http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/30/nancy-pelosi-denounces-violent-antifa-protesters-unequivocal-condemnation/
Seems like Pelosi is denouncing them!!! On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 6:08 AM, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Democrats hype up leftist base, remain silent after violent antifa attack > in Berkeley > > Six injured after leftists swarm park, target police, Trump supporters > > [image: Description: An anti-fascist demonstrator jumps over a barricade > during a free speech rally Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. > Several thousand people converged in Berkeley Sunday for a "Rally > Against Hate" in response to a planned right-wing protest that raised > concerns of violence and triggered a massive police presence. Several > people were arrested for violating rules against covering their faces or > carrying items banned by authorities. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)] > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/image/ap_free_speech_rallies_49485jpg/> > > An anti-fascist demonstrator jumps over a barricade during a free speech > rally Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. Several thousand people > converged in Berkeley Sunday for a “Rally Against Hate” in response to a > planned right-wing protest that raised ... > > By Valerie Richardson > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/valerie-richardson/> - The > Washington Times - Monday, August 28, 2017 > > California Democrats who whipped up opposition to the weekend’s free > speech rallies had little to say after radical leftist protesters, led by > the antifa movement, attacked police and Trump supporters on Sunday in > Berkeley, injuring six. > > House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/nancy-pelosi/>, who last week > denounced the Patriot Prayer gathering in San Francisco as a “white > supremacist rally,” had no public comment on the leftist violence. > > Neither did Rep. Barbara Lee of California, who joined other local > Democrats last week at a press conference to condemn “bigotry and hate” > ahead of what they called a “white nationalist rally in Berkeley.” > > > > Those familiar with recent right-of-center rallies in the Bay Area, Boston > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/boston/> and Portland, Oregon, say > it’s a familiar pattern: Democrats play to their base by hyping fears of > neo-Nazis while ignoring or glossing over any leftist violence. > > “There has been nearly complete silence from Democrats regarding the > violence of antifa in Berkeley and elsewhere,” said Cornell Law School > professor William Jacobson. “This silence only emboldens and encourages > those who seek to turn our streets into battlegrounds. Leading Democratic > politicians need to go on record unconditionally rejecting and condemning > antifa.” > > Joey Gibson, leader of Patriot Prayer, who was chased and struck by masked > antifa protesters in Berkeley before police rescued him, called on Mrs. > Pelosi <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/nancy-pelosi/> and San > Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to denounce the leftist violence. > > > > > > “I’m asking Mayor [Ed] Lee and I’m asking Nancy Pelosi > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/nancy-pelosi/> to speak against > this violence and speak against this hatred, and be consistent with your > message,” Mr. Gibson said at a press conference after canceling his event. > > “Nancy Pelosi <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/nancy-pelosi/>, > she’s trying to further her own agenda, and she’s putting her own citizens > in danger, directly in danger,” he said. > > Democrats’ muted response after Berkeley is in sharp contrast to the > Republican reaction following a white nationalist march in Charlottesville > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charlottesville/>, Virginia, where > a woman was killed and 19 others were injured after a car plowed into a > crowd of protesters. > > At its summer meeting Friday, the Republican National Committee passed > unanimously a resolution denouncing the racist beliefs of “Nazis, the KKK, > white supremacists,” and declaring the party “unified in its revulsion at > the abhorrent white supremacist demonstration in Charlottesville > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charlottesville/>, Virginia.” > > After President Trump blamed “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” > for the Aug. 12 violence, multiple Republicans urged him to call out white > supremacists and white nationalists by name, which he did in an Aug. 14 > statement. > > “Racism is evil — and those who cause violence in its name are criminals > and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate > groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” Mr. > Trump said. > > One California Democrat who did condemn the violence at Berkeley was Sen. > Kamala D. Harris, although her spokesman did not mention antifa by name. > > “Sen. Harris respects the right for people to peacefully protest but > believes violence has no place in America and condemns any violent actors,” > Harris spokesman Tyrone Gayle said in a Monday email. > > Antifa’s defenders argue that it may be extreme but it isn’t racist, while > its critics have decried it as a terrorist group, given its willingness to > use force against “fascists” and others who run afoul of its radical > anti-American ideology. > > At one point, protesters in Berkeley chanted, “No Trump! No wall! No USA > at all!” > > The leftist violence so far has not killed anybody, but it has resulted in > numerous injuries and property damage, including an estimated $100,000 hit > to the University of California Berkeley from the Feb. 1 rioting against > conservative Milo Yiannopoulos. > > At Sunday’s melee, about 100 black-masked protesters jumped police > barricades and chased down and attacked a small number of Trump supporters, > resulting in 13 arrests and injuries to six people, including a police > officer. > > Berkeley police reported that protesters threw paint at officers and that > two of the six people hurt were transported to hospitals for treatment. > > The chaotic protest erupted even though organizers canceled both events — > Saturday’s Patriot Prayer in San Francisco and the No to Marxism in America > event Sunday in Berkeley — over concerns about violence from > counterprotesters. > > Both groups denied any connection to white supremacists. Patriot Prayer’s > Joey Gibson is half-Asian, and his event included mostly nonwhite speakers. > The No to Marxism event was organized by transgender Trump supporter Amber > Cummings. > > Ms. Cummings was outraged after Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin denounced > the event as an attempt to send a “racist and hate-filled message.” > > “That is an outright lie that this mayor is propagating,” Ms. Cummings > said on the website Berkeleyside. “White supremacy is not allowed at my > rally. We do not want racist people there. We do not want hateful people > there.” > > Mr. Arreguin did not respond immediately Monday to a request for comment > about the leftist violence. Neither did Ms. Pelosi > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/nancy-pelosi/> nor Ms. Lee. > > In Boston <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/boston/>, the free > speech rally Aug. 19 was similarly characterized as a white nationalist > gathering despite denials by the event’s organizers at Boston Free Speech. > > “We don’t need this type of hate,” Mayor Marty Walsh said prior to the > rally on CBS4. “So my message is clear to this group. We don’t want you in > Boston <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/boston/>. We don’t want you > on Boston <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/boston/> Common.” > > Afterward, Mr. Walsh congratulated those in massive crowd of > counterprotesters who “peacefully stood up for our values” and “stood for > peace and love, not bigotry and hate,” against the small band of those > cordoned off at the free speech rally. > > Not mentioned was antifa or the 33 arrests for offenses that included > assault and battery on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting > arrest. Several of those detained carried knives, and one was charged with > unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. > > Boston police reported that counterprotesters threw rocks, bottles and > urine. Rally speaker Shiva Ayyadurai said protesters harassed people who > were barred from the free speech event at Boston > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/boston/> Common. > > “Outside, we had some of our supporters who were out there, and they were > saying people wearing MAGA hats and holding American flags were completely > attacked,” said Mr. Ayyadurai. “They were mauled by the antifa people.” > > The small rally included right-wing, libertarian and progressive voices, > as well as several nonwhite speakers. A moment of silence was held at the > start for Heather Heyer, who was killed at Charlottesville > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charlottesville/>. > > Mr. Ayyadurai, a candidate for the Republican nomination to run against > Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, accused the Democratic mayor > and Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican, of cozying up to progressive > voters in advance of their re-election bids next year. > > “They’re both up for re-election, they both need quote unquote liberal > Democrat votes,” said Mr. Ayyadurai. “So they used Charlottesville > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charlottesville/>, and they used > the race card to pound out how much they’re against racism and white > supremacy, and they basically endangered us and the policemen.” > > Mr. Baker joined Democratic leaders in signing a resolution denouncing > white supremacy after Charlottesville > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/charlottesville/>, saying that > “white nationalism and neo-Nazism are continuing to grow as menaces to > societal order.” > > http://tinyurl.com/y89rdvk3 > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > <#m_6734276454787113569_m_-4163400768688418505_m_-7622096667773513556_m_7402366152243145882_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <beow...@westerndefense.net> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYzVmM2ptBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE1MDQwMzQxOTA-> > > > [image: Yahoo! 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