“I call on the White House to conduct a transparent, government-wide review aimed at assuring the American people that these thuggish practices are not underway at the IRS or elsewhere in the administration against anyone, regardless of their political views,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. “An apology won’t put this issue to rest.”
AOC and Rachel Maddow: Arrests for Thee, But Not for Me
Ya gotta love the bold double standard.
Here’s but one headline, this from Fox News:
Freakout: Liberal media pundits, Democratic lawmakers worry Trump will throw them in jail, ‘massive camps’
Fox reports:
Prominent Democrats and liberal media pundits have worried about being thrown in jail, “massive camps” and more if former President Trump wins in November.
“For that matter, what convinces you that these massive camps he’s planning are only for migrants? So, yes, I’m worried about me — but only as much as I’m worried about all of us,” MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said during an interview with CNN’s Oliver Darcy in June.
My old CNN colleague Brian Stelter worried:
But think about IRS audits, think about government pressure on media companies, think about other forms of government interference. There are a lot of pressure points. And frankly, Rachel Maddow is not the only member of the media thinking about this.
And here is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., saying this:
I mean, it sounds nuts, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy threw me in jail.
Where to start with all this?
Let’s go with Brian Stelter. He worries about IRS audits? Gee. Where was Brian during the Obama-era? Recall this headline in the Washington Post back there in 2013 — the Obama era:
IRS admits targeting conservatives for tax scrutiny in 2012 election
The Post reported:
One of the nation’s largest tea party groups, the Tea Party Patriots, said it rejected the IRS’s explanation and demanded the resignations of all officials involved. The group also called on President Obama to apologize for ignoring its concerns.
“The IRS has demonstrated the most disturbing, illegal and outrageous abuse of government power,” said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator of Tea Party Patriots. “This deliberate targeting and harassment of tea party groups reaches a new low in illegal government activity and overreach.”
Not to be forgotten either was this headline from CBS in 2013:
Fox News reporter secretly monitored by Obama administration: court documents
The CBS story reported:
(CBS News) Court documents released this week show the Obama administration secretly monitored a Washington journalist. In seeking a search warrant, the FBI called Fox News’ James Rosen a “criminal co-conspirator,” even though he isn’t charged with any crime.
In short, the Obama administration targeted Fox and conservative groups using both the DOJ and the IRS. To silence from liberal media.
Over at MSNBC, there is this from host Nicole Wallace:
MSNBC Host Nicolle Wallace Says Trump Is Preparing ‘A Hostile Takeover’ To Turn DOJ Into ‘Political Weapon’
Any concern about the complete Biden politicization of the Department of Justice now targeting Trump himself and various Trump supporters? Doing this right this minute? Complete silence from Ms. Wallace.
Then there is the decidedly current issue as well of the Biden administration and its Democrat allies doing in fact to former President Trump and various Trump supporters exactly what AOC and Maddow say they are concerned could happen to them.
In other words, quite vividly the Biden administration and its Democrat allies have gone about arresting former President Trump, not to mention his former staff members Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon. Completely politicizing and weaponizing the DOJ and legal bureaucracies in New York.
And the response from AOC and Rachel Maddow? Stone cold silence. And speaking of Stone, not to be forgotten is Trump ally and longtime Republican strategist Roger Stone, whose impending prison sentence in 2020 was first commuted, then pardoned, by President Trump.
Silence from AOC and Maddow on the targeting of Roger Stone.
And as far as the weaponized legal system targeting President Trump employed by New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg? Not a peep of objection from AOC and Rachel Maddow.
Which clearly must mean that as long as the weaponized legal system targets Trump and Trump supporters, AOC and Maddow think that’s fine. No objection from them.
But turn that around? And target AOC and Rachel Maddow? Ohhhhh the sky is falling.
How about this?
How about not using the Department of Justice, the New York Attorney General’s office, and the office of the Manhattan District Attorney to target political opponents?
At all?
The hard fact here is that AOC and Rachel Maddow and doubtless all kinds of lefties out there think using the legal system to target political opponents is just fine. Or they would be front and center on the floor of Congress or when visiting the set of The View or Rachel’s own MSNBC show — loudly and seriously opposing the treatment of President Trump and the rest of his supporters who have been targeted.
But there is, again, not a peep of objection from AOC and Maddow to using a weaponized DOJ and state and local legal offices to target Trump and the others.
Now, suddenly a light goes on with AOC and Rachel. If a politically weaponized legal system can be turned on Trump and the others, then it could be turned around by Trump to target them.
A suggestion?
Maybe stop using a weaponized legal system to target any political or media opponent.
And maybe, just maybe, AOC and Rachel Maddow will break their silence and support that.
But in reality, don’t bet the ranch.
AOC and Rachel Maddow have a double standard on justice — arrests for thee, but not for me.
And they apparently intend to stick to it.
Their silence is deafening
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