Posted on 09/24/2020 8:01:50 AM PDT by karpov
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is seeking to paint antifa, the far-left antifascist movement, as an organized group that is behind the violence breaking out in U.S. cities amid social and racial unrest.
In a Thursday interview with Fox News, McCarthy was asked about protests that turned violent in Louisville, Ky., and he sought to make claims about antifa that directly contradict the recent testimony of President Trump's top law enforcement officer.
"What is going on from Portland, Chicago, to New York and now in Louisville? That these are planned, orchestrated events, that people cannot be safe and secure in their own streets," McCarthy on "Fox & Friends."
McCarthy, pointing to a video of protesters pulling out painted signs from a U-Haul truck that said "Abolish the Pol(ice)" and "Abolition Now" in Louisville, suggested there was coordination at this protest.
"You probably saw the video of the U-Haul truck being unloaded with shields and riot gear and anti-police signs. There's the video right there. It looks like this was coordinated — this particular protest," said McCarthy added.
The protests came after a grand jury in Kentucky decided not to indict any of the three officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. One now-former officer was charged with wanton endangerment for allegedly firing shots that entered an apartment adjacent to Taylor's.
And McCarthy, once prompted by Fox News hosts, began questioning whether there is a funding stream that led demonstrators to acquire riot gear like shields.
"Who is funding this? You can't just supply with this type of armor without resources, without funding. Where is that funding coming from and why is it being used? How are these people knowing to come? Are there training facilities that are teaching these people how to do this?" McCarthy said.
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More gum flapping from the minority GOP House. Not impressed. Where was McCarthy when the GOP had control of the House and the FIBBERS were caught red handed lying to Congress in 2017? He was AWOL.
“....the recent testimony of President Trump’s top law enforcement officer”
Say his name: The Fey Wray. [May he be gone in ~45 days]
Then stop it! You have FBI. Shut it down now.
How can the idiot not know it was Holly Zoller? Holly Zoller is a member of the George Soros-funded “The Bail Project.” This is the project that Sen. Harris supports wholeheartedly.
I’ve had it. These people need to start suffering consequences for attacking people.
I think you have forgotten who was in charge of the House when Trump was in his first two years. It was a Never Trumper GOPe Paul Ryan (WI). That guy was the brakes on the Trump agenda, Trump’s first two years. He is a disgrace to our side. Ryan was a plant from the deep state to thwart Trump’s agenda.
https://blackeyepolitics.com/paul-ryan-stabbed-trump-back/
...once election is over...back into the established cave, batman.
I think you have forgotten McCarthy was the #2 GOPer and Ryan’s deputy. He was quiet as mouse while Ryan threw the House to Pelosi. Other than campaigning to be GOP leader of course. I’ll never forget his 2018 campaign season ads here in FLORIDA promoting himself to be GOP leader.
Well, he could sponsor a joint resolution in support of enforcing vandalism, arson, looting and rioting laws.
It would be fun to watch Democrats ignore it.
All talk and no action.
This battle has going on since the bolshevik revolution. Notice the communist salute clench fist and commie talk by the organizers?
As long as people are not being charged with serious crimes, they have no incentive to rat out their co-conspirators.
Strident enforcement of existing law fixes this problem entirely.
Wray is such a corrupt deep-stater. He’ll last 5 minutes after Trump wins the election.
Of course they are, you dumbazz. When will Repubs grow a set?
Of course they are. Soros sponsored BLM MARXISTS
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