Here’s something that never happened as the Biden administration was carrying out its nationwide crackdown on conservatives — as they rounded up conservatives who prayed outside of abortion clinics, who walked around the Capitol building, who posted memes on social media, and so on. They never once — not one time — punished a law enforcement official for excessive force against conservatives. And they had no shortage of opportunities to do so. On January 6 alone, a Capitol Police officer with a lengthy and documented history of incompetence shot an unarmed woman to death. Another Capitol Police officer shoved an unarmed protester off a staircase, nearly killing him.
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We’ll put that footage on the screen, since no one ever talks about it. The guy they pushed was unresponsive and seriously injured. On top of that, there’s evidence that an officer may have beaten Rosanne Boyland, another unarmed protester who died on January 6. And this is just a small sampling of excessive use of force, on one day.
When the FBI, armed with a battering ram, knocked down James O’Keefe’s door at 6:00 am, and made him stand outside in his underwear while they ransacked his apartment, not one agent was even disciplined, much less terminated. They were harassing and humiliating a journalist, along with everyone who worked with him, in clear violation of the First Amendment. Then again, the agents were on a mission to destroy all evidence of Ashley Biden’s diary — and all her stories about showering with her father — so they had nothing to worry about.
Along the same lines, as we’ve discussed previously, 25 heavily armed FBI agents pointed their rifles at Mark Houck, in front of his children, for the crime of protesting abortion. One of the agents mocked Houck’s children as they watched their father getting dragged away. But again, nothing happened to any of these people. Conservatives complained about all of these incidents, constantly. We complained in Congress, on cable television, on podcasts, on social media — everywhere. But the Biden administration ignored us.
And there’s a reason for that. The Biden administration understood that, when you’re waging total war on the domestic front, there’s no room for infighting. A unified front is far more effective, in every case. Their goal was to demonize and ultimately destroy Christians and conservatives, and they ruthlessly pursued that goal. So they looked the other way when their agents committed acts of unlawful violence. In fact, every single Democrat in the country supported this approach. That’s what we saw for the past four years. It’s what we’re still seeing today.
The test for the Trump administration — maybe the only test that matters — is whether they’re willing to demonstrate half as much commitment, and dedication to their mission, as the Left. Conservatives, particularly Christians, are being gunned down every other day. Democrats are openly celebrating this violence, and encouraging more of it. Incitement is their entire political platform. And these people will succeed, unless they are crushed, unapologetically, by a unified Right.
To be clear, I’m not saying that the Trump administration should commit acts of unlawful violence, as the Biden administration did. What I’m saying is that, when you’re faced with a highly motivated and organized enemy, it’s critically important to look after your own people. Don’t hamstring your own officers. Don’t pay any attention whatsoever to the fake outrage mobs on the Left. Ignore the constant drumbeat of lies from every single mainstream media outlet, and crush these terrorists. That’s the bar that the Trump administration has to meet. That’s the test they have to pass.
Over the weekend, someone in the Trump administration failed this test. And they failed very badly. Footage was posted online of a scuffle at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan, involving an ICE officer and a woman named Monica Moreta-Galarza. The woman is apparently not an American citizen, and neither is her husband. And when ICE agents detained her husband, Monica had a meltdown. Here’s footage that went viral, which was posted by a reporter from ProPublica, the Left-wing outlet that specializes in hit pieces against conservative Supreme Court justices. Watch:
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As you can see, all the reporters are eagerly taking pictures. They were all looking for a moment like this, which they could use to spread the narrative that ICE is randomly attacking innocent women for no reason. And of course, to that end, the footage from this ProPublica reporter starts *after* the ICE agent is already pushing the woman, so we have no context whatsoever. It’s an obviously misleading clip. It’s intended to provide ammunition to Leftists who want open borders. And that’s not a surprise. We expect this kind of dishonesty from these people.
What we don’t expect — and what we shouldn’t tolerate — is that the Trump administration would fall for this propaganda. But they did. In response to an inquiry from CNN, DHS folded immediately.
“The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Friday. “Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation.”
Obviously, this statement was an immediate propaganda victory for the entire Left-wing media. It became a rallying cry for the communists on Reddit who are calling for ICE officers to be murdered. And the message to rank-and-file ICE officers couldn’t be any more clear: Your superiors don’t have your back. They don’t care if you’re forced to defend yourself against criminal illegal aliens. They’ll throw you under the bus, at a moment’s notice.
Here’s a longer clip of this incident, which actually provides some meaningful context. ICE of course had access to this footage when they suspended the agent. But they ignored it. Watch:
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As you can see from this clip, the woman puts her hands on the ICE officer multiple times. She corners him. He’s trying to tell her to leave. She’s hysterical. She keeps making physical contact with him.
If you or I did this to a law enforcement officer, we would receive exactly the same treatment. This woman was repeatedly told to leave, and to calm down. And she responded by touching this ICE officer, several times. And especially right now — when federal agents are being attacked constantly — that’s not something we can tolerate. Therefore, in a completely lawful and justified response, the officer pushes the woman back towards a line of uniformed security guards. And then she fakes some kind of injury. That’s it. That’s the whole story.
So who exactly in the Trump administration authorized that statement to go out, blaming the ICE officer? What was the thinking behind it? That person should obviously be fired, immediately. They’re grossly unqualified for their position, at best. At worst, they’re working for the enemy from within.
In this case, within about 48 hours, DHS reportedly backtracked. They’ve apparently placed this officer back on active duty. But we still need clarity as to how exactly this happened. For the past several days, mobs of Antifa rioters have been surrounding ICE facilities, particularly in Portland and Broadview, Illinois. They’ve surrounded multiple ICE vehicles in order to disrupt operations. If we’re going to stop these people from continuing to commit acts of terrorism, every federal agent needs to have assurances that they won’t be punished for doing their job.
To be sure, the Trump administration has put out several statements indicating that they intend to implement a full-on crackdown. The attorney general, for example, put out this statement.
I have witnessed the continued onslaught of violence perpetrated against ICE officers across our country. The Department of Justice will not stand idly by in the face of such lawlessness. At my direction, I am deploying DOJ agents to ICE facilities—and wherever ICE comes under siege—to safeguard federal agents, protect federal property, and immediately arrest all individuals engaged in any federal crime. … I am also instructing the Joint Terrorism Task Forces across the country to disrupt and investigate all entities and individuals engaged in acts of domestic terrorism.
For his part, Donald Trump posted this message on Truth Social.
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He says that he’s directing “troops” to “war-ravaged Portland,” as well as every other ICE facility that’s under siege. He states, “I am also authorizing full force, if necessary.”
That’s the right language. But in practice, you have to wonder what it actually means. There has been an undeniable pattern of tough-sounding statements with very little follow through. This was a post from Pam Bondi just a couple of weeks ago, for example.
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“If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you.” Well, so much for that. What she really meant was, “if you touch any law enforcement officer, we’ll come after the officer.” If CNN and “ProPublica” are upset enough, then the administration will throw the officer under the bus.
All this is to say, we are well past the point where we can be impressed with strongly-worded tweets or executive orders. They have to actually start making arrests. They need to hunt down and arrest all of the Leftist terrorists who are visible, on camera, openly committing federal crimes. It wouldn’t require a January 6-style dragnet. They wouldn’t need to distribute “Wanted” posters or anything like that. The Leftists are uploading the footage of their crimes, in real time, online.
Here’s just one example. It was uploaded by a communist named Kat Abughazaleh in Broadview, Illinois (She used to work as a propagandist for Media Matters before becoming a politician). In this video, she — and many other people — are deliberately blocking a federal vehicle on the road. Watch:
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Among other things, this is an obvious threat to the safety of the federal officials in that car, as well as anyone they might be transporting. The communists have frozen the car in place, so that anyone can take a shot — including a Leftist with a sniper rifle, like the one who opened fire on an ICE facility just a few days ago. The necessary response here, by ICE, is to step on the accelerator. They shouldn’t have to wait to get shot. When a mob surrounds your car on the street, they are kidnapping you, by definition. They are preventing you from going anywhere. And the appropriate response, when a mob tries to kidnap you, is to use any force necessary to escape. When a mob surrounds you, you are not under and moral or legal obligation to comply with their demands. You should leave, escape, by whatever means necessary. If the mob gets hurt in the process, that’s their own fault. They chose to throw themselves in front of a moving car. They have nobody to blame but themselves. And this should be obvious.
But that didn’t happen here, presumably because the agents were worried that Pam Bondi might ruin their lives. That still doesn’t address the question of why “Kat Abughazaleh,” and the rest of this mob, are walking free at the moment. They should all be in solitary confinement in a federal prison. If it was good enough for January 6 defendants, including grandmothers with terminal cancer who never bothered a single federal employee, then it’s good enough for these terrorists.
It’s also good enough for this morbidly obese woman, who was blocking an ICE vehicle. Watch:
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Again, as entertaining as this footage is — she should’ve been arrested. I’m not exactly sure where this was shot. But she was clearly obstructing a federal law enforcement vehicle. And yet, instead of an arrest, she got her first cardio workout in a very, very long time.
So what’s the DOJ’s excuse here? How can the administration call Antifa a domestic terror organization, and then ignore the fact that these people are being caught on film — in some cases, filming themselves — as they commit federal crimes? Is that what “full force” means?
As best I can tell, “full force” means that the administration is going to deploy more guys around the besieged federal buildings to stand there and be harassed and threatened by the insurrectionist mobs. And only in extreme cases will they venture out and make some arrests. In fact, they’ll allow the insurrectionists to push up against the officers, and make handgun gestures towards them. The only response from the officers, in many cases, is to walk backwards.
This footage is from Katie Daviscourt at The Post Millennial, from yesterday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, as well as Saturday night. Watch:
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We simply cannot allow hundreds of Leftists to gather outside a federal facility, stand in the middle of the street, and repeatedly make physical contact with officers while threatening them like this — particularly when these Leftists belong to a domestic terror organization. It’s not remotely sufficient to arrest one or two of them, when they throw a brick or something like that. The crowd is providing cover for the attacker. They are all complicit. They are blocking traffic, including roadways that the facility needs to function. They must be arrested. All of them. Now. Statements are not good enough.
For their part, Democrats aren’t simply issuing statements. They’re killing conservatives and Christians. They’re shooting at ICE agents and dragging them underneath cars. And as all of this is going on, Democrats are deliberately inciting more violence.
Gavin Newsom’s press account just posted this message, for example.
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They have many more posts like this. Just a couple of weeks after a prominent Christian conservative was shot by a Leftist who wrote “Hey fascist, catch” on a bullet, they’re labeling Donald Trump’s chief adviser a fascist. They want him dead. They want a Leftist to take him out. That is explicit. Everyone knows it. The point of calling people Nazis is to justify their murder. And at this point, everyone — including federal prosecutors at the DOJ — should stop pretending otherwise.
It’s never been more apparent that the goal of Leftism is the extermination of conservatives, using lawfare and violence if necessary. The New York Times just ran this obituary for Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army terrorist who murdered a New Jersey State Trooper in 1977, only to be busted out of jail by BLA communists in 1979, at which point she fled to Cuba. Here’s the New York Times’ headline on the obituary: “Assata Shakur Dies at 78; Convicted Revolutionary Found Refuge in Cuba.”
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Yes, she’s a “convicted revolutionary.” Not a convicted cop-killer and a terrorist, who remained on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list until the day she died. No, her only crime is being too revolutionary. That’s what the Left thinks of law enforcement. It’s what they think of human life. None of it matters to them. And now they’re admitting it, as plainly as they possibly can.
The Chicago Teachers Union agrees. They’re also on board with murder in the name of “black liberation.” This is a union that represents roughly 30,000 teachers, who teach hundreds of thousands of students.
Here’s what they wrote:
Rest in Power, Rest in Peace, Assata Shakur. Today we honor the life and legacy of a revolutionary fighter, a fierce writer, a revered elder of Black liberation, and a leader of freedom whose spirit continues to live in our struggle. Assata refused to be silenced. She taught us that “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.
This is the modern Left. Really, it’s what the Left always was. But the subtlety is all gone now. They want conservatives dead. That’s why they celebrated what happened to Charlie Kirk. It’s why they’re glorifying this terrorist. It’s why they call conservatives “Nazis” and “fascists.” And it’s why they’re doing everything in their power to ensure that the federal government can’t deport the millions of foreign criminals who currently live in this country.
We are dealing with a real insurrection here — not the fake January 6 type. It’s an insurrection that is supported and promoted by one of our major political parties — which, in a number of blue states and cities, has effectively declared it is not bound by the law and will not take orders from the federal government. At the moment, it doesn’t appear that we are really contending with the full gravity of this crisis. If we aren’t prepared to actually use full force against these insurrectionists, then we should stop the play-acting and not subject our people to no-win situations — where one skinned knee becomes a media scandal causing officers to get tossed under the bus by their own chain of command.
My fear right now is that the second any cop, ICE agent, or National Guardsman really uses full force — that is, legal and justified violence by an authorized agent against a criminal terrorist — he’ll be stabbed in the back the same way Chauvin was, or the same way that this ICE officer was. You need to have the stomach for the insane outrage cycle that will inevitably follow from any use of force, whether “full” or not. So far we haven’t actually seen the military or law enforcement go on the offense against these terrorists. They’re mostly instructed to show up and stand there while they get harassed and assaulted by the mob.
That needs to change. The Left has laid out the ground rules for all-out warfare. They’re going to continue to test this administration until they make a choice — do we all have to endure several more years of terrorism, in which Antifa terrorists are allowed to subvert the rule of law and the will of the voters? Or are we finally going to treat terrorists like terrorists? That’s the choice this administration now faces. And we can’t afford for them to make the wrong one.
