I had a chance to interview Powerline blog and president of Center of American Experiment John Hinderaker whose Center of American experiment offices were torched. During the interview, he reminded me that on during Trump inauguration, Antifa terrorists torched buildings and conducted a riot of their own. CNN reported ,“Six police officers were injured, and 217 protesters arrested Friday after a morning of peaceful protests and coordinated disruptions of Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony gave way to ugly street clashes in downtown Washington…At least two DC police officers and one other person were taken to the hospital after run-ins with protesters, DC Fire Spokesman Vito Maggiolo told CNN. Acting DC Police Chief Peter Newsham said the officers’ injuries were considered minor and not life threatening…Bursts of chaos erupted on 12th and K streets as black-clad “antifascist” protesters smashed storefronts and bus stops, hammered out the windows of a limousine and eventually launched rocks at a phalanx of police lined up in an eastbound crosswalk. Officers responded by launching smoke and flash-bang devices, which could be heard from blocks away, into the street to disperse the crowds…“Pepper spray and other control devices were used to control the criminal actors and protect persons and property.” As a footnote, all charges were dropped, something that did not happen with J6 defendant and as John Hinderaker observed, this riot on Trump inauguration was worse than January 6th.
Ian Tuttle noted about Antifa in National Review, “Here is currently, on the streets, smashing storefronts and setting things on fire, a group called “Antifa,” for “anti-fascist.” Antifa are not a new phenomenon; they surfaced during the Occupy movement, and during the anti-globalization protests of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Antifa movements began in early-20th-century Europe, when fascism was a concrete and urgent concern, and they remain active on the Continent. Lately, Antifa have emerged as the militant fringe of #TheResistance against Donald Trump — who, they maintain, is a fascist, ushering into power a fascist regime. In Washington, D.C., Antifa spent the morning of Inauguration Day lighting trash cans on fire, throwing rocks and bottles at police officers, setting ablaze a limousine, and tossing chunks of pavement through the windows of several businesses.”
The assassination attempt on Trump should not surprise anyone for the past decade, much of the political violence has been instigated by the left. As I detailed in my book, America at the Abyss, Will America survive?, I had liberal friends in a 2019 conversation on Donelson Files, arguing that Antifa was not comparable to the various Neo Nazis and white supremacists, and one even mention they were “anti-fascist” since they have it in their name . Among the data I used to counter the “peaceful nature” of Antifa was 32 reported incidence of violence this group had done, including at least six attacks on journalists covering them . They were right, Antifa is not the equal of these supremacists or racists, they are worse .
As Andy Ngo noted in his book Unmasked, they are well-trained para-militia who know self-defense and how to use weapons plus they have a political movement covering for them . When the right-wing rioters went into the U .S . Capitol, they were condemned by many in the conservative movement and no major political party supports rightwing ex neo-Nazis, but there are political movements that work with Antifa and support them. (I will add that there are many within the Democratic Party and their supporters who have supported Hama, which is 21st century version of the Nazis Party. Many also supported the phrase “From the river to sea” which translate to the destruction of Israel.) In Democratic-controlled cities like Portland and Seattle, they were allowed free reign to do what they wanted . They called the shot while their left-wing patrons merely looked on. .Antifa were the spear used by the left to intimidate and strike fear in not just their opponents but in some cases people who are presumably their allies .
While the media intensively covered the January 6th Capitol riot, the reality is the vast majority of riots in 2020 were linked to Black Lives Matter and United States saw three to four violent actions somewhere in the United States throughout the summer of 2020. That means throughout the summer of 2020 to election day, there were three or four violent actions as bad if not worse than J6 . One study conducted by Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), found that 95% of riots in which there was information available involved Black Lives Matter . This study was originally designed to minimize violent activities conducted by the left yet; they produced overwhelming evidence that the left was responsible for the vast majority of violent activities in the summer of 2020.
Andy Ngo has been one of the few journalists who has penetrated Antifa and discovered a terrorist group protected by much of the media and many prominent Democrats who either commend the group for being “antifascist” or pretend that Antifa doesn’t exist . Rep, Jerry Nadler (D—New York), stated that “violence from Antifa” was a myth . But Andy Ngo has found the truth that Antifa is indeed a violent group . Ngo, in an interview with PJ Media, stated that “Antifa was able to move to the mainstream aided by new liberal allies because collectively they all had a shared enemy: Donald Trump,” Antifa convinced themselves that Trump was Hitler and they needed to respond or face a new Holocaust . Andy Ngo tells of Mike Strickland, the first journalist attacked by Antifa . When Strickland defended himself against Antifa in Portland in 2016 with a legal concealed weapon, he was the one prosecuted. Portland was protecting Antifa . It also sent a message that violence worked and Antifa could get away with it . Andy Ngo himself would be beaten three years later nearly to death and a couple of years later, he was beaten a second time by Antifa . As he was getting beaten, Antifa merely laughed out loud . Andy Ngo was attacked by national publications as a racist extremist and many on the left excused Antifa’s brutality . Ngo pointed out the symbiotic relationship between Antifa and left-wing groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center who would put Antifa targets on their own enemies list including Andy Ngo, whose only crime is telling the truth about Antifa and BLM . Andy Ngo observed, “For their world to live and thrive, America has to die .” Damages in BLM riots between May 26 and June 8, 2020 resulted in as much as two billion dollars paid in insurance claims . In Minneapolis alone, 1500 buildings were destroyed and much of the damage took place in minority communities on whose behalf they rioted for . Violent riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin left 50 million dollars in damages and nearly 60 buildings destroyed . The biggest damage occurred in the city’s most diverse areas that included where most minorities lived . Like Chicago and Minneapolis, minority areas were the hardest hits in the Kenosha riots
Antifa and BLM movement riots destroyed many minority communities and when the police were defunded, it was minority communities who felt the brunt of increased crime . Antifa were and still are a domestic terrorist’ group and in 2020, street violence was the result of leftist gangs and a major political party that was prepared to ignore the violence since it served their purpose, in promoting leftist policies, and helping to elect Joe Biden
After the leak of Roe vs Wade, there was nearly 100 attacks the following two months afterwards on Catholic Churches and pregnancy crisis centers.. One report by Catholic vote noted, “Beginning in early May, vandalism attacks against Catholic churches, pro-life pregnancy centers, maternity homes, and other pro-life organizations have been reported across the country. These attacks have taken the form of vulgar graffiti, property damage, threats, theft, and even arson…Though a rise in vandalism and intimidation of Catholic and pro-life organizations has been documented since at least 2020, the current spate of attacks has been spurred on by the June 24 overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme court, which returned the question of abortion policy to the states, leading to abortion bans in many parts of the country. ..Some of the reported vandalism incidents we’ve tracked appear to be copycat attacks. For example, several of the graffiti incidents featured the threatening phrase “If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you,” which seems to have first appeared on a pro-life pregnancy center in Wisconsin in early May. The U.S. Catholic bishops have documented more than 100 church attacks since 2020, and are pleading for an end to the violence.”
The leftist violence continued unabated throughout 2023 and 2024 as Pro Hamas protest and occasional riots that resulted in death of one Jew, occurred in 45 of the 50 states. In many cases, Jewish students on college campus have been harassed and forbidden to go to classes and outside acts of intimidation is often MO of these protest. Roadways have been closed and Jewish businesses targeted. Leftist ADL center on Extremism, reported 400 percent increase in attacks on Jews just in the first couple of weeks after October 7th and including 312 reported incident and 190 of those were directly related to the protest between the war between Israel and Hamas. That includes physical assault, and violent online messages. And let’s be blunt this antisemitism is coming from the left.
The real issue is if you call someone a Nazis or a threat to democracy even though his own record shows the complete opposite, don’t be surprised if what we witnessed in Butler Pennsylvania will happen again. The Democrats has made a center piece of their campaign that Trump is a threat to democracy and his supporters bunch of Nazis nor was he the only one. From the past eight years, Trump was declared a fascist, a Nazis and threat to democracy but the irony he was the victim of the Russian collusion hoax and then the use of this to try remove Trump from office. If Biden is replaced, it won’t be any difference for the next candidate will continue the Trump is a threat to democracy chat
Trump is not perfect and in many ways, he causes many of us to shake our heads, but he also wants to change this country and understands what is at stake. His opponents have used lawfare to try impeaching him, throw him in jail and then bankrupt his business. What irritates the ruling class is not that he won but his knowledge of them, that many of them are not that particularly smart and have led this country to the precipice of disaster. He may not have all the right answers, but he has at least asked the right questions about what is wrong with America.
His opponent has supported censorship in the name of stopping misinformation even though the biggest practitioner of misinformation are his opponents and their efforts to censor is merely to shut down debate.
What we can conclude is that for the past decade is that much of the violence has come from the political left from the riot at Trump inauguration which along with James Hodgkinson who less than six months after Trump election attempted to kill GOP lawmakers working on the theory that many Democrats proclaimed Trump a fascist and threat to democracy. In the summer of 2020, the left as already documented led a series of riots in many cities as result of the George Floyd death and America averaged 3 to 4 riots as bad if not worse than January 6th including in Washington DC from end of May through the elections.
You can trace essentially two violent actions and the right, Charlotteville in 2017 and January sixth but hundreds have been associated with the left. In the case of Charlotteville the organizer of the event, Richard Spencer, endorsed Joe Biden for President in 2020 so maybe he found a home within the Democratic Party with office holders like Representatives like Tlaib of Michigan. Under the Biden administration, there is Charlotteville every week.
John Hinderaker in my interview with him wondered if we are not headed to a split or at least involved in a cold civil war presently with both sides not even on the same page when it comes to what it means to be an American. What we have witnessed is one side and their supporters being compared to Nazis and Fascists as well as a threat to democracy. The January 6th investigation was not designed for truth but to make Trump supporters as insurrectionist and certainly they chose not to investigate all form of political violence the previous years and any one was suspicious of the goal of the investigation was eliminated to participate which is why Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were allowed since they were GOP never Trumpers and allowed the Democrats to claim this was a “bipartisan” investigation. Bernie Thompson and other members of the Democratic caucus, tried to strip the secret service protection from Donald Trump in April.
Our politics is poison but there are three people who have played a significant role in this poisoning: Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton, who managed to get away with compromising national security with her personal server, also invented the Russian collusion hoax. Her campaign set up the false story that Trump was a tool of Putin, even though she began the infamous “reset” which reversed the tougher Bush’s policy. Most have forgotten that Obama did truly little when Russian invaded Ukraine in 2014 and in an interview, Obama stated, “We have to be very clear about what our core interests are and what we are willing to go to war for.” Nor did Obama/Biden administration provide lethal military assistance to Ukraine. You can argue that Obama administration was correct in their analysis but what you cannot argue is that Obama administration was tough or even tougher on Putin than Trump administration proved to be. As for Biden, we know that he got a prosecutor fired who was investigating Burisma, a company paying his son about million dollars a year. Biden family got their cut from Ukraine. Hillary Clinton fake dossier became the basis of Trump prosecution and everyone in FBI, CIA and higher ups in the administration knew that this was fake but yet no one came forward and stated there is no evidence that Trump was a Putin’s puppet. This was known in 2016 during the election but yet neither Obama nor Biden stated it was not true.
For past eight years, Hillary Clinton continued to lie about the Russian collusion, but she yet been called out. Obama could easily have stopped this by simply saying, “there is no evidence that there was collusion between Russian and Trump.” He refused to do so, and, in the process, the Democrats and the left began a campaign to undermine Trump administration with special council investigation. Many Democrats still to this day believe the Russian collusion hoax and much of the media spent the entire Trump administrating feeding the lie and many members of the Obama administration appeared on television repeating the same lie.
What if Obama told the truth? The environment would be less contentious, and Trump would have been more willing to collaborate with the Democrats on issues. Issues like the border wall might have been solved or dealt with as many Democrats during the Bush administration actually supported a wall. Politics has always been contentious, but we have gone beyond the contentious stage and moved toward the outright hatred stage where half of American hates the other half and now the other half is returning the hate. The fall out of the 2020 elections is a direct fallout of the 2016 Russian collusion hoax as many Republicans viewed the 2020 election as illegitimate and there is certain more evidence that 2020 was rigged than 2016. We now know that FBI pressured social media and the general media not to publish information about the Hunter Biden laptop which provided evidence of Biden’s corruption that reached to his father. Voters were denied access to information as the FBI hid this evidence and many in the “retired intelligence” declared any mention of the Biden’s laptop was Russian misinformation. One survey done showed that many voters were not aware of the Hunter Biden’s laptop controversy and enough may have changed their vote had they known. There were enough voter irregularities to be concerned including stopping counting voters in the middle of the night only to resume it later. (Note that this doesn’t mean that Biden did not win the elections or what voter irregularities exceeded the margin of fraud. I have seen numbers to indicate that what voter irregularities did exist but did not exceed the margin of Biden victory even in battleground states. There were enough irregularities to be concerned about election security and the media attempts to censor stories negative to Biden have been established)
The MAGA voters that Biden and others view as a threat to democracy are men and women who struggle every day to make their life work, dealing with inflation that makes life more expensive while decreasing their actual income. The are not violent one and if you can come up one riot over eight years associated with the MAGA movement compared to thousands on the other side, there is no other conclusion.
Those on the left and what is left of the Never Trumpers movement on the right, need to understand their own role in the poisoning of the political process. They promoted the Russian collusion hoax, the impeachments, the various lawfare against Trump, and falsely accused their opponents of being threat to democracy and Nazis. If they are genuinely interested in restoring civility, they musth denounce these positions and if not, they are the ones with blood on their hands and they represent the greatest threat to democracy. As for Trump supporters, when Trump was shot, the one man who was murdered died while protecting his family and when Trump left the stage, they didn’t panic but shouted USA, USA, USA. That is who they are, a man who died protecting his family and patriotic Americans who love their country and came to see the man they wanted to be President. They are not the threat to Democracy.
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