American Citizens Unfairly Persecuted; GOP Senators Write Letter!

 

My letter to my Senator was prompted by a great article this morning in American Greatness by Julie Kelly, who has been doing some of the best reporting —- actual journalism, an endangered species if ever there was one— on the January 6 “armed” “insurrection” at the Capitol (the first one in history in which not a single firearm was discovered) and specifically about the glaring double standard of the Harris-Jarrett-Rice “Administration” of these citizens as compared with the real criminals of the Summer 2020 “peaceful” protests. In her article, entitled “Justice Department Administers Unequal Justice, GOP Pen a Letter”, she notes that five Senators, including one of my own, Rick Scott, asked questions about the glaringly unequal treatment involved in the Jan. 6 cases:

Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) asked Garland to explain the “potential unequal justice administered in response to other recent instances of mass unrest, destruction, and loss of life throughout the United States.”

Without naming Antifa or Black Lives Matter—instead referring to the violence as “2020 social justice protests”—the senators pointed out that Garland’s prosecutors are dropping cases against Portland rioters while throwing the book at Capitol trespassers. “DOJ’s apparent unwillingness to punish these individuals who allegedly committed crimes during the spring and summer 2020 protests stands in stark contrast to the harsher treatment of the individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C..”

As American Greatness has reported for months, dozens of people arrested in connection with the Capitol protest have been denied bail and held in solitary confinement conditions in a D.C. prison for months. The senators asked how many “Spring and Summer 2020 Unrest” protesters faced similar treatment. “How many of these individuals are or were placed in solitary confinement? What was the average amount of consecutive days such individuals were in solitary confinement?” They asked the same questions about January 6 protesters.

They also noted the Justice Department has a publicly-available website that lists all the January 6 defendants and their crimes while no such database exists for “Summer of Love” protesters. “Americans have the constitutional right to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. Violence, property damage, and vandalism of any kind should not be tolerated and individuals that break the law should be prosecuted. However, the potential unequal administration of justice with respect to certain protestors is particularly concerning.”

I should note that I have almost totally given up on writing letters to my “representatives” in Congress—or calling them or sending smoke signals or attempting any other form of communication whatsoever with that anointed class of elites—as it never, never, never produces any result but, as with my Congressman, Matt Gaetz, the same form letter, over and over and over again! However, this “strong letter” of a tiny fraction of Congress sent a signal so loud and clear to me as a complete waste of time I decided I would throw away a little of my time, knowing full well it will come to nothing. Here is my letter, for what it’s worth:

Senator Scott, while I applaud your letter, along with Senators Lee, Cruz, Johnson and Tuberville, to AG Garland and while I could not possibly agree more with the position you expressed in that letter, I have to ask, with all due respect, the following question:

Why did it take this long for members of Congress– and only five our of the entire Republican membership of the House and Senate at that- to try to get something done for these poor American citizens who are being treated like they were some Soviet political prisoners because they were INSIDE THEIR, and I emphasize THEIR, public building exercising their right under the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights to peaceably assemble? These people have been subjected to conditions which might come close to shocking the conscience and bordering on the “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment as many of them, according to news reports, have been kept in solitary confinement for no apparent reason whatsoever. I read about your letter in a column this morning by Julie Kelly of American Greatness who has been doing the best reporting on the despicable way these AMERICAN CITIZENS -sorry for the all caps but it is abhorrent that citizens are being treated like animals like this– are being persecuted while, as your letter points our, Antifa and BLM “peaceful protestors” are not paying any price whatsoever for conduct a million times worse.

I must also ask, again with all due respect, why are you all wasting your time writing letters to anyone in this God forsaken “administration” when you know they are going to just ignore you and your letter?

Why in the world are you not immediately issuing subpoenas for Garland and his DC attack dog persecutors to appear before a Senate Committee under oath and respond to your questions? Yes, I am aware that the Socialist Party is in the majority but have you and your colleagues made any effort to find any Democrats whose constituents may feel the way you do on this matter? Surely, ALL Democrats have not just totally given up on the Rule of Law; if they have, our Republic truly has little or no future.

Please respond to my specific questions and please do not send me another form letter; I already have plenty of those and would sincerely like to hear from you on what I genuinely believe, based on many decades as a practicing attorney, to be a grave miscarriage of justice.

Sincerely,

James A. George

More and more lately, especially, of course, after the frighteningly incompetent administration of Kamala Harris (God Help Us) came into office, I see comments and articles and commentary asking, in effect, what can we do to try to stem the tide of far-far-leftism taking root in so many areas of our national life? This letter represents my attempt to revive some kinds of efforts in that regard, as ineffectual as it is likely to be. However, I do have this question to ask of anyone who would care to offer an opinion: what can we lowly plebs and deplorables do to start pushing back against this tsunami of Marxist-Socialism now eroding the very structures of the Greatest Nation ever devised by the mind of man?

God Bless America!

PS: I have just received, from an algorithm in the Senator’s office, activated, I assume, by some very young intern by pressing the same key  he or she presses many times a day to answer those pesky constituents’ inquiries, the following note–guess it’s back to the old drawing board:

Senator Rick Scott is proud to represent every citizen of Florida. Thank you for contacting Senator Rick Scott’s office. This email serves as confirmation that we have received your online submission.

Please do not reply to this email. In order to contact our office again, please return to our website.

For updates from Senator Rick Scott, we encourage you to follow @SenRickScott on Twitter.

Suggestions on where to go from here will be heartily appreciated. Jim.

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  1. CACrabtree Coolidge
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    I’m somewhat surprised that there wasn’t a fourth paragraph showing you where to send your contribution to Sen. Scott’s reelection campaign.

    I know, Jim; it drives me absolutely bonkers.  The Dims have attack dogs; we have Little Lord Fauntleroys who seem to be adverse to getting their hands dirty.

    Every time that John McCain would repeat his well-worn phrase, “…many times I’ve reached my hand across the aisle in friendship…”, I wanted to heave.  He didn’t mention that most of the time he did that, the Dims would simply defecate in his hand and he would do nothing.

    I suspect that Garland has already sent that letter to the “delete” file…

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  2. Ed G. Member
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    CACrabtree (View Comment):

    I’m somewhat surprised that there wasn’t a fourth paragraph showing you where to send your contribution to Sen. Scott’s reelection campaign.

    I know, Jim; it drives me absolutely bonkers. The Dims have attack dogs; we have Little Lord Fauntleroys who seem to be adverse to getting their hands dirty.

    Every time that John McCain would repeat his well-worn phrase, “…many times I’ve reached my hand across the aisle in friendship…”, I wanted to heave. He didn’t mention that most of the time he did that, the Dims would simple defecate in his hand and he would do nothing.

    I suspect that Garland has already sent that letter to the “delete” file…

     

     

    Here Garland’s response:

    Attorney General Merrick Garland is proud to serve every citizen of the United States. Thank you for contacting AG Garland’s office. This email serves as confirmation that we have received your online submission.

    Please do not reply to this email. In order to contact our office again, please return to our website.

    For updates from Attorney General Garland, we encourage you to mind your own business.

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  3. DonG (2+2=5. Say it!) Coolidge
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    I  am shocked. Shocked! that Mitt Romney didn’t care about peoples civil rights being abused.   If those people had a more net worth, he might speak out on their behalf.

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  4. CACrabtree Coolidge
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    Ed G. (View Comment):

    CACrabtree (View Comment):

    I’m somewhat surprised that there wasn’t a fourth paragraph showing you where to send your contribution to Sen. Scott’s reelection campaign.

    I know, Jim; it drives me absolutely bonkers. The Dims have attack dogs; we have Little Lord Fauntleroys who seem to be adverse to getting their hands dirty.

    Every time that John McCain would repeat his well-worn phrase, “…many times I’ve reached my hand across the aisle in friendship…”, I wanted to heave. He didn’t mention that most of the time he did that, the Dims would simple defecate in his hand and he would do nothing.

    I suspect that Garland has already sent that letter to the “delete” file…

     

     

    Here Garland’s response:

    Attorney General Merrick Garland is proud to serve every citizen of the United States. Thank you for contacting AG Garland’s office. This email serves as confirmation that we have received your online submission.

    Please do not reply to this email. In order to contact our office again, please return to our website.

    For updates from Attorney General Garland, we encourage you to mind your own business.

    Excellent!!!  I believe that Garland is showing us that he has no place on the Supreme Court and that we owe Mitch a note of thanks.

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  5. RushBabe49 Thatcher
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    Reposted at RushBabe49.com. 

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  6. Mountie Coolidge
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    CACrabtree (View Comment):
    This email serves as confirmation that we have received your online submission.

    And opened up a tracking file on you. Thank you for drawing attention to yourself. 

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  7. navyjag Coolidge
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    Agree with Crab on this one.  McConnell, for all the crap he takes, deserves a medal for keeping Garland off the court.  And got 3 very good new Justices to balance out Roberts. Thanks, Cocaine Mitch. 

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  8. RufusRJones Member
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    navyjag (View Comment):

    Agree with Crab on this one. McConnell, for all the crap he takes, deserves a medal for keeping Garland off the court. And got 3 very good new Justices to balance out Roberts. Thanks, Cocaine Mitch.

    I think I agree with this. What is the GOP good at compared to Democrats except for this? (there may be a better way to say that)

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  9. CarolJoy, Not So Easy To Kill Coolidge
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    According to a news clip I posted on social media June 7th 2020, 47 Americans had been killed in neighborhoods across Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland from the riots that began in late May.

    Yet by the end of Summer 2020, it was reported that only 27 Americans had been killed… That seems to be a serious discrepancy.

    We now know that only one individual Ashli Babbitt died on Jan 6th, yet the legacy press still refers to multiple murders resulting from the RW insurrection.

    Truly double standard. It is sickening to think of those individuals who are still being held in custody over a nothing burger.

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  10. Clifford A. Brown Member
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    McConnell and his crew promise to put the DOJ and FBI on double secret probation, if only you will send them money and give them back the Senate majority.*

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    *This offer only valid if the House majority is RepubliCAN’T AND the president is a non-MAGA, corporatist RepubliCAN’T AND you give McConnell 59 cronies.

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  11. CACrabtree Coolidge
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    Clifford A. Brown (View Comment):

    McConnell and his crew promise to put the DOJ and FBI on double secret probation, if only you will send them money and give them back the Senate majority.*

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    *This offer only valid if the House majority is RepubliCAN’T AND the president is a non-MAGA, corporatist RepubliCAN’T AND you give McConnell 59 cronies.

    Well…As long as they promise.

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  12. Jim George Member
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    For those interested in the current state of our representative Republic, here is Sen. Scott’s response. If anyone can discern a single word in this waste of digits even slightly relevant to my inquiry, please be kind of enough to share that information with me as I have been unable to find it:

    Dear Mr. George,

         

              Thank you for contacting me regarding your concerns. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on issues important to you. 

     

              Throughout my time as Governor of Florida, I fought every day to create a better life for Florida families. Growing up in a family without a lot of money, I watched my parents struggle to find work and provide for our family. My childhood taught me the value of a good job and I have carried that mindset with me throughout my life. My goal as Governor, and now as U.S. Senator, is to make Florida the best state in the nation to find a great job, live in a safe community, and receive a world-class education so every family has the opportunity to succeed. 

     

              Over the past two years serving as your U.S. Senator, I have seen firsthand the dysfunction that runs rampant through the halls of Congress. I am fighting every day to change Washington and make it work better for families in Florida and across our great nation. Whether it’s working to establish term limits for members of Congress, lowering the cost of healthcare for American families, protecting those with pre-existing conditions and the unborn, or promoting transparency for American consumers, I will always fight to make Washington work for the American people. 

     

              I will carefully and thoughtfully review each piece of legislation and nomination I vote on, and will keep your views in mind as I do so. 

     

              Again, thank you for your correspondence. I am proud to represent every citizen in Florida and I appreciate the time you took to provide your position on this matter. Should you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.

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  13. CACrabtree Coolidge
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    Jim George (View Comment):

    For those interested in the current state of our representative Republic, here is Sen. Scott’s response. If anyone can discern a single word in this waste of digits even slightly relevant to my inquiry, please be kind of enough to share that information with me as I have been unable to find it:

    Dear Mr. George,

     

    Thank you for contacting me regarding your concerns. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts on issues important to you.

     

    Throughout my time as Governor of Florida, I fought every day to create a better life for Florida families. Growing up in a family without a lot of money, I watched my parents struggle to find work and provide for our family. My childhood taught me the value of a good job and I have carried that mindset with me throughout my life. My goal as Governor, and now as U.S. Senator, is to make Florida the best state in the nation to find a great job, live in a safe community, and receive a world-class education so every family has the opportunity to succeed.

     

    Over the past two years serving as your U.S. Senator, I have seen firsthand the dysfunction that runs rampant through the halls of Congress. I am fighting every day to change Washington and make it work better for families in Florida and across our great nation. Whether it’s working to establish term limits for members of Congress, lowering the cost of healthcare for American families, protecting those with pre-existing conditions and the unborn, or promoting transparency for American consumers, I will always fight to make Washington work for the American people.

     

    I will carefully and thoughtfully review each piece of legislation and nomination I vote on, and will keep your views in mind as I do so.

     

    Again, thank you for your correspondence. I am proud to represent every citizen in Florida and I appreciate the time you took to provide your position on this matter. Should you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me.

    Not a word and it’s a rough quivalent to what I get when I write to my elected representatives.  I’m beginning to think that they’re leaving that fence up (around the Capitol) as protection from constituents, not “insurgents”.

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