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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

A Neo-Nancy?

House Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi issued a statement this afternoon condemning the Antifa group for its vicious attack on peaceful demonstrators in Berkeley over the weekend.  At the moment, Pelosi is that only big name Democrat to have condemned the Antifa group even though Antifa has been engaging in violent attacks across the country.  It should be a simple matter for other Democrats to condemn the violent leftist thugs, but they are silent.

So why is that?  Here's a possible answer.  Pelosi has now drawn attacks on social media for her condemnation of the Antifa goons.  It's being speculated that Pelosi is angry about the moves to take down monuments to Confederate leaders in Baltimore in particular.  Pelosi's father was the mayor of Baltimore many years ago, and he was responsible for erecting many of those monuments now under attack.  According to the posts from the usual nameless crazies on social media, she is just condemning Antifa because she sees the attacks on the monuments as attacks on her father.

To say the least, this has to be one of the stupidest lines of attack ever.  Pelosi is extremely calculating, almost at the Hillary Clinton level.  She would not care about some statue that got put up in Baltimore 50 years ago.  Her focus would be on what is politically advantageous now.

Hopefully, Pelosi's statement will put pressure on some other Democrats to speak out against Antifa.  There can be no place in America for those who use violence to silence their opponents.  On that, we should all agree, even the Democrats.

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