Posted on 06/15/2020 5:34:05 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee are requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launch an investigation into reports of white supremacist groups interfering to instigate violence at peaceful protests.
The Democrats said the Trump administration is making baseless accusations that antifa is involved in an “effort to delegitimize” the peaceful protests and to “win cheap political points” while ignoring the involvement of white supremacist groups.
“The Trump Administration’s decision to ignore the involvement of white supremacist groups in these protests in favor of spreading wildly exaggerated rumors about Antifa has only served to encourage right-wing militias provoking violence, to delegitimize the grievances of peaceful protestors, and to add serious danger, intimidation, and fear to already emotionally charged situations,” Democrats wrote in letters Monday to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray and to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf.
The letters are signed by committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.).
The Democrats also requested a full briefing by June 30 to “explain what your agencies are doing to tackle” issues regarding white supremacists “instigating violence at peaceful protests.”
President Trump has repeatedly issued statements claiming antifa is involved in instances of violence at protests.
Barr backed Trump’s claims about antifa in a statement earlier this month in which he said the DOJ will work to identify "criminal organizers and instigators" amid demonstrations.
"The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly," Barr said.
The Democrats asked the DOJ to “share whatever evidence it has gathered to support” Barr’s allegations by June 25.
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The Dems must have gotten the stats back from the complaint calls to their bumper stickers asking : “How am I doing? Call 1 800 REN TMOB”
Who knew that ‘white supremacists’ were mostly liberal teenage girls?
The only protest I would go to is a Trump ralley.
A hope a bunch of white liberal punks get arrested as “white supremacist”.
Look in the mirror Democrats
...interning for George Soros.
If these were all white supremacists and right-wingers, why were Hollywood liberal celebrities spending money to bail them out of jail?
I’ll throw out the names of two left wing organizations:
1. Antifa
2. Black Lives Matter
OK, now give us the names of two White supremacist organizations of the same size and influence that were present at the rioting, arson, and looting sites.
Rudyard Kipling: the Bandar-Log are the chattering imitative crowds of monkeys (monkey see, monkey do).... and their famous theme chant. Really quite something, and we see it up close and very unmusical in this granfalloon of useless lying lazy twits. No matter how much they say it to themselves and the media-— everyone knows who these people are and why they should be ignored and then hounded out of the country.
most of the white faces seen in the riots are members of antifa
How many “White Supremacists” can dance on the head of a pin?”
This investigation will have to also look at all the Hollywood celebrities who openly donated money to cover the bail of rioters.
Since it’s being asserted that most of those rioters were actually White Supremacists, the heretofore unknown ties between Hollywood liberals and White Supremacist organizations will also have to be investigated.
Malone (D-NY) is crazy. Raskin (D-Md) is the son of a Soviet asset and hardcore red. Lynch I don’t know anything about except he’s a Massachusett’s Democrat , i.e. red in my book.
Yeah zero. Republicans. Zero.
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