Posted on 01/06/2022 12:55:20 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Adoration of “G-men,” once celebrated in the nonpartisan war on Al Capone and organized crime and now leading the effort to round up Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspects and Trump supporters, is apparently waning.
In the latest sign of how today’s politics is dividing support for major Washington institutions, the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows more people than not view the FBI as the punishing political arm of President Joe Biden.
Picking up on a comment from former Trump adviser Roger Stone, long caught in the wandering FBI Russia probe, the pollster found that likely voters, by a 46%-38% margin, believe “there is a group of politicized thugs at the top of the FBI who are using the FBI … as Joe Biden’s personal Gestapo.”
In discussing the Jan. 6 probe and the FBI’s investigation of whistleblower Project Veritas, Stone used that phrase.
Republicans especially feel negative about the FBI, with 64% feeling it is the president’s “Gestapo.” And 30% of Democrats agreed.
The word Gestapo generally refers to the henchmen led by Nazi Hermann Goring against Adolf Hitler's enemies.
For sure, the view hasn’t helped the image of FBI Director Christopher Wray. Said Rasmussen’s analysis, “Fifty percent of voters now believe the FBI director is influenced by the president in his decision-making, while only 26% believe Wray is truly independent of the administration, and another 25% are not sure. That’s a near-complete reversal from May 2017, when 53% believed the FBI director was truly independent and 26% thought he was influenced by the president.”
And overall, the public is divided on the FBI, with 46% having a favorable impression and 47% an unfavorable view.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
I’m glad to see those numbers. Generally I feel that we’re in a bubble and others don’t get it. This proves they do get it.
you are a kook. keeper of odd knowledge. kudos to the kook
Well I'd give him partial credit.
>>FBI brass seen as Biden’s ‘personal Gestapo’<<
As they were during the Obozo administration. Bill Clinton also used the FBI and IRS as attack dogs against woman accusing him of sexual crimes.
So, I would say the FBI, DOJ, BATF, CIA, NSA, IRS have been politicized and weaponized against conservatives and those who dissent against leftist agenda.
they’re just amazing and awesome. They can solve any crime. Just look on TV.
They are the bagmen for the Dems and Deep State Masters.
This is what bothers me:
I don’t know how long the decent into corruption in the FBI has been going on, but since, for the first time, I have been paying attention to the agency... I have watched when Robert Mueller was the Director, and I knew that something was very wrong.
The blatant disregard for the Law is shocking and since President Trump entered office, the problem has become worse.
Why is that?\
Being surrounded by scandals, the FBI had a real readjustment to do.
When Christopher Wray was being confirmed, I had hopes that things would change. By the end of his confirmation hearing, I was convinced Wray was NOT the guy who would help.
This man, Christopher Wray had THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE PERVASIVE DISREGARD FOR THE LAW AND do the best he could to make things “right and proper.”
Well, Wray could have done some GOOD and he decided he would not only leave the misbehavior alone, but also MAKE IT WORSE.
There are moments in history that produce heroes, who see events and decide...either I help...or I make things worsel
Mr. Wray chose the latter. And that’s a shame.
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I know all this. I went to school when they actually taught history; and I also read a lot. Just because they organized it the way they did, doesn’t mean we must also. I stand by my characterization.
DOJ, DHS... In fact the DOJ gives orders to the FBI.
The FBI are the deep-state’s enforcers; Biden is merely their figurehead.
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