The Biden Administration Must Protect Americans and Defend the Rule of Law
‘As Democrats continue to stage hearings about political violence that took place a year and a half ago, their own side of the aisle is engaging in ongoing political violence as we speak. In recent weeks the entire country has been swept with vandalism, arson, and attacks directed at churches, pro-life organizations, and crisis pregnancy centers that serve and help women…This Department of Justice will not even condemn or stop illegal intimidation mobs today.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding law and order:
“Speaking of safer communities, it would be nice if Attorney General Garland and the Department of Justice could do their jobs and enforce the federal laws that Congress already has on the books.
“For example: It is currently illegal, right now, to join a mob protesting outside the private family home of a federal judge, including Supreme Court Justices. It is illegal to try to replace the rule of law with harassment and intimidation.
“What has been going on outside Justices’ homes for weeks now is a federal crime.
“But you wouldn’t know it from the Justice Department’s inaction.
“First the most prominent Democrats in America fan dangerous flames with intemperate rhetoric about the Court.
“Then House Democrats blockade a noncontroversial Supreme Court security bill for weeks until a literal assassination plot came to light.
“And all the while, Attorney General Garland still refuses to enforce existing federal law and put a stop to the illegal pressure campaigns.
“As Washington Democrats continue to stage hearings about political violence that took place a year and a half ago, their own side of the aisle is engaging in ongoing political violence as we speak.
“In recent weeks the entire country has been swept with vandalism, arson, and attacks directed at churches, pro-life organizations, and crisis pregnancy centers that serve and help women.
“By one count, there have been more than four dozen incidents of vandalism, harassment, or violence committed by pro-abortion advocates since the shameful leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion.
“This Department of Justice will not even condemn or stop illegal intimidation mobs today.
“Are they really prepared to protect the safety and civil rights of American citizens after the Court issues high-profile rulings?
“Are local authorities here in Washington and around the country ready for what one far-left group is promising will be, ‘a night of rage’? Well, they’d better be.
“I understand that yesterday, Attorney General Garland caught a flight to Ukraine.
“Now, I certainly support our efforts in Ukraine and was proud to meet President Zelenskyy myself. As a United States Senator, I work directly on foreign policy.
“But our head of domestic law enforcement ought to be a little more concerned with his day job.”
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Related Issues: Law Enforcement, Senate Democrats, Supreme Court, Crime
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