The far-left intelligentsia in academia and the media have been calling for a so-called "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" to move beyond America's atrocities.
Depending on which Doctor of Ethnic Studies or Doctor of Anthropologic Studies or Doctor of Gender Studies (you get the idea) you read, the atrocities range from the events of January 6 in Washington to the entire Trump presidency to the Jim Crow era to the very founding of our nation and the introduction of enslaved Africans on the shores of North America.
Now, maybe it's just me, but whenever a government entity embarks on the nearly impossible challenge of divining the "truth" in a complicated and politically-charged topic, I begin from a pretty skeptical posture. I mean, look at the names of some of these panels that have been assembled in other countries:
In Brazil, they assembled the National Truth Commission. I mean, wouldn't you trust a totally honest and pristine government like Brazil's to deliver the "truth"?
Similarly, Colombia has assembled the Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence, and Non-Repetition. Imagine a committee set up in this country with Adam Schiff and Ilhan Omar taking the lead.
Here in the US, two bills have already been introduced for similar "truth" panels. The first comes from Rep. Barbara Lee and Sen. Cory Booker. The investigative body would be called the Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. The senator who spent years lying about a made-up junkie in Newark called "T-Bone" now wants to sponsor a new commission on truth.
The second bill for a "truth commission" would focus on "Native American boarding school policy, which was designed to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children into the dominant culture." The bill creating this panel charged with finding and confessing the "truth" regarding Native Americans is sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Let me repeat that so everyone gets it: Elizabeth Warren wants a commission on truth and reconciliation regarding Native Americans.
Clearly, the whole idea of the United States government daring to assemble a body to investigate and reveal "the truth" as delivered to us by a bunch of lying, corrupt politicians is insulting and laughable.
Tell you what, guys, re-submit "The Warren Commission" in such a way that paranoid freaks don't still have elaborate, laughable conspiracy theories regarding the Kennedy Assassination decades later, and then I'll believe you're capable of creating a "truth commission" about anything.
In fact, let's talk about a small handful of recent events that could easily be cleared up by revealing "the truth" if only the aforementioned lying, corrupt politicians had any interest in them.
Let's start with Katie Pavlich's excellent post yesterday morning. How about we have a "truth and reconciliation" commission surrounding the disgraceful confirmation hearing of Justice Brett Kavanaugh?
After a lengthy investigation, the Committee found that all allegations made against Kavanaugh, including by main Democrat witness Christine Blasey Ford, lacked evidence. Worse, provably false allegations were made under oath and a number of individuals were referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution. The lack of evidence was detailed in a 500-page long report, which was published in November 2018.
"Committee investigators found no verifiable evidence that supported Dr. Ford’s allegations against Justice Kavanaugh. The witnesses that Dr. Ford identified as individuals who could corroborate her allegations failed to do so, and in fact, contradicted her," the report states.
Shouldn't there be repercussions for individuals who lie under oath during a Senate hearing, Senate investigation, or FBI investigation? Last I checked, there were plenty of Trump campaign officials and members of the Trump Administration who faced serious criminal repercussions for allegedly doing just that.
Meanwhile, people came out of the woodwork, were feted on cable news, and were treated seriously in the hallowed halls of the Senate Judicial Committee while blatantly lying and slandering a man who is now serving as a Supreme Court Justice, and everyone walks away as if nothing happened?
You want many of us to take your "truth and reconciliation" commission seriously? Let's start with truth and reconciliation for the people who slandered this good man. And, if memory serves, we can begin with Senators Book and Warren. Oh, and Vice President Harris, as well.
Once we reconcile the truth over this shameful event, we've got some questions about James Comey we'd like to ask. Let the truth and reconciliation flow, baby!
Larry O'Connor hosts a 2-hour radio program on KABC in Los Angeles and a separate, 3-hour radio program on WMAL in Washington, DC. Both shows are heard daily, Monday through Friday, and the podcasts can be found here.
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