In a typical display of theatrical politics, far-left Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) took advantage of the violent riots rocking Los Angeles to promote her socialist agenda and to attack President Donald Trump. During her rambling rant, she advocated for higher taxes and open borders insanity.
For context, Pramila Jayapal is a far-left House Democrat who advocates for radical policies that challenge American values. She is infamous for obstructing border security and economic growth, favoring socialism over constitutional freedoms.
Starting her rant, Jayapal complained about the so-called “Illegal blocking of members of Congress who have gone to conduct their authority, authority to actually have oversight over these ICE detention centers. They are prisons. We have the authority and the responsibility to conduct oversight.
Slamming the justifiable decision to call in the military, the Democrat said, “And this weekend, members of Congress that represent the LA area were at the detention center in LA and then Adelanto, and they were denied access to those facilities. And Donald Trump calling out the National Guard unconstitutionally and illegally without the governor’s authorized approval, as Jaime said, that’s something that has not happened since 1965.”
Downplaying the riots, Jayapal declared, “It’s hard to imagine that this time, the National Guard were sent out to attack protesters that were (sic) exercising their constitutional obligation. Now, I want to say something to you. It is actually in the interest of all American people to stand up for these rights.”
Still not done, she theatrically opined, “They know. They know that dividing us is what will make them strong, and they know that when we are united, nobody can divide us. They want to distract you from their power grab for authoritarian power on the backs of working people. They want to distract you from the fact that they are trying to strip people of health care and make Americans poorer and sicker.”
Railing against the Trump administration, the Democrat whined, “Also, they can give a $5 trillion tax break to the wealthiest billionaires, we say, not on our watch. And all of the violence and the escalation is core to the Trump administration’s authoritarian playbook. As we see people exercising their constitutional rights to peacefully use their voices to speak out against this injustice, they are being met with tear gas and rubber bullets from this unconstitutional, unlawful administration.”
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Concluding her remarks with a biased description of the anti-ICE riots, she said, “Look even the LA Police Department said that the protests were peaceful before Trump rolled in with military tanks on the streets of Los Angeles, Federal law enforcement from DHS, ICE, HSI and the FBI all to crack down on peaceful protesters who were standing up for immigrant workers, who were standing up for the economy of this country, who are standing up for our communities, for our families, and saying, Don’t tear us apart,” adding, “We are going to stand united against this authoritarian power grab.”
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