While the left likes to make a big deal out of January 6 to the point of lying profusely about it, I often think they talk about it so much because they think it absolves them for their support of the Black Lives Matter riots.
Black Lives Matter triggered many riots, both conveniently during the 2016 and 2020 elections, claiming lives and livelihoods of many. Yet, even as businesses burned and people were beaten and shot, the Democrats famously fanned the flames both in Washington and the media. As people cried out for help, the Democrats made it seem as if America deserved this.
Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley famously said "there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there’s unrest in our lives” during an interview on MSNBC.
Black Lives Matter might have died out due to questions about where all the money went and the endless layers of corruption within the organization causing infighting, but its echoes are still seen today. In many blue cities, burglaries and theft continue to be a huge issue, driving entire businesses out of cities like San Francisco.
Donald Trump is about as sick of watching these criminals as you are, and he's not under any delusion that the radical left will behave when he's elected. There's a very good chance there will be riots as the left throws its temper tantrums, stoking division and hate from every working camera and platform.
This is why Trump said he has no problem using the military to put a stop to it if he has to.
“I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical-left lunatics,” Trump said.
“And it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by [the] National Guard or, if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen,” he continued.
This has the left gnashing their teeth and rending their clothing in fury. According to The Hill, Democrats are speaking out in faux-horror, painting Trump as a dictator, including Tim Walz:
The remarks quickly drew outrage from the left, with Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, calling Trump’s comments “dangerous” and “un-American.”
“As someone who wore this nation’s uniform proudly … the idea of sending U.S. military personnel against American citizens makes me sick to my stomach,” said Walz, who served for 24 years in the Army National Guard before running for public office.
“It’s a call for violence, plain and simple. And it’s pretty damn un-American if you ask me,” he told attendees at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Monday.
Former military are speaking out as well:
And retired Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner said he feared Trump could use the National Guard as “his own personal police force.”
“If he was to be the commander in chief again, everything changes. The Supreme Court has given him immunity,” Manner said on CNN. “And the threshold for turning the National Guard into his personal police force is quite low.”
Manner explained that as long as Trump had a consenting state governor, he could authorize the funds to pay them and “use the National Guard almost in any way that he wants.”
This is all in line with the claim being made repeatedly by the left that Trump will utilize the military like a dictator, killing and arresting anyone who remotely stands in his way or belongs to groups considered "protected" by Democrats.
Frankly, this says more about the left than it does Trump.
People died, were gravely injured during assaults, and had their lives ruined by arsonists and thieves. At one point, an entire section of a town was taken over by force and turned into a communist "autonomous zone." Actual Americans who pay taxes and wanted nothing to do with the riots were forced to endure and hope for mercy at the hands of these hostile actors. Meanwhile, the politicians applauded and called it a "summer of love."
The sad truth is that many police forces aren't properly adequate when it comes to combatting such a large group of people who want to tear a city apart. If even a small percentage of a city decides to riot, the amount of officers and resources wouldn't be enough. We saw that in cities like Dallas during the Black Lives Matter riots. We're seeing it now in New York.
(READ: The NYPD's Slow Collapse Shows the Domino Effect of Democrat Soft-on-Crime Policies)
What are the Democrats suggesting? That we allow the cities to burn? That we let people be assaulted and murdered? When the police can't adequately meet the threat, they need assistance to stop it. Why don't Democrats want it stopped? Why should the people have to live in fear and hope that the radical leftists' appetite for violence and destruction is sated before it reaches them or their business?
To be clear, I'm not exactly enthusiastic about having to call the National Guard on Americans. The idea makes my skin crawl, but when it comes to allowing radicals to rule the streets, I'm no longer thinking about it as the military being used against American citizens. There is a force that has arrayed itself against American citizens at this point, and the National Guard needs to be called in to save those Americans.
It's gross, and that this would even need to be explained to the left says a lot about them. They see their destruction as a societal good, then turn around and call January 6 worse than 9/11. That is insanity, and I'm not using that word hyperbolically.
And if they want to be insane, then this brand of insanity has to be met with the only thing insanity can be stopped by: force as paid for by the U.S. taxpayer and wielded by a man who has no dictatorial ambitions, unlike his opponents.
