The Condoning of Violence as a Tool of Politics

If anything has been learned from the past three and a half years of the Democrats holding federal power, it is an acceptance of violence and intimidation if they serve their needs of holding onto power.  The Democrats and the leftists who make up the ruling class of the party demanded a no-bail for suspected offenders. Too often, these criminals let out of jail committed more crimes before going to trial for the first offense.  In New York alone, 66% of offenders released were re-arrested within two years.

During the George Floyd riots in 2020, where anarchists and Antifa destroyed a good portion of Minneapolis, the present Democratic candidate for President, Kamala Harris, used her national megaphone to support the violent insurrections.  Working  at the time through a little-known non-profit organization called The Minnesota Freedom Fund, she posted on X, “If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota.”

On ABC Sunday’s news show, This Week, Martha Raddatz questioned J.D Vance to downplay the violence in Aurora, Colorado, where a Venezuelan gang took over an apartment building by armed force. 

Raddatz, who probably doesn’t ever worry about violence against herself because of her privileged affluence and leftist bias, accepted the notion that some degree of violence is acceptable. She said, “The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes — apartment complexes and the mayor said our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns.”

Astutely, Vance responded, “Martha, do you hear yourself?”  Vance was astonished and made the point that armed (Venezuelan) gangs should have the power to take over any apartment complexes in America. He also intimated from his short question back to Raddatz, highlighting the level of acceptable violence she and her leftist compadres would allow, just as long as it is not directed toward them.  The long and short of it is that violence is acceptable if it furthers the Democratic agenda.

While campaigning for Harris, former President Bill Clinton admitted if the border was secured and the vetting of illegal immigrants in place, the murder of Lakin Riley could have been avoided. Clinton is the first Democrat to admit to this fact. The rest of the party has ignored or refused to recognize the violence brought about by illegal immigration.

Intimidation is another form of violence, albeit not necessarily physical, but can be just as devastating. Most of the country knows the lawfare under Biden’s DOJ directed toward Donald Trump.  A lot of Americans, though not prosecuted like Trump, were bullied into the vaccine mandate, and if they refused, they lost their livelihoods and canceled. The FBI was weaponized against the citizenry and targeted parents who objected to out-of-control school boards, the travesty of the J6 protestors, many languishing in horrible confinement to this day, and Pro-life advocates.

Recently, Judge Jennifer L. Rochan from the Southern District of New York imposed a harsh three-year and five-month sentence on a black pro-life protester, Bevelyn Beatty Williams. She was charged with breaking the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE).  According to Williams, Rochan made it “very clear in the courtroom that she was going to make an example out of me.”  Williams, a mother of a two-year-old, said she was persecuted as a Christian, standing for my beliefs when it comes to life. 

Williams isn’t the only pro-life activist who the Democratic-run Department of Justice has severely treated, and she won’t be the last. The imprisonment of the faithful is an intimidation scheme to keep others inclined to protest against abortion or other leftist policies to think again.

As Americans and Christians, the use of violence to promote an agenda of any kind is something that should be unacceptable. It was in the past. The hallmark of any civilization is zero tolerance for violence. As a country, we must condemn any form of violence both here and throughout the world.