Nancy Pelosi Finally Denounces AntiFA Violence - Granite Grok

Nancy Pelosi Finally Denounces AntiFA Violence

Antifa - looks like ISIS with different color flags
Antifa – looks like ISIS with different color flags

This has been a long time coming.

“Our democracy has no room for inciting violence or endangering the public, no matter the ideology of those who commit such acts,” the California Democrat said in a statement. “The violent actions of people calling themselves Antifa in Berkeley this weekend deserve unequivocal condemnation, and the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted.”

Is it possible that the minority House leader has had a vision? One where using the actions of violent thugs to advance the Democrat Parties “all Republicans are into White Supremacy” narrative is beginning to backfire?

I wouldn’t rush to any conclusions.

But the mayor of Berkeley sounds like he wants to be on board.

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, a Democrat, told reporters afterward that he thought it was time to “classify them as a gang,” referring to the antifa.

“They come dressed in uniforms. They have weapons, almost like a militia, and I think we need to think about that in terms of our law enforcement approach,” Mr. Arreguin told CBS5 in San Francisco.

I’ll wait till that happens before passing judgment but it sounds good.

And when can we expect the New Hampshire Democrat Delegation to denounce the deviants as well?

That’s an interesting question.  Neither Pelosi, Kuster, nor Shea-Porter has any reference to the events or the Minority leaders remarks condemning people calling themselves antifa.

Wait, that’s something right there, isn’t it.

People calling themselves AntiFA.

I bet there’s a distinction to be found in there, for future reference. A loophole. An out. A way to sound like you oppose the violence without opposing the actual group–which without the violence has no actual purpose.

No, I don’t trust them.

Let’s keep our eyes and ears open and see what comes next.

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