Incredibly, the sorry senator from my home state of Connecticut, Chris Murphy, thought it was awesome when Iranian shadow fleet vessels allegedly bypassed the U.S. blockade. Also alarming, many on the Left are protesting for Iran, perhaps hoping it regains prominence as the world’s leading nation in state-sponsored terrorism. Domestically, when scenes of well-equipped, and sometimes violent protesters are depicted online and on TV, several thoughts might come to mind.
Who in their right minds would travel downtown in the midst of such activity unless they were already hardcore Lefties, communists, illegals, or Antifa types? But I repeat myself! Another question looms: what are the major broadcasters not showing?
All Planned, Far in Advance
The “fakestream” media selectively exhibits video footage and even doctor it as a standard policy. If someone is striking a police officer or a federal agent, dropping bricks from an overpass, engaging in arson, smashing windows in government buildings, vandalizing private property, or otherwise committing acts of violence, you can bet the farm that such coverage won't be featured on CNN.
Don't any of these people have regular jobs? How can they stay in the streets day after day, and into the night? Don't they have to rise early the next morning?
Apparently, a healthy chunk of these people do not have jobs. Many, if not most of them, are paid protesters. They are in the streets during the daylight hours and after sundown because they are being paid to do so. The posters, placards, and signs they hold up are pre-printed – created and produced before or concurrent to the dissension – and then distributed to them.
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Choreographed in Advance
During the Biden Administration, these lawbreakers received a “free pass” pretty much no matter what they did; they were sprung from jail in 24 to 48 hours and were publicly praised by Kamala Harris and others.
Invariably, the turmoil they cause is not spontaneous. It follows a script paid for by those who seek to harm our nation: Lefty billionaires, the Chinese Communist Party, and factions who recognize how easy it is to fool the American populace. They know that in creating such scenes, the major TV networks, and the likes of CNN or MSNOW, will draw from hours and hours of video footage only to air those relatively few tiny snippets to portray enforcement officials in a negative light.
Tell Me Something Good
Is there a silver lining behind the periodic eruptions in these major blue cities? Yes, with the Trump Administration at the helm, these compensated anarchists – who incite violence and provoke law enforcement – are being arrested. Dozens of them, and sometimes hundreds, are taken off the streets in city after city.
When each of them is processed, their names and their crimes go into the giant Department of Justice database. We can track their activities. We can review what they've done in the past via their rap sheets.
Around the country, as more violent ‘protesters’ are taken into custody and processed through our judicial system, eventually the near universe of ideological or paid rabble rousers can be established. If they once felt as if they could act with anonymity, going forward, many might think twice.
As an increasing number of them are taken into custody, tried, and hopefully convicted, the paying sponsors will have a shrinking pool from which to draw. Meanwhile, as each rabble rouser is put under oath, we can trace the process of them being paid for their orchestrated anarchy: who first contacts them, how they receive compensation, and most importantly, who is behind it all.
Protected Up to a Point
Nothing in the U.S. Constitution prohibits protesters from peaceful assembly, even when they're being paid to do so. Nonetheless, if paid “protesters” commit any act of violence or intimidation whatsoever, let’s round them up. If you disrupt traffic, disobey a direct order from a law enforcement official, hinder others from moving about freely, or congregate too close to a Federal or public building, all of this and more are grounds for arrest. One doesn't necessarily have to throw bricks.
Statistically, most Democrats and most people who lean Left don't have much to do with such street antics or riots. Many eschew such behavior, while a significant portion applauds it either openly or secretly. Regardless, the number of those who will take to streets is a small percentage of those on the Left. If you remove paid agitators, the percentage of actual heartfelt protesters is even smaller.
By rounding up the lawbreakers and getting to the root of their mercenary activities, we can incrementally diminish the effectiveness of those who want to turn our cities into ashes.
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