Posted on 03/03/2021 9:00:48 AM PST by Red Badger
Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee implied that every protestor who was outside of the Capitol on January 6th should face criminal prosecution in a Tuesday tweet threat, utilizing a “guilt-by-association” theory more commonly associated with the criminal justice system of third world countries.
Jackson Lee falsely claimed that the 40,000 protestors who arrived in the area of the Capitol in January all intended to overturn the election by killing the Speaker of the House, Mike Pence, and Members of Congress. In reality, there’s little to no reason that anyone outside of small handful of easily manipulated cosplayers intended to become seriously violent.
2/4 alleged that 40,000 protesters were in DC with the mindset to overturn a legitimate election and to kill the Speaker, the Vice President, and Members of Congress, in that instance, only 300 persons have now been arrested and are being prosecuted. What kind of justice is that?
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) March 3, 2021
Only a small minority of the protestors present at the January 6th protest engaged in any criminal trespassing and violent conduct. Peaceful protestors present at the event in fact urged those breaking boundaries to stop, likening them to Antifa criminals. Hundreds of individuals present at the event are being prosecuted- in some cases, on dubious grounds. Jackson Lee’s proposal would criminalize peaceful protest in a direct fashion.
Jackson Lee compared the peaceful protestors to Portland’s enduring anarchist criminal movement, ignoring that the January 6th event hasn’t repeated on a nightly basis in a fashion analogous to the anarcho-tyrannical city. While street criminals have been arrested at the Portland protests, Multnomah County’s left-wing prosecutor, Mike Schmidt, has consistently dropped criminal charges against nearly every arrestee involved in left-wing street violence.
1/4 Testimony today on the Hill evidences that in the Portland protests, a thousand people were arrested. People protesting against the violence that was evidenced in the George Floyd murder. People wanting good things to happen. In Washington DC on January 6th, where it is
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) March 3, 2021
Lee also likened left-wing rioters in Portland to “good people wanting good things to happen,” excusing systemic violence because she supports the aims of those who commit it.
Under the fist of anarcho-tyranny, there is no such thing as a neutral standard of “law.” There’s domination- impunity for those who obey those who wield the levers of political power, and severity against those who dare to challenge it though peaceful protest.
Right to redress our grievances to the Government.
Why keep them there?
They’re NG, keeping them there is possibly hurting them and their families economically. If the Left believes the military rank and file is predominantly against them why wouldn’t they try to even ruin them?
We’ve seen what the people making their food will do.
Sheila Jackson Lee is an unapologetic racist.
That pig should be locked up in the pen where she belongs..
Ms. Lee needs medical treatment for her dementia.
Harvard should rescind its diploma for this moron. This is a member of Congress trying openly calling for criminalizing the right to assembly. Even an idiot like this should be able to see how unconstitutional this idea is. But this is what her “base” wants. They are rabid dogs and the Bill of Rights be damned.
May God bless the the demonstrators who protested the commie takeover of our government.
I don’t know why God is allowing such evil to exist in our congress, but He is. It seems like we get a “good king” (Trump), and the Evil that exists in congress just goes mental and gets stronger and stronger, and the good king has his throne stolen from him. Seems like good just can’t triumph in this day and age, and those that are evil get so wound up and vindictive over the f a CT that our side even tried to right things. That people like Sheila want to destroy a great many people s lives for simply peacefully protesting. She is a very very hate filled person it appears
Being dumb in Congress is an asset for Left wingers.
I watched it on TV. How much is my fine, and what is Congresswoman Lee’s address to mail her the check? DFB!
The First Amendment has become a museum piece. Impressive to look at but not intended for present-day use.
What a maroon!
To her I say:
Oompah Loompah Doopity Doo
They will eventually come for you, too!
PING!
Not stopping with the 40 thousand.
80 million, at least.
Yes. The second biggest nitwit in Congress.
I did thank New York for finding someone even dumber in AOC to replace her as the biggest nitwit.
Deranged???? Possibly. But it’s typical Marxists responses to destroy the nation. Right out of Alinski’s Rules For Radicals.
Progressives have been at war with us for years. They are strategic.
I’ve watched this show my whole life, and what I see now is very frightening. We have lost this war. The reason..... we didn’t take it serious enough to do anything. Listening to talk radio and writing on sites like this have done very little to change the tide.
But then again all civilizations fall in time. All.
You don’t why God is allowing it? Try “Roe vs Wade” for starters.
They are stripping our rights violently and illegally. Using antifz and blm domestic terrorists to bully, threaten and assault, and in Some cases, even murder conservatives who “get uppity” by assembling for peaceful protests.
What we are going through u gh right now is a hostile takeover of this country by the left, who violate the very laws they throw in our faces to prosecute us with.
Just as soon as they jail ALL of those at BLM rallies!
Is this the same person as “Shirley Jackson Lee?” Did Biden mean this congresswoman, or Shirley, the waitress from What’s Happening?
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