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Beyond defunding the police: Democratic leaders condone crime
The Washington Examiner ^ | July 15, 2020 | Anna Giaritelli

Posted on 07/15/2020 11:20:40 AM PDT by little jeremiah

Democrats are moving a step beyond national debate over defunding the police, questioning whether crime is a bad thing at all. During the past month, three leading Democrats have all issued statements blessing criminal acts.

As some Seattle residents illegally seized several city blocks in June and christened the area the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, the Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan did not initially intervene. Instead, Durkan said CHAZ was “patriotic” and that it could turn into “a summer of love.”

“Burning, rioting, and looting are criminal acts and should never be justified or excused,” said Heritage Foundation President Kay James. “It is an absolute scandal that political and corporate elites would not only excuse this behavior, but cheerlead the destruction of communities, the ransacking of local family businesses, and the skyrocketing rates of violence against the most vulnerable citizens. We must ... expose the powerful people who are providing aid and comfort to the domestic enemies of our American republic.”

In early July, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about the destruction of statues nationwide when a reporter pressed her on one such toppling in Baltimore.

“Shouldn’t that be done by a commission or the City Council, not a mob in the middle of the night throwing it into the harbor?” the reporter asked.

"People will do what they do,” Pelosi said.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Delaware; US: Maryland; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: anarchotyranny; baltimore; birftards; botox; california; chaz; clowncar; crime; delaware; democrats; jennydurkan; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; kayjames; maryland; nancypelosi; pelosi; police; qanon; sanfrancisco; sanfrannan; seattle; trusttheplan; washington
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Today Trump said this:

"We’ll have another announcement next week with the AG, the FBI and others concerning our cities because the left wing group of people who are running our cities are not doing the job that they’re supposed to be doing and it’s not a very tough job to do. If they knew what they were doing. So we’ll be talking about that next week, and probably have an announcement as to what we are planning to do to help them. They’re supposed to be asking for help, and they don’t want to ask, so maybe they’re proud, or maybe they think it’s bad politically, but we can’t have happen what’s happening."

Here, most of the announcement is about MS-13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaqQ9gJ6cYU&feature=share

AG BARR ACTIVATED: Trump URGENT Speech on MASSIVE Crackdown of the VICIOUS MS 13 Gang

1 posted on 07/15/2020 11:20:40 AM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: little jeremiah

Criminals are a valued demographic to the Democrats.


2 posted on 07/15/2020 11:22:14 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: little jeremiah

The Democrats condone crime?

Maybe they’ll feel different after they smoke some more pot.


3 posted on 07/15/2020 11:23:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Rurudyne

Absolutely, plus since Demsheviks are criminals themselves, there’s a strong fellow feeling. Several Demshevik run states now have almost no bail for anything, have passed legislation decriminalizing all kinds of crimes, and of cousre letting thousands of dangerours criminals out of prison, and up to 18,000 more in CA by August, because of (whiny voice) “covid”.

Yeah, right. The Demsheviks want mayhem and destruction, force mail in voting, and steal the election. It’s quite simple. Covid didn’t work well enough on its own, next plan is the insurrection/crime wave they’re doing.


4 posted on 07/15/2020 11:25:53 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: little jeremiah
“Burning, rioting, and looting are criminal acts and should never be justified or excused,”

... because respect for property and law and order is "acting white." /S

5 posted on 07/15/2020 11:27:21 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: little jeremiah

Barr is on the case. I feel so much better,


6 posted on 07/15/2020 11:27:23 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: little jeremiah

Democrats actually believe it’s better to rule in a self-made hell than to act like sensible people and live in a sane society like our Republic is intended to be.

They will light a fire that will eventually consume them if they keep at this.

Either the Democratic Socialists come to their senses or the balkanization of the CONUS is inevitable.


7 posted on 07/15/2020 11:28:32 AM PDT by Bobalu (So here's me, on the raggedy edge...In the remaining time, I aim to misbehave.)
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To: little jeremiah

It’s not necessarily crime if there are multiple layers/levels/ethnic groups with different laws.


8 posted on 07/15/2020 11:29:14 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: blueunicorn6

The Democrats condone crime?

Why would they condone what they are involved in.


9 posted on 07/15/2020 11:30:43 AM PDT by JayAr36 (Do you want to be a subject or a citizen.)
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To: little jeremiah

I feel like the whole world is going crazy.


10 posted on 07/15/2020 11:31:29 AM PDT by BipolarBob (The cost of abortion is a human life.)
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To: Bobalu

The Democrats can name their new nation “The Stupid Archipelago”.

Even thieves don’t want to be looted.


11 posted on 07/15/2020 11:31:59 AM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: Rurudyne
Criminals are a valued demographic to the Democrats.

Not even an exaggeration.

Remember convicted prisoners being allowed to vote inside prison, or released felons regaining the right to vote?

And the new (to me) BS euphamism "decarceration" meaning letting people leave prisons as prisons are closed. Said by one of the Squad last week. Covid caused releases got them used to letting criminals go. Just release many more.

Why bother arresting? That's the new idea. No cops. No police Dept. No bail demanded. Out by same afternoon. Then.... No prisons. The good life for criminals. Love them Dems.

Oops. Forgot. Don't forget to register as a Dem and vote by mail-in ballot as you leave prison.

12 posted on 07/15/2020 11:32:59 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: little jeremiah

The losers who destroy things and participate in the riots have apparently discovered that they cannot compete in the arena of ideas and the competitive game of life. All they have left, they think, is violence.

Reminds one of an abusive spouse whose marriage if failing.

Time for a divorce.


13 posted on 07/15/2020 11:34:40 AM PDT by LOC1 (Its the Economy, Stupid !)
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To: little jeremiah
Durkan said CHAZ was “patriotic” and that it could turn into “a summer of love.”

This kind of leadership gets people killed.

14 posted on 07/15/2020 11:35:32 AM PDT by econjack
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To: little jeremiah; All

And your Dem friends will tell you that they don’t condone the violence, but they will never acknowledge that they vote for people who do condone the violence.


15 posted on 07/15/2020 11:42:15 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: LOC1

“...The losers who destroy things...”

The DemocRATS are CRIMINALS. They ignore and openly resist federal immigration laws, run SANCTURARY STATES AND CITIES, support criminal illegals that commit crimes in America including KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS, ignore the will of the voters and suppress legislation they do not like, and the list goes on......


16 posted on 07/15/2020 11:46:51 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Rurudyne

Democrats support the criminal element in their enclaves for the same reason the Chinese Communist regime in China supports Kim Jong Un - not because he is Communist, but because he can make threats against everybody else, while the Chinese Communists maintain “plausible deniability”.

Thus the Japanese and the Americans are greatly concerned about the nuclear capability and missile launches by Kim Jong Un, while the Chinese Communists go about calmly and methodically extending their hegemony to the rest of the region.

To the very great dismay of India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malasia and even Australia.


17 posted on 07/15/2020 11:52:42 AM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: BipolarBob

The world is going crazy because the dimrats have unleashed their supporters with no consequences for their actions.


18 posted on 07/15/2020 11:54:27 AM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: little jeremiah

It reminds me of what Attny Gen Ashcroft used to say, “pro-crime policies.” Of course the Dems ridiculed him for saying it but he was correct.


19 posted on 07/15/2020 12:13:38 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: originalbuckeye

I don’t have Demshevik friends. Only some relatives and they live 3000 miles away and we do not talk in depth. Actually the dem party is bleeding voters, at Trump rallies up until they stopped, generally 20-25% of people registering were Dems. Evidence is all over the place, just bleeding voters. That’s why the Demshevik party is pinning all its hopes on mail in ballots so they can cheat, as usual, but even more so. They’re desperate and up against a wall.


20 posted on 07/15/2020 12:22:07 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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