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A narrow Senate defeat for a so-called “January 6 Commission” to politically target Trump protesters hasn’t stopped Democrats.
According to reports, a House Select Committee hearing may serve as an avenue for continuing to peddle a narrative of “insurrection”. Democrats have already used the January 6 event to illegally spy on U.S. citizens, and jail hundreds of protesters (see Trends Journal articles here and here).
Many of those in jail did nothing more than trespass on Federal property.
This past Saturday, legislation that would’ve created a “9/11” style commission failed passage after a Senate filibuster. Republicans voted against the measure, pointing out how the protest has been heavily politicized and lied about.
In the aftermath of the protest, Democrats made multiple claims that have been thoroughly debunked. They repeated claims that there were protesters in and around the Capitol armed with guns, even after police stated that they found no protesters with firearms.
Democrats have also falsely portrayed the deaths that occurred at the protest. It was claimed that a Capitol police officer died from a beating with a fire extinguishing canister, but that never happened. The officer in question was not beaten by protesters, and officials determined that he died of natural causes during the rally, along with three Trump protesters.
Nonetheless, as the Senate commission bill was rejected, Hillary Clinton was still repeating the lie in a tweet:
“An angry mob attacked our Capitol, our lawmakers, and our election. They killed a policeman. And Republican leaders would rather we all not know more about what happened.”
The only deliberate killing that occurred at the event was the shooting of a female unarmed protester and Air Force veteran, Ashli Babbitt. Incredibly, some Democrats have deceptively included her death as one caused by “rioters.” The identity of the government employee or official who shot Babbitt has still not been officially released.
A House committee hearing would not be the same as a commission, which presumably would have at least appeared bi-partisan. But persons could still be subpoenaed, and the Democrats could widen the deep fissures of the 2020 election, which most Republicans, and even a significant number of Democrats, consider suspect or outright fraudulent.
Democrat Blueprint for Protest
Democrats created the blueprint for the January 6 protest. In 2011, for example, Democrat-aligned protests occupied and shut down the Wisconsin State House for ten days to prevent legislators from passing a budget bill.
Here’s how The Atlantic described that protest:
“That night was the first of 10—and counting—that hundreds have occupied the Wisconsin state Capitol. The TAA hadn’t planned to stay there overnight. ‘It emerged rather organically,’ explains Alex Hanna, the other co-president of the TAA.”
In 2018, Democrat protesters occupied a Federal building in Washington, D.C. to try to stop the Supreme Court confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. According to a Fox News report at the time:
“By Thursday afternoon, Capitol Police began arresting hundreds of protesters inside the Hart Senate Office Building who raised their fists and loudly started chanting “Kavanaugh has got to go.” Arrests were made after protesters began sitting down in the building’s atrium, refusing to cooperate with law enforcement…
In all, some 302 protesters were arrested and charged with unlawfully demonstrating in Senate office buildings Thursday, police said.”
Democrats – and Republicans – made no calls for a commission then, and many MSM outlets cast the protest in a favorable light.
Federal buildings, police precincts, businesses, and even private residences were burned, looted, or destroyed by the hundreds in BLM and Antifa protests in 2020. Dozens of people, including police officers and others, were killed in riots that occurred in locations across the country and caused billions in damage.
At the time, Kamala Harris said it was “critical” that the protests continue despite the widespread carnage and chaos. She told Stephen Colbert:
“They’re not going to stop. This is a movement, I’m telling you. They’re not going to stop and everyone beware, because they’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November and they’re not going to stop after Election Day. Everyone should take note of that on both levels. They’re not going to let up and they should not and we should not.”