The facts are manifest, evident, and incontrovertible: since the start of the Obama Administration and reaching its height under the Biden Presidency, those who disagree with progressive Democrat polices have been unlawfully and substantially attacked. Victims include ordinary citizens, conservative organizations, and even Supreme Court justices.
One of the earliest episodes of this war on Americans outside the circle of leftist compliance began with Lois Lerner, an IRS official who targeted the Tea Party. The Justice Department declined to bring charges against Lois Lerner, despite the clear fact that it was eventually proven that she used her position to suppress the Tea Party. The IRS official was held in contempt of Congress for refusing to respond to questions. The failure of the Justice Department to move forward with charges was never punished.
The lack of law enforcement against Lerner gave Progressives the incentive to launch an even larger assault. As now fully proven by the Durham investigation, the Clinton campaign, conspiring with intelligence agencies, falsely alleged that Donald Trump “colluded” with Russia in his 2016 campaign. In addition, intelligence agencies worked with social media to defame the Republican candidate. When the allegation failed to gain traction with a skeptical public, Democrats, led by Adam Schiff (D-CA) attempted to sabotage the new president with non-stop hearings and impeachments.
With Democrats back in control of the White following the 2020 election, and with confidence that their criminal actions would not be punished, a massive attack was launched. Parents who disagreed with woke policies such as explicit sex lessons, drag queen lectures, and similar acts in the lower grades were labelled as “domestic terrorists.” Religious groups that merely followed their own millennia-old principles were similarly treated.
Supreme Court Justices were not immune. Democrat Senate Majority Leader Charles “Chuck” Schumer threatened that they would “Reap the whirlwind” if they voted against a Leftist position. Federal law enforcement agencies held back on providing adequate protection at the homes of the judges. Schumer is also the Senator who introduced legislation to limit the application of the First Amendment. Tyranny and terror go hand in hand with him,
In a fiery speech in Philadelphia, Biden stated that “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic…There’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.” Labelling political opponents as outlaws is a standard tactic in repressive regimes, a tactic the current White House employs liberally.
An analysis by the New York Post reported that Biden warns that “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic…’There’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country…’ The Biden administration was caught red-handed … funneling $100,000 from the State Department and $545,000 from the National Endowment for Democracy to the Global Disinformation Index, which used confidential blacklists to scare advertisers away from conservative-leaning news organizations.”
In contrast, the Biden White House would not characterize groups such as BLM and Antifa, who have rioted, invaded police stations, attacked federal court houses, burned and looted on a large scale, as terrorists.
Of course, it doesn’t stop with progressive presidential politics that resemble the secret police tactics of socialist regimes. The educational system that has bred this contempt for free speech was recently illustrated by a New York professor who attacked conservative students and threatened a reporter with a machete when he sought to interview her. She was just one example, who lost her job following all the publicity. But there are many, many more like her. In California, law students shouted down a visiting judge because they disagreed with his moderate views.
Disagreements about policy and party are healthy. However, when the machinery of the federal government is employed to suppress one side, that is tyranny. That is what America now faces from the Democrat left.
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