Media and other Democrats peddling story that ‘The Squad’ faces extraordinary level of threats

American Thinker ^ | 07/21/2019 | Thomas Lifson

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The notion of victimization is at the heart of progressive politics, regardless of the facts of any particular situation. The current darlings of the progs are the four female freshmen House members called The Squad, all of whom claim to be racial minorities – “people of color” in that odd expression that relegates Caucasians to transparency or colorlessness. And half of the Squad, Reps Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib, have skin color lighter than many Italians, Jews, and others who for some reason are not allowed to claim special status as inherently victimized “people of color.”

So, clearly, dishonest fantasy and exaggeration are at the heart of the progressive politics of victimization.

Dramatic evidence of this dishonesty today is the claim that evil conservative political opponents are making extraordinary level of threats against The Squad. Never mind that it was a fanatic supporter of Bernie Sanders, James Hodgkinson (whose name has been relegated to the Memory Hole Orwell warned us about) who almost succeeded in a mass assassination of House Republicans. And never mind that not a single Democrat leader has denounced Antifa, the group that claims the right to enact violence against conservatives. We are supposed to believe that it is conservatives who are threatening poor, inherently victimized members of The Squad.

House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson sent a letter to Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael C. Stenger, who chairs the Capitol Police Board. The Mississippi Democrat requested Stenger to hold an emergency meeting to reexamine the board’s approach to analyzing the risk environment, setting thresholds for enhanced security for certain targeted members and evaluating threat streams with law enforcement partners in member districts.

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FULL TITLE: Media and other Democrats peddling story that ‘The Squad’ faces extraordinary level of threats. Capitol Police disagree

[grey_whiskers]

[FranklinsTower]

The real threat for them is ridicule.

[LibWhacker]

[<1/1,000,000th%]

“It’s almost as bad as what Republicans have to put up with.”

[seawolf101]

They are all puppets and frauds and they are afraid they will get thrown in jail and end up with the general population.

[lizma2]

The little kid who impersonates AOC is getting death threats!!

Hard pressed to fell sorry for these disgusting, evil people.

[fella]

The leftists keep expecting the rightists to act just like them but it hardly ever happens unless it’s a false flag operation like Charlottesville.

[LegendHasIt]

Yeah, ‘the right’ really wants to kill them, make them ‘martyrs’... That would be so much better than allowing them to keep yapping and destroy the Democrat Party from within.

:Rolls eyes:

On the other hand, I’d not be a bit surprised if the Democrat Party did kill (or at least do a fake assassination attempt on) one or more of them to create a martyr AND relieve themselves of a major internal problem at the same time.

[Windflier]

[Texas resident]

And yet, the American people face threats from MS-13 gang members and sleeper cell muslims that obama brought into our country. We do not have the security that these over privilidged mouthy punks have. AND they want to disarm us.

F. that.

[_longranger81]

I predict that by the end of the week, the Four Hustlerteers will show up at a police station at 3 in the morning with clothesline nooses around their necks and sub sandwiches, smelling of bleach.

[rktman]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3765657/posts

[blondiegoodbadugly]

LOL

[Louis Foxwell]

The only political cabal interested in shutting them down is the Pelosi squad. Trumpians are thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.

[Joe Boucher]

the magic negro claimed the same thing..
I wouldn’t trust that butt head if he claimed the sun comes up in the east.
If his lips were moving he was lying.

[kearnyirish2]

That’s right; “I heard one of them say, leave the noose, take the Subway sandwich...”.

[trebb]

Pelosi and Schumer may be sending covert threats....

[Vaduz]

They were expecting an award for top moron.