What is it with the left and political violence in the last few years? The left loves to accuse us of this, but one thing about the left, if you look at what they accuse us of, it's almost always something that we're not doing, but they are.
Case in point: In 2022, a punk named Nicholas Roske was arrested near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Roske had in his possession a pistol and ammo, a "tactical knife," zip ties, and other implements; when he saw U.S. Marshals outside Justice Kavanagh's home, he surrendered to them.
On Tuesday, we learned that Roske will plead guilty to the charges against him.
The California man who planned to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will plead guilty in federal court, his lawyers said in a Wednesday filing.
Nicholas Roske, 29, who staked out near Kavanaugh’s home with weapons in 2022 before turning himself in to authorities, was set to face trial in June. The attempted assassination charge carries a sentence up to life in prison.
The attorneys revealed Roske’s intent in a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Deborah Boardman Wednesday.
OK, that much is fine; he's going to face a stiff prison term, or at least, he should. But how did it come to this? What made Roske so determined to make an attempt on the life of a Supreme Court Justice?
Well, look at some of the Democrats' rhetoric from around that time, and not just from other protestors or the usual ranters in the legacy media.
The whole thing kicked off with a leaked draft of the "Dobbs" decision, which caused the left to come unglued.
The assassination attempt came after Democrats and the legacy media repeatedly condemned the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the Roe v. Wade (1973) abortion precedent and returned abortion laws to the states.
In an historic first, the draft opinion leaked from the Supreme Court, leading to a summer of protests outside justices’ houses and vandalism against pro-life pregnancy centers and churches.
We should note that according to "18 U.S. Code § 1507 - Picketing or parading", it is illegal to protest outside a justice's home, although nothing was done about it. That statute reads in part:
Whoever, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer, in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near a building housing a court of the United States, or in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer, or with such intent uses any sound-truck or similar device or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
The Biden administration did not bother enforcing that law. That's not surprising; that administration was in the habit of not enforcing inconvenient laws, like, say, immigration laws, or any other law that would make the lunatic fringe of the Democratic Party come unglued.
Not that it takes a lot for many on the loony left to come unglued, but when the President of the United States' spokesdroid refuses to say anything about it, that's troublesome:
Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to condemn the protests outside of Supreme Court justices’ homes.
Worse, the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), made what can only be interpreted as a direct threat against Justice Kavanaugh:
In a discussion on abortion, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had said in 2020, “I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price.”
How else can one interpret that except as a threat?
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The left loves to point fingers at those of us on the right. Because we own guns - legally - and use them - legally - they accuse us of being violent. Because we favor secure borders and secure elections, they call us racists. Because we want to reduce government to its constitutional limits, they call us Nazis. And because we object to their unhinged rhetoric, they accuse us of being violent and dangerous.
It seems pretty clear, though, that the violent rhetoric - and the violent behavior - is all coming from the left. Just ask any Tesla driver.
Nicholas Roske is going to jail, and if there is any justice, he'll be there for quite a while. But there are many more out there like him. And even "mainstream" Democrats now seem to want to keep them fired up.
Watch your sixes, folks. It's an interesting time we live in.
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