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.
Any Conservative in Washington, D. C. has already been targeted.
Haven’t we had articles here touching on the fact people have
been fired for having gone to Washington, D. C. on 01/06?
Is it criminal trespassing when they let you in and you walk inside the rope line?
Asking for a friend.
This is ridiculous, but then again, Sheila has a history of puzzling statements and ideas.
So to your point, it doesn't take smarts to win elections. It only takes enough drive and influential backing. I have no doubt that plenty of elected and appointed officials are in the 100 and under range.
If you get the paywall, put link into Outline.com and that usually defeats it.
Q people about to attack the Capitol, they claim.
The whole nation hasn’t turned against God. There are still a very large segment that revere Him. God generally punishes a nation. That turns their backs on Him as a nation. Not to mention that Christians in other nations that brutalized them for centuries are also faithful to Him. Yet God still allows the nations to be ru n by evil people.
Millions Nad millions of people are trying to get roe vs wade overturned, or wish it were.
We know this one is insane, but has two free passes so it is not asked to resign from congress.
If Shirley Jack-shun Lee were right, there would not be a Joebiden administration around today.
Now this useless wrinkled old hag wants us to believe she is a mind reader and knows what tens of thousands of people were thinking.
Rotting in hell is way good good for people like this.
I was there, outside, it was WAYYYYY more than 40,000
Isn’t collective punishment a violation of the Geneva Convention?
There are no ‘riots’, Winston, only ‘peaceful demonstrations’. You’re thinking about the wrong people...................
“Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often and for the same reason.” – Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Who in the hell, elected this moron?
Houston, you have a problem.........................
That’s not Sheila Jackson Lee...............
Giving the finger >>> Congresswoman Fredricka Wilson... just as dumb, and just as useless.
“Guilt by association”
Indeed it is the creed of despots and the core tactic used by the Bolshevik Marxists to coerce the masses to cower at the feet of their authority.
The fear of ‘accusation’ will keep the peasants in line with compliance/subjugation under the jackboot of unitary party Communist control.
Sheila Jackson is the American black Stalin.
Can we please just start arresting democrats for the un-American activities?
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