Posted on 07/29/2021 1:30:09 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi picks members of a select committee to investigate the riots of January 6, a new poll finds that many Americans believe she’s focusing on the wrong riots.
One-third more Americans believe Congress should hold investigative hearings about last summer’s “Black Lives Matter protests that sparked violence” than think lawmakers ought to probe the riot at the capitol on January 6.
In all, two out of three likely U.S. voters say they believe Congress should open an official investigation into “the violent protests” which blazed a trail of arson and looting through major and mid-sized cities nationwide. On the other hand, fewer than half (49%) of Americans support Pelosi’s investigation of the D.C. riot in which rioters protesting the 2020 presidential election results stormed the capitol.
Support for a federal inquiry into the riots that engulfed U.S. cities after the death of George Floyd cut deep across racial and political lines. “Sixty-seven percent (67%) of whites, 64% of black voters, 66% of Hispanics and 62% of other minorities think Congress should investigate the 2020 riots in U.S. cities,” reported Rasmussen Reports. “Seventy-five percent (75%) of Republicans, 60% of Democrats and 63% of voters not affiliated with either major party say Congress should investigate last year’s violent protests.”
The Speaker’s controversial select committee stands on shakier ground. Americans were almost evenly divided on whether members of Congress should launch another examination of the Capitol riot, which Pelosi and her fellow Democrats label an “insurrection”: 42% of respondents told pollsters that the event does not merit a national inquest, with 49% in favor. By contrast, only 21% of Americans said Congress should not investigate the riots surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement.
The riots were the most expensive in U.S. history, costing insurance companies an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion, according to Property Claim Services. That estimate only includes the share of the damage insurance companies cover.
The riots also left hundreds of policemen and civilians injured, and dozens killed, in their wake. “Approximately, 72% of major city law enforcement agencies had officers harmed” during last summer’s riots, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association. A single police agency “reported that 462 of [its] officers were injured during the protests in [its] jurisdiction.”
Tragically, at least 27 people died during the riots.
“Many elected officials of both parties and at all levels followed up, not by apologizing to their citizens for failing to uphold the law, but by accusing police officers of systemic racism, being in need of reform, reimagining and defunding,” said Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret), a spokesperson for the National Police Association, in a statement.
The poll also found:
62% of voters believe politicians who downplayed the riots should be criticized, 11 points higher than those who believe politicians should be called out for minimizing the importance of the D.C. riot; 63% believe looters and rioters who broke the law last summer should be charged and criminally prosecuted; 65% say President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should meet with the family of former St. Louis Police captain David Dorn, who was slain by rioters; 68% believe failing to prosecute “quality of life” crimes like shoplifting make criminals more likely to reoffend; and 76% of likely voters say young people ought to be taught to obey police officers’ lawful commands instead of resisting or fleeing arrest. The results, which come from a poll released by Rasmussen and the National Police Association last Wednesday, follow a poll in April that found 55% of likely voters believe anti-police rhetoric makes police officers’ jobs more dangerous.
I guess it goes without saying: Polls are racist!
I can clear this up with an analogy I heard a while back:
Put black and red ants into a jar and they will be fairly passive. Shake them up and pour them out on the table and they will fight to the death.
BLM and antifa are an example of that. However, January sixth, the smart ants went for the REAL enemy - the hand. That will not be tolerated!
That is what we are seeing.
So, kill and maim each other all you want, but stay away from the elite. They’ll go nuclear on you. My wife wanted to go to DC on the 6th. I told her the only way I was going was armed, and guns are not allowed, so we chose not to go. I’m glad we didn’t.
This might make one conclude that the Democrats aren’t worried about losing elections. It’s like they’re immune from the mood of the voters. It’s like they’re in charge and will continue to be no matter how the public feels. Do they know something we don’t?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
NOT Good Enough, I want EVERY Elected Official that Collaborated with them Charged Accordingly
Black lives haven’t mattered since John Deere. Come on…hate me. I don’t care.
I’ve heard that excellent analogy. Also with the recent furor by the perpetually offended over Dr Seuss. I remember reading the Sneeches when I was a young skull full of mush. About how the Sneeches with stars on their bellies mistreated the ones who didn’t have the stars. Until a scammer named Sylvester McMonkey McBean offered to give stars to them, for a small fee and a small fee only. This enrages the already starred ones and McBean offers to remove them, again for a fee. This goes back and forth until the Sneeches realize those stars really mean nothing. Many years later I came to realize that McBean could be a metaphor for Jesse Jackson,Al Sharlatan, BLM and all the other poverty pumps and racial racketeers.
> However, January sixth, the smart ants went for the REAL enemy - the hand. <
I like the ant analogy. But I wouldn’t call the January sixth folks smart. Most of them had good intentions. But they made a dumb move on that day.
Hitler needed a Reichstag fire to seize even more power. And he got it. Same with Pelosi and company. They needed a Reichstag fire. And they got it.
John Deere?
REPORT ON THE 2020 PROTESTS AND CIVIL UNREST
Two-Thirds of Voters Want Congress to Investigate 2020 Riots
Nailed it!
From these results I’d say Nanzy’s January 6 Inquisition is not her ticket to keep her majority.
They got Mr. DOMINION.
Don’t need Nobody.
Leftists are constantly expressing outrage that Trump, Trump supporters, and conservatives are trying to destroy our “democracy”. Yet they only care about the will of the people when it aligns with their agenda. 2/3 want BLM investigated - No. 2/3 want the border secure - No. 2/3 want voter ID to vote - No. 2/3 a few years ago opposed gay marriage - No. 2/3 don’t want biological men in women’s restrooms and locker rooms - No. 2/3 want hiring and promotions to be based on merit, not race - No.
IMHO what happened on January 6th is a nothing burger. In pales in comparison to what BLM and ANIFA have done.
btt
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