{"id":39568,"date":"2020-07-31T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39568"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:56:06","slug":"some-of-our-elected-leaders-need-lessons-in-logic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39568","title":{"rendered":"Some Of Our Elected Leaders Need Lessons In Logic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday PJ Media<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

Days after antifa rioters terrorized Seattle, driving a van full of weapons and explosives with the mob in order to set fires and attempt to blow up police departments, Mayor Jenny Durkan focused her attention squarely on President Donald Trump, accusing him of running a \u201cdress rehearsal for martial law.\u201d She claimed that Trump\u2019s efforts to bolster local law enforcement to combat a rising tide of crime and violence have \u201cdecreased public safety.\u201d In a press conference addressing the antifa riots, Durkan claimed \u201cthe president wants\u201d the violence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So the President’s bringing in law enforcement to fight crime that the city was not able to stop is decreasing public safety? Wow. It seems to me that the Mayor, who refused to confront those rioting and breaking the law, wanted the violence.<\/p>\n

The article further notes:<\/p>\n

The riots on Saturday followed a protest in support of the antifa rioters in Portland, who have attempted to burn down the federal courthouse and Justice Center in nearly two straight months of violent riots. Seattle rioters used a van packed with fireworks, smoke bombs, stun guns, bear and pepper spray, gas masks, and more. At one point, rioters set off an explosive that blew an 8-inch hole through a wall of the Police Department\u2019s East Precinct, the\u00a0Seattle Times<\/em> reported<\/a>. Rioters injured 59 police officers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Durkan focused her ire on Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI hate to say it, but it looks like this president is doing a dress rehearsal for martial law, sending in federal forces to take over police duties in city after city for political purposes,\u201d the mayor told MSNBC\u2019s Rachel Maddow on Monday. \u201cIt is frightening and it\u2019s making things worse. It has not improved public safety, it has decreased public safety.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

During the previous weekend, antifa rioters tore a devastating path through Seattle, smashing windows at the municipal courthouse and at various businesses \u2014 including storefronts for Amazon Go, Starbucks, and Walgreens \u2014 they targeted both the West Precinct Police Station and the East Precinct Police Station (the site of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone<\/del> Occupied Protest last month). They fired mortar-style fireworks at both stations, causing a fire in the East Precinct station.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems Durkan agrees with the leftist worldview behind the rioters, but that doesn\u2019t mean she has to focus her energy on demonizing the president. How does her fearmongering about Trump supposedly planning \u201cmartial law\u201d concretely protect any of the citizens of Seattle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

She was elected by the people of Seattle. Theoretically she represents them. I wonder how they feel about their city being destroyed. Are their taxes going to increase dramatically to pay for the damage that has been done? I wonder if the Mayor or the residents have thought through the consequences of the lawlessness they are permitting.<\/p>\n

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