This year, Jan. 6 will be commemorated with all the ballyhoo and rigamarole Democrats and their media allies can muster. CNN plans an entire special around the anniversary, titled “Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later”; the show will feature the “heroes who protected our democracy in the face of an insurrection,” and will include interviews with such luminaries as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and January 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are also expected to commemorate Jan. 6 with special remarks, and Pelosi has organized a bevy of events in memory of the riot.
Now, you might ask yourself just why Jan. 6 merits such outsized attention. One need not downplay the events — the horrifying image of rioters bashing police officers with metal poles, storming through the halls of Congress shouting for Mike Pence — in order to recognize Jan. 6 for what it was: an ugly but not pivotal moment in American history. The event resulted in one direct death — rioter Ashli Babbitt was shot by a Capitol police officer — and some $1.5 million in property damage to the Capitol building; the Capitol was cleared within hours of the riot, and Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promptly presided over the certification of the 2020 election. Those who broke into the Capitol or even trespassed have ended up in jail.
Meanwhile, by contrast, the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 resulted in some $2 billion in insured property damage (and likely billions more in uninsured property damage), two dozen people died, and the resultant political movement against the police led to an unprecedented nationwide spike in homicides in major cities. To date, there have been no commemorations from CNN, speeches from Biden or Harris, or a day honoring the police officers who held rioters in check.
So, what lies behind the Democratic-media obsession with Jan. 6? Political opportunism. Democrats aren’t even hiding the ball. Facing the ever-likelier prospect of a 2022 midterm wipeout, Democrats have hit on a strategy: they have to rig the electoral rules and overthrow traditional democratic institutions in order to stop Republicans from rigging the electoral rules and overthrowing traditional democratic institutions. Jan. 6, to opportunistic Democrats, is the all-purpose excuse to use the entire weight of their party to push for a radical revision of Senate rules and federal elections. As Politico reported this week, “Democrats are hoping that Thursday will be more than just a day of remembrance. In the Senate, we hear from well-positioned sources, there’s a desire to take the opportunity to supercharge the party’s long-stalled voting rights legislation — possibly even using the anniversary to try to get Sens. Krysten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, to go nuclear on the filibuster or embrace rules changes.”
Yes, the electoral village must be burned in order to stop future events similar to Jan. 6. As The New York Times editorialized, “Every Day Is January 6 Now,” arguing, “the Capitol riot continues in statehouses across the country, in a bloodless, legalized form that no police officer can arrest and that no prosecutor can try in court.” The only plausible response is to federalize election procedures constitutionally given to the states, to mandate the corrupt practice of ballot harvesting, to mandate long periods of early voting and universal absentee ballots, to loosen voter verification, and much more.
All because of Jan. 6.
Or, perhaps, because Democrats can read the writing on the wall. They know that November 2022 cometh, and that right soon. And they hope that if they invoke the specter of Jan. 6 repeatedly, Americans will shrug and allow them to usurp authority, violate rules, and rewrite voting procedure. It won’t work. But it should reveal to Americans just who Democrats are, and how little they actually care about Jan. 6 in the first place.
Ben Shapiro, 37, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps,” “The Right Side Of History,” and “Bullies.” To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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January 6th, 2021, Was Not and Insurrection. Why?
Because I wasn’t there.
The only insurrection was Pelosi and her Communist Democrats and Rhino. The fake news outlets has spread
propaganda. But they haven’t told the truth. I’m waiting for the real truth. It’s starts with What Pelosi knew, when did she know it, why didn’t she bring in more capital security, why didn’t she take President Trump up, to bring in the national guard. Why did the DC police stand down. What did the mayor know. Why did the DC Police escorted Antifa and BLM into the nations capital What is the roll of the DOJ. FBI, CIA, BLM. Antifa, Pentagon, why did the Guard show up at 5 o’clock. Where are a the email message from Pelosi laptop. McConnell lap top. Where are the DOJ messages. Why can’t the American people see all the footage of the insurrection. Why won’t the DOJ release them . Why hasn’t the people that been in the DC jail been arranged. Why can’t they see their families or lawyers. Biden and Pelosi have made a complete clown show out this administration. But the clown show is fixing to turn all Red. Come 2022 the red flag will wave.
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” (in this case- the lady is Ben Shapiro specifically and the whole Republican party)
You have a right to believe what you want. HOWEVER, common sense and simple math proves Joe Biden did not win the election as the left-wing media has reported it.
Furthermore, the Democrats are doing EVERYTHING they can to permanently change the voting laws to favor their desire to cheat. And Schumer wants to change the Senate rules because he can’t get his way.
Pelosi & Schumer want to paint Jan. 6 2021 as an Insurrection which is absurd, especially since no one was armed. However, should the Dems continue to play this game with our laws and our freedom, I can assure you, the sleeping giant will awaken and then they will see what a real insurrection looks like.
You’re so right if they didn’t rig the election what should they have to worry about. I believe the Democrats had a lot to do with what went on
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January 6th 2021, was not a insurrection. When the truth comes out. We will find, that it was a false flag. FBI, BLM, Antifa, Nasty Nancy Pelosi. Were involved up to there eyeballs. Let’s see here emails, and phone records. The real President is being witch hunted again. I never have seen such corruption. And they talk about democracy. It’s a horrible travesty.
If an insurrection does truly happen, Pelosi will know it because she will be swinging from the end of a rope by her neck, along with every other politician who has thwarted our Constitution and done everything possible to ignore the will of the People.
LISTEN UP….The LOCKED UP CAPITOL Protesters are Being TREATED Like DIRT. GOD is the BOWLING BALL…the DEMOCRATS are the BOWLING PINS…GOD Says……STRIKE!!😩😩😩
The democrats know if people will actually do the right thing they will not be in power much longer, and they want to hold onto the power they have even if it is by morally objectionable means
So the Democratic leaders , ( Under the leadership of Obama and Soros ) are trying to portray to the American People , that unless we allow them to make the country over, to something that resembles Nazi Germany , we will become a Nazi Country? The Draconian rule must end in November. The DNC and MSM keep trying to portray Jan 6th as a complete take over of the country by a few hundred people who were pushed to enter the capital by unknown persons., they want to place the Blame of President Trump by their false reports , more doctored texts and e-mails ( Some of which they had to appoligize for after being caught in the deception, ) this is just a attempt to keep control of the country ( The FBI & CIA have already made it clear that this was not staged or caused by President Trump or his Administration, but they ignore those reports ) What I’d it they have to hide in not investigating the whole issue, why, after Trump offering to bring in the National Guard , did Pelosi refuse, even after warnings of a possible riot, what were her orders to the Sargent-at- Arms, and why will she not allow him to testify as to what those orders were? Because this is not about Jan 6th, this is Impeachment # 3 ( the last 2 failed ) to keep Trump from ever holding office, which is why they are holding off their report until Nov, just before the Election.
What IF Dems storm Capitol for 2022 race results?
Outcome the same.
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The dems also want to try and prevent Republicans who they try to paint as insurrectionist from holding office.
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