PELOSI AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE

 

Mathew (26:52): Put up thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 

Sadly, we learned today (October 28, 2022) that Mr. Paul Pelosi (husband to Nancy Pelosi, US Speaker of the House) was attacked in the early morning hours at his San Francisco home . The story is still unclear but an intruder, a 41 year old male illegal immigrant and homeless resident of SF, with a long record of  crime, broke into the rear of the Pelosi family brick home in the early morning hours —for some unknown purpose.  When confronted by Mr. Pelosi who had called 911 and may have carried a hammer for protection, confronted the intruder, and at that point a physical confrontation broke out, just as the police arrived. They were unable to prevent the attack on Mr. Pelosi, but did witness the struggle over the possession of the hammer which was used by the intruder—and witnessed by the police—to seriously batter the elderly Pelosi.  

We all wish Mr. Pelosi a rapid and full recovery. We should all be safe from violence. 

BUT:

On violence and crime, when the Democrats thought it was to their political advantage, too often  they looked the other way, condoned, or  remained silent or ignored these acts. In the case of Mr. Paul Pelosi being attacked in his own home, the Democrat chorus and main stream media are attempting to paint the nation and the GOP as culpable.  Nothing can be further from the truth. 

Let us recall the Democrats very recently claiming that urban riots and frightening street violence were only “legitimate demonstrations”.  That kind of response only encourages violence.  Then too, their own progressive, Democrat DA’s happily embraced a formal policy of “no cash bail” and intentionally set aside  prosecutions of  felonious, often violent criminals—-These elements were immediately released back into the street to commit more violent acts.  Then too, these same Democrats argued that the homeless who committed violent crimes should be “excused from culpability” based on their “disadvantaged” state.  ( in this case they uncharacteristically “threw the book” at the perpetrator. But some level of “equal justice” would have been appreciated by those ordinary folks who suffered from very similar violence at the hands of other homeless and deranged criminals.) 

During the furious and fearful  months-long, deadly BLM riots, when demonstrators burned buildings, defaced historic sites and perpetrated murderous attacks on civilians and on police, the Dems excused these acts of violence as the result of “institutional racism”. The smash and grab” mobs which have plagued our cities and small businesses were the direct result of Democrats ignoring or condoning violence and permissive policing, and “defund the police” laws and policies.All these acts of violence  ignored, disregarded and unpunished by the Democrats as “only poor folk taking what they needed”contributed to the surge in violence and disrespect for our laws we are presently experiencing. 

Democrats ignored our border crisis and the violence it engenders.  They ignored, then lied about, and defended the illegal entry, human trafficking, murder, torture and rape and other violent acts committed along the gaping wide-open southern border, claiming the misguided policy of President Biden reverting  to a “more humane” plan than that of the last administration was a “success”. 

Then too the Democrats simply ignored violent and illegal demonstrations opposing the Court’s pending decision on Roe v Wade. These noisy, threatening acts taking  place in front of the private homes of  Conservative SCOTUS members were other acts of violence condoned by Democrats which all contributed to the state of lawlessness we are presently experiencing . 

The left squealed in delight when an attempt (foiled by police) was made on the life of conservative SC Justice Cavanaugh. They ignored and downplayed the attempted murder of Congressman Scalice and wounding of other GOP members as they gathered to play a baseball game.  The violent, vicious  attack on Senator Ron Paul was widely ignored by the Democrats. And the widely reported comments by Speaker Pelosi’s own daughter who posted her opinion that the attack on Paul was “justified” was never criticized or censured as  an example of encouraging or“supporting violence”.   ( No apology was ever offered Senator Paul by the the Speaker for her daughter’s violence-encouraging  statements).  

Our recent history is rife with Democrat leaders encouraging rioters, violent demonstrations and violence. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, herself,  has recently revealed her own violent nature by publicly and proudly reaffirming her desire to “punch President Trump in the face” after the January 6,  DC demonstration and riot.   No one has ever sanctioned or even criticized the many violent statements made by civilian Democrat supporters such as the now infamous actor Robert DeNiro, who regularly publicly  threatened to “punch Trump in the face and him beat up” on Trump , or the now infamous “severed head” of President Trump carried by comedienne Kathy Griffin on stage..  

One exceptionally violent Democrat congressional  member stands out in relief.  After the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Congresswoman Maxine Waters encouraged demonstrators to “get more confrontational” , she stirred up a crowd with violent threats, claiming that she was going to “take out President Trump” (Oct 20, 2017).  She advocated and advised demonstrators to harass any member of the Trump Cabinet encountered in a restaurant or store to “create a crowd,”  “get in their face” and “push back on them” .  She traveled across state lines to encourage riots that led to violence and community destruction.  She was eventually sanctioned by an embarrassed Congress for her violence..but to no avail, she has continued her violent speech in Congress .  

And let us not ignore the embarrassing statements of the chief advocate of violence himself, President Biden who has too often  encouraged such acts with his intemperate speech,  “name calling” and epithets ( on several infamous occasions labeling the 74 million who voted for Mr Trump in the last election “semi fascists”).   

The way I see it,  the Democrats have encouraged, accepted or ignored violence when it favored their political or ideological agenda. Sadly, they opened a Pandora box of evil outcomes with this policy.  Our cities have all seen dramatic surges in violence behavior.  Crime statistics are up across the nation. Their political agenda to maintain power has engendered a fearful, ugly  spike in US violence, lawlessness, and chaos which has in this recent case (an attack on the innocent and elderly spouse of Speaker Pelosi) come back to bite them in their backsides.  

But one does not have to be a MENSA candidate to clearly see who is responsible for encouraging and condoning violence when it serves their purposes . And being exposed to the effects and results of this failed policy for more than 20 months now, the US electorate is ready to remove them from power.  The nation’s electorate has turned on them with abhorrence for the frightening surge in crime.  This fear and aversion of continuing policies which have caused this descent into chaos and criminality. The realization of their many failures over the last two years are the main causes of their present and justified weakness in the polls.  

Let’s all hope that Paul Pelosi has a rapid recovery, and that the ideologies in the Biden White House have learned a lesson from St Mathew—about the dangers of living—- and dying by the sword. 

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