Posted on 05/12/2021 5:43:59 PM PDT by Mariner
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress on Wednesday that violence incited by white supremacists poses “the most dangerous threat to our democracy.” That assertion reflects near-universal consensus among national security experts, including those who worked for the Trump administration.
Garland’s warning came during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, which was conducted by supporters of then-President Donald Trump and incited by white supremacist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Five people died as a result of the attack.
“In my career as a judge and in law enforcement, I have not seen a more dangerous threat to democracy than the invasion of the Capitol,” Garland said, calling the attack an “attempt to interfere with a fundamental element of our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power.” The attorney general went on to say that “there has to be a hierarchy of things that we prioritize. This would be the one we’d prioritize.”
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So basically our leaders see the principle threat to our country as its citizens. That sounds about right—if you’re running a dictatorship.
I suspect that their definition of White Supremacist equates to white people who believe in private property ownership.
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People concerned about this “white supremacist” accusation need to buy or borrow a copy of Ilana Mercer’s book entitled “Into the Cannibal’s Pot: Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa”. But be forewarned: that book tends to give people nightmares!
Every time they say this it sounds more and more ridiculous.
Oh, you said Oslo.
I thought you meant Oreo.
Garland is full of shit!!
Horseshit is right up there with problems, Merrick.
Hey Merrick (who names their kid like this?): please name names. Who are these “white supremacists” that have infiltrated your pea-sized brain? Most of us have learned to ignore the voices in our heads, by the way.
Pathetic.
THEY are buying it and they are demanding law enforcement accept their decisions.
You and I will have no recourse.
This is America’s Gestapo
Just think. He could be on SCOTUS if Ears had his way.
And the american sheeple will roll over and beg to have their yellow-bellies scratched...
Disgraceful!
bingo!
Didn’t I just read the other day where he was setting aside something around 48 million to prosecute “white supremacists”? 48 million is a sick joke in dc! 48 million in dc doesn’t last from 8 am to 5 PM. It’s a joke.
We are in dangerous territory. Watching the hearing now. These guys (esp Leahy) are so Soviet it’s alarming. Eliminated Disinformation on social media? Evil!
Why?
Cause you happen to be white?
Bull shit.
BLM antifa?
The Biden group are nucking futs.
Worthless they be and harm they will cause.
We dodged the bullet on that one. Thank you Mitch.
The reason is Judeo-Christianity, the origin of the rule of law, individual freedom and personal responsibility.
I understand the left coast and New England, but how did Iowa become an overwhelmingly blue state?
Amen, Torahman!
They already equate conservative with racist, so they can use existing definitions to sic intelligence agencies against conservatives ... aside from the Presidency, which they already did to Trump.
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