to be gained by paying to keep these parasites alive.
They attack court houses cause
1) Thats where trials are conducted
2) They contain files on criminals
Exactly right. This is NOT a protest and hasn't been for a long time. It is an attempted jump start to a revolution. The authorities MUST put a stop to it or the nation will go down in flames.
Courthouse is the nexus of civilization.
Therein laws themselves are evaluated, contracts are enforced, and criminals are sentenced.
Burn that down, and vigilantism resumes.
But the die hard commie antifa and BLM types will simply go into hiding, regroup and do something even worse>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Just like the Symbionese Lineration front? Most of them were killed or jailed, and so it will be with these radical Bolsheviks and anarchists.
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