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Who Are the Real Insurrectionists?
Townhall.com ^ | January 6, 2022 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 01/06/2022 4:15:59 AM PST by Kaslin

Recently, Democrats have been despondent over President Joe Biden's sinking poll numbers. His policies on the economy, energy, foreign policy, the border, and COVID-19 all have lost majority support.

As a result, the Left now variously alleges that either in 2022, when they expect to lose the Congress, or in 2024, when they fear losing the presidency, Republicans will "destroy democracy" or stage a coup.

A cynic might suggest that they praise democracy when they get elected, only to claim it is broken when they lose. Or they hope to avoid their defeat by trying to terrify the electorate. Or they mask their own revolutionary propensities by projecting them onto their opponents.

After all, who is trying to federalize election laws in national elections contrary to the spirit of the Constitution? Who wishes to repeal or circumvent the Electoral College? Who wishes to destroy the more than 180-year-old Senate filibuster, the over 150-year-old nine-justice Supreme Court, and the more than 60-year-old, 50-state union?

Who is attacking the founding constitutional idea of two senators per state?

The Constitution also clearly states that "When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside." Who slammed through the impeachment of former president Donald Trump without a presiding chief justice?

Never had a president been either impeached twice or tried in the Senate as a private citizen. Who did both?

The Left further broke prior precedent by impeaching Trump without a special counsel's report, formal hearings, witnesses, and cross-examinations.

Who exactly is violating federal civil rights legislation?

New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in December decided to ration potentially lifesaving new COVID-19 medicines, partially on the basis of race, in the name of "equity."

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coup; demonrats; impeach; polling; protest; radicalleft

1 posted on 01/06/2022 4:15:59 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The insurrection was 11/4/20.

1/6/21 was the peaceful protest, unfortunately marred by an FBI/Pelousy run FF.


2 posted on 01/06/2022 4:21:32 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: C210N

That’s the truth.


3 posted on 01/06/2022 4:23:00 AM PST by .30Carbine
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To: Kaslin

Hanson always does excellent work.

I think the full counter-argument that the Democrats would use to justify their actions is: “Trump is Hitler”. I’d like to see some supporting evidence for their claim, but I think they are too busy installing a fascist regime to provide details on the “Trump is Hitler” thing.


4 posted on 01/06/2022 4:33:32 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The experts are liars. The conspiracy theorists are the people who have figured out the Truth.)
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To: C210N

I love this guy. Next time one of your liberals friend chime in about erosion of democracy …. Guide them to this article. Filled with those nasty irrefutable facts.


5 posted on 01/06/2022 4:34:55 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Kaslin

What?

Impeachment does not require a Chief Justice. The Senate trial does.

Didn’t Roberts come out for those?


6 posted on 01/06/2022 4:39:03 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: Kaslin

More than just insurrectionists, the Demonicrats are traitors to the United States of America.


7 posted on 01/06/2022 4:41:54 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Kaslin
On that subject...

Federal authorities won't say why armed Capitol rioters disappeared from FBI's most wanted list

8 posted on 01/06/2022 4:42:39 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Kaslin
Notice how dems can never "disagree" with you. They totally destroy you. On Thursday, January 6, 2022, 06:54:59 AM EST, cheri9820@frontier.com wrote: The dems are calling it an "insurrection" so they can eliminate repubs from office. Here is the text of the 14th ammendment. THIS is why they are using that language. Fourteenth Amendment Section 3 No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Amdt14.S3.1 Disqualification from Holding Office Amdt14.S3.1.1 Disqualification Clause Here is a sample of dem “sanity”. Dem do not mind calling for insurrection. Here is a sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgPVkcLBjK8 So it is OK for the dems to call for violence and OK for BLM and Antifa to DO violence but NOT OK for repubs to actually “peacefully” protest. Yeah, sounds fair to me. Here is what the dems are REALLY doing. Jan. 6 inmate starving to death, attorney says https://denvergazette.com/news/jan-6-inmate-starving-to-death-attorney-says/article_6838ea25-3558-5303-b2df-98c11fc11c47.html
9 posted on 01/06/2022 4:49:04 AM PST by Singermom
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To: Singermom

Here is a sample of dem “sanity”. Dem do not mind calling for insurrection. Here is a sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgPVkcLBjK8 So it is OK for the dems to call for violence and OK for BLM and Antifa to DO violence but NOT OK for repubs to actually “peacefully” protest. Yeah, sounds fair to me.


10 posted on 01/06/2022 4:50:07 AM PST by Singermom
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To: Kaslin

Well stated.


11 posted on 01/06/2022 5:06:59 AM PST by FMBass (USN DE-1074 NNTaleb fan )
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To: the OlLine Rebel

The first one, yes. The second one, no. Leaky Leahy presided, instead.


12 posted on 01/06/2022 5:15:55 AM PST by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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To: MortMan
The first one, yes. The second one, no. Leaky Leahy presided, instead.

Even Roberts recognized the 2nd impeachment as a total sham and refused to participate. The Dems and their media pushed ahead regardless, as if the entire thing was constitutional and proper.
13 posted on 01/06/2022 5:31:13 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: Carl Vehse

Yes.

I have a hard time NOT calling citizens traitors who consistently hate on the U.S., in all eras (except the CW in which it was perfect), including today.


14 posted on 01/06/2022 6:17:36 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: Kaslin
If Biden's Merrick Garland thinks intelligent American conservatives actually got together for an 'insurrection'... AND after serious discussion agreed the 'weapon of choice' to take over the American Government was - wait for it - FLAG POLES - then white liberal 'elites' like Merrick Garland are deluding themselves...

Biden - it was closer to an "Occupy Congress" protest that went bad. Two windows were broken and one door damaged. "Occupy Congress" lasted less than 5 hours...

BLM and Antifa rioted for over 300 days and caused over two billion dollars in damage to cities in flyover... and you Biden, and your white liberal 'elites' didn't give a damn because it wasn't YOUR city and the rioters were on your team. History will not be kind to Biden and his white liberal 'elite' commies...

15 posted on 01/06/2022 6:23:33 AM PST by GOPJ (qu)
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To: Singermom

Notice how dems can never “disagree” with you. They totally destroy you.
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I’ve had a few leftists I know approach me thinking that they’ve got a few points to score about J6... I stop them up short as fast as I can and say “Get back to me when you know who Ray Epps is and you also can tell me why he hasn’t been arrested yet.” That usually ends the discusion right there.


16 posted on 01/06/2022 6:38:25 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: Kaslin

I could name about 545 of them…


17 posted on 01/06/2022 7:04:28 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

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18 posted on 01/06/2022 8:20:34 PM PST by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: C210N; ClearCase_guy; MrRelevant; the OlLine Rebel; Carl Vehse; mewzilla; Singermom; MortMan; ...

FYI

“In the House’s version, Nancy honored several policemen, none of whom died on January 6:

Sicknick died of an unrelated stroke, Liebengood and Smith committed suicide, and a Farrakhan-loving Black Nationalist killed Billy Evans in April. Democrats also mentioned two other police officers—Gunther Hashida and Kyle DeFreytag, who both committed suicide in July. The suicides are tragic but there’s no reason to believe that the mêlée on January 6 alone triggered them...

from link:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4027484/posts?page=1


19 posted on 01/07/2022 5:25:06 AM PST by GOPJ
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