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RIOTS, THEN AND NOW
Powerline ^ | January 7,2022 | JOHN HINDERAKER

Posted on 01/07/2022 6:52:13 PM PST by Hojczyk

President Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017. In response, radical Democrats gathered in Washington to riot. The riot was ugly and violent:

Protesters set fires and hurled bricks in a daylong assault on the city hosting Donald Trump’s inauguration, registering their rage against the new president in a series of clashes that led to more than 200 arrests. Police used pepper spray and stun grenades to prevent the chaos from spilling into Trump’s formal procession and evening balls. *** about a mile from the National Mall, police gave chase to a group of about 100 protesters who smashed the windows of downtown businesses including a Starbucks, a Bank of America and a McDonald’s as they denounced capitalism and Trump. Police in riot gear used pepper spray from large canisters to help contain the violence, which erupted periodically throughout the day.

“They began to destroy property, throw objects at people, through windows. A large percentage of this small group was armed with crowbars and hammers,” said the city’s interim police chief, Peter Newsham.

A number of police officers were injured, and the radical Democrats assaulted random passers-by. The 2017 riot was, what? 1,000 times as destructive as the January 6, 2021 riot? 10,000 times as destructive? And yet none of the rioters sat in jail for a year awaiting trial. On the contrary

It must be nice to be a Democrat.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bloggers; powerlineblog

1 posted on 01/07/2022 6:52:13 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Good post. Our government has been overthrown.


2 posted on 01/07/2022 6:56:02 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Hojczyk

Push that info. in the faces of the leftists in our midst.


3 posted on 01/07/2022 7:05:42 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Hojczyk

This is VERY interesting. I just sent the article w/pictures out to everybody I know. Things like this need to be shared.


4 posted on 01/07/2022 7:08:30 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: Menehune56

Ping for Sat AM


5 posted on 01/07/2022 7:10:04 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Old Grumpy

The conservatives need to make a big, fat deal out of stuff like this when it happens like the libs do. Bring out songs, banners, bumper sticker phrases, etc when it happens. We have a tendency not to spend much time or dwell on their horse —-t like they do. They love the theatre of it all. Now it’s embellished in the weak minded of the citizens. A cousin was saying yesterday , the Jan. 6 “insurrection “ ( his words, not mine), played right into the dems hands to beat Trump and his followers over the head.


6 posted on 01/08/2022 4:24:53 AM PST by lilypad
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