September 18-19, 2019
Sep 18 01:35 Dems: Party of Frustration or Party of Impeachment? Sep 18 09:58 Do-Nothing Democrats' legacy Sep 18 11:06 Angie Craig is pro-impeachment Sep 18 23:57 The coming judicial Armageddon Sep 19 01:40 St. Cloud hate crimes event postponed; MDHR, CAIR upset Sep 19 09:09 Harris Faulkner's jaw-dropping interview Sep 19 10:46 Twin Cities failing their constituents Sep 19 23:24 MDHR commissioner decries "attempts to silence discussion"
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Dems: Party of Frustration or Party of Impeachment?
Anyone that watched this afternoon's House Judiciary Committee hearing that featured former Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski as the Committee's star witness saw Democrats that were frustrated. Those same Democrats were mockingly called "the Party of Impeachment" by Congressman Ratcliffe, (R-TX). By any stretch of the imagination, today's hearing was a wretched sight.
If I was running the NRCC's campaign, and I'm not (Tom Emmer is running things), I'd simply have candidates watch Jerry Nadler's questioning of Mr. Lewandowski. Either that I'd have them watch the 3 Stooges, although the 3 Stooges weren't as discombobulated as Chairman Nadler. Chairman Nadler wasn't just bewildered during his questioning of Mr. Lewandowski. He was frustrated, too. Watch this videoclip and ask yourself if Chairman Nadler looks composed or agitated:
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To me, Chairman Nadler looked extremely frustrated. He didn't look composed whatsoever. Then compare that with how composed Rep. John Ratcliffe looks while questioning Mr. Lewandowski:
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Doug Collins' needling of Chairman Nadler might be my favorite part of the hearing:
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The best part came when Collins said "I've never seen a majority so interested in packaging in all my life. You know why? Because they can't sell what's inside. They can't sell the product so they just keep packaging it differently. You like having the press here. You like having the cameras because it makes it look like something's happening but it's not."
Collins continued, saying "The American people are starting to get it. They're starting to get it that if you're just howling at the wind, you're not doing anything."
Later, Lewandowski got under Hakeem Jeffries' skin:
Lewandowski later declined to play along with certain questions. New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries asked Lewandowski if he was Trump's 'hitman, the bag man, the lookout, or all of the above?" "I think I'm the good looking man, actually," Lewandowski replied.
Honestly, today's House Judiciary Committee hearing exposed how incompetent Democrats are. If a back-bencher like Jerry Nadler is a committee chairman, that's proof positive that Democrats aren't worthy of holding gavels. Democrats were so bad that MSNBC and CNN criticized Committee Democrats :
NBC News correspondent Ken Dilanian suggested to MSNBC's Ali Velshi that Democratic lawmakers were primarily focused on "getting their moment on television" than getting the facts from their witness.
Then there's this:
Politico reporter and MSNBC analyst Jake Sherman questioned why Lewandowski's involvement in the Mueller report "wasn't the focus" of the hearing. "At the end of the day, Democrats are going to have to leave this hearing and say, 'What did we accomplish today and did it bring us closer to X?' They don't know what 'X' is," Sherman told the panel.
"They don't know what they're doing and at the end of this hearing, I suspect... that they feel like Trump has changed the rules so much that he's impervious to all of this. He's not afraid of impeachment... so they're just kind of coasting along and doing their thing."
Holding a gavel is a prestigious accomplishment. I didn't see a single Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee that I thought was qualified to chair a committee. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee got trolled. These Democrats sit on one of the most prestigious, historic committees in history. This is the committee that started the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon. Rather than looking the part, Corey Lewandowski trolled Eric Swalwell:
Lewandowski appeared to mock California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell's unsuccessful bid for the White House earlier this year, calling him 'President Swalwell' at one point during questioning.
These Democrats aren't ready for primetime. I'm not certain that they're up to a part on Keystone Cops. I am certain that they're best suited to back-benchers in the minority party in the House.
Posted Wednesday, September 18, 2019 1:35 AM
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Do-Nothing Democrats' legacy
When Nancy Pelosi hands the Speaker's gavel to Kevin McCarthy, this epitaph should be attached to Ms. Pelosi and all of her Do-Nothing Democrats. (Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters should get specially engraved millstones.) But I digress.
This morning's headlines aren't shy in declaring the Do-Nothing Democrats' accomplishments and failures. House Judiciary Committee Democrats got their butts whipped by Corey Lewandowski yesterday. Jerry Nadler got twisted into a pretzel, first by Mr. Lewandowski, then by Ranking Member Doug Collins, then by John Ratcliffe. By the end of the day, Nadler was a pathetic puddle of a man. He clearly isn't fit to be a committee chairman, especially chairman of an historic committee like the House Judiciary Committee.
The resolution would allow House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., to designate hearings from the committee and subcommittees into an impeachment investigation. Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is scheduled to testify next week.
Armstrong, who voted against the measure along with all other Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, said the inquiry is taking up time and House Democrats "cannot get their act together on it."
The Armstrong mentioned is North Dakota Representative Kelly Armstrong.
Unlike the Do-Nothing Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, he'd like to get things done:
He introduced the Justice Reinvestment Initiative Act earlier this year which he said is a bipartisan issue that aims to reduce recidivism, curb addiction and reduce taxpayer spending on criminal justice. Armstrong said the act would focus on nonviolent and drug-related offenses.
Armstrong said he will prioritize the trade agreement, which he believes will pass soon. "It's tough in ag country right now, and this will do a lot to help," he said. "It's a better deal for farmers, and it's a better deal for the United States."
Armstrong said his attention this session is also turned to prescription drug package bills that could reduce costs for lifesaving medicines and farm worker immigration reform.
Now that sounds like a positive, pro-growth agenda. I believe that there are some Democrats who would like to be productive. I just don't see many of them in House leadership positions. This is a great sample of what happened during yesterday's House Judiciary Committee hearing:
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Pop the popcorn and sit back in your recliner. The Do-Nothing Democrats might be unproductive but they're fun to ridicule. That's the Do-Nothing Democrats' legacy.
Posted Wednesday, September 18, 2019 9:58 AM
Comment 1 by eric z at 18-Sep-19 05:57 PM
Pelosi will be handing that gavel to AOC. K McC will be a spectator.
Angie Craig is pro-impeachment
According to this article , Democrat activists have pushed Angie Craig into supporting President Trump's impeachment. Ms. Craig hasn't been a portrait in courage since getting elected. Instead, she's been part of the Do-Nothing Democrat Caucus since its inception. To her credit, Craig has admitted (in a roundabout way) that President Trump's economy is working but that government is failing to provide Minnesota's workers :
We have a major skills gap in the Minnesota job market. Minnesota employees cannot find the skilled workers they need with the right qualifications , and right now job seekers are having a difficult time getting the skills they need for the high-paying jobs that are available today. College isn't the right path for every student and we shouldn't be limiting the options of Minnesota students by underfunding or de-emphasizing technical education and career skills programs.
If employers are having a difficult time finding workers with the right qualifications, that's an endorsement that President Trump's economy is working. It's also an indictment that government isn't doing its job of training students to be productive members of the workforce. But I digress. That's a topic for another day.
Far-left activists and politicians have been demanding the impeachment of President Trump since the first day he got elected. The problem is that according to a recent poll by Monmouth University only 35% agree that President Trump should be impeached.
University of Minnesota Professor Richard Painter who previously challenged Tina Smith for the US Senate in the Democratic Primary raised some eyebrows when he implied he was unhappy that he didn't feel that Angie Craig was aggressive enough on impeaching President Trump.
No problem for Angie Craig:
Representative @AngieCraigMN (MN CD2) - winner in a red-to-blue House district - sent me this transcript from her town hall meeting with constituents in which she expresses full support for the House impeachment investigation.
Thanks Angie!!
Impeachment. It's time.
- Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 13, 2019
All it took for Angie Craig to admit that she's pro-impeachment was getting called out by a far left activist. If that isn't a profile in courage, what is? Angie Craig is an empty pantsuit. How left is Richard Painter? This far left:
It's not too much to ask your representative in Congress to support a health care system used in every other major democracy (single payer) and to impeach a president who would not be tolerated in any democracy.
Ready @AngieCraigMN?
That or voters need a third option.
- Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) September 4, 2019
Angie Craig is now admittedly pro-impeachment and pro-single-payer health care. Whoever is the Republicans' candidate against Craig should remind voters of those 2 things morning, noon and night every day through Election Day, 2020. I'll buy that CD-2 is shifting demographically. I don't buy that they're shifting to a hard-left district that's as far left as MN-04 or MN-05.
Posted Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:06 AM
Comment 1 by eric z at 18-Sep-19 05:53 PM
McConnell has bottled up all the reform measures that the House passed, so it is do noting Mitch that is a roadblock. As to impeachment, hearings are for factfinding, but without much chance of a Trump second term it is an exercise without a real goal. Until the Dems in 2020 take a Senate majority, the point of hearings is to inflame passions against the Trumpsters, but who in his/her right mind would want Pence? Mike the anti-impeachment insurance policy. AOC needs her bloc enlarged to where Pelosi and her GOP-lite bunch can be undercut. Then watch what Dems will do.
Response 1.1 by Gary Gross at 18-Sep-19 09:00 PM
I've seen the things that the House has passed. They're beyond extreme. Democrats are lucky that they aren't getting debated.
The coming judicial Armageddon
Anyone that thinks that Brett Kavanaugh's family went through a living hell are right. It's indisputable that the Kavanaugh family went through hell and then some. What's frightening is that it's likely that what they went through is nothing compared to what will happen if President Trump or President Pence picks someone like Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ginsberg, especially if that Republican has a Republican Senate.
What Republicans need to understand is that this isn't a confirmation process. To Democrats, confirming a Supreme Court justice that would tip the balance of the Court to a pro-Constitution majority is political bloodsport. It isn't hyperbole to say that this is an existential threat to the Democratic Party. The biggest victories in the Democrats' history weren't won in the political branches, aka the legislative and executive branches. They were won through the judicial branch.
A judicial branch that isn't heavily tilted in the Democrats' direction is a frightening thought to Democrat demagogues. A solid originalist majority on the Supreme Court is the Democrats' worst nightmare.
The lengths that hardline progressives will go to undermine originalist justices is disturbing. This weekend, the NYTimes ran an article that attempted to take another shot at Justice Kavanaugh that was, putting it charitably, thinly sourced. The ensuing firestorm has been telling:
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Democrats couldn't stop Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation but that isn't stopping them from attempting to take a second bite at the proverbial apple. A story that was peddled last year that the NYTimes and the Washington Post rejected at the time is being peddled this year as a new story. The thing about this new story is that it's being pushed by a Clinton operative who's refused to be interviewed and whose alleged victim can't recall the incident. Nonetheless, everyone is hyping the article. That includes the NYTimes, CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post and various other propagandist websites and networks.
Ancient hatemongers like Nan Aron will be out in force when the next nominee is named. Youthful hatemongers like Pete Buttigieg will criticize Republicans by preaching the liberal theology of taking the Bible out of context. Fictional stories, otherwise known as filthy lies , will be published claiming that the nominee is a combination of being meaner than Hitler, more bloodthirsty than Stalin and more ruthless than Ebenezer Scrooge.
Don't think that these Democrat activists won't attempt to subtly intimidate the nominees' families. Remember that, to these Democrats, this is an existential threat. They won't stop at throwing the kitchen sink at this nominee. If you think that I'm overreacting, remember what Democrats did to state legislative candidates last fall:
A candidate for Minnesota House in District 15B, Shane Mekeland, said he suffered a concussion when he was attacked while campaigning Friday at a restaurant in St. George Township. Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said his office is investigating the alleged assault.
In another case, Rep. Sarah Anderson, R-Plymouth, says a man punched her in the arm after she confronted him about kicking some of her yard signs Sunday.
If people think that Democrats won't come after the next Supreme Court nominee that a Republican makes, they haven't learned from recent history. If Democrats won't hesitate in attacking state legislators, why wouldn't they attack a potential Supreme Court justice?
Republicans better prepare for the next confirmation battle. It won't be pretty. It won't be a test of wills. It'll be a preview of Armageddon.
Posted Wednesday, September 18, 2019 11:57 PM
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St. Cloud hate crimes event postponed; MDHR, CAIR upset
UPDATE: The SCTimes has taken down their article on the event, leaving only a video of Marni Hockenberg leading a peaceful rally. The link has changed, too. The good news is that you can still find their article by clicking on the link in this post. I don't know why they've hidden this story. If anyone gets the hardcopy version of the Times, please check the paper and let me know if the article is in that version.
UPDATE II: Now it's back again. Go figure. All I did was email the reporter and told her that her article had disappeared.
This St. Cloud Times article reports that an event titled 'Dismantling hate crimes' was postponed. The SCTimes article starts by saying the "panel on dismantling hate crimes scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday was postponed over safety concerns, according to Taylor Putz, communications director for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Putz told the St. Cloud Times Wednesday afternoon that the department postponed the event due to 'logistical concerns' and a 'larger public safety concern' due to the number of people expected to attend the forum."
That sounds rather ominous, doesn't it? How can you argue against postponing an event over "larger public safety concerns"? I'll be the proverbial skunk at the garden party by highlighting a statement by St. Cloud Assistant Police Chief Jeff Oxton. The Times wrote that "Despite the 'public safety concern' cited by the human rights department, St. Cloud Assistant Police Chief Jeff Oxton said Wednesday the department received no reports of threats related to the event. "
Of course, the Times used some interesting editing techniques for this story. The MNDHR concerns about the alleged "larger public safety concerns" were positioned in the first 2 paragraphs. By comparison, Jeff Oxton's statement that no threats related to the event wasn't found until the 16th paragraph of the Times' article. It's almost as if the Times wanted its readers to think that the threat was averted at the last minute. It's as if the Times didn't want readers to know that there weren't any threats related to the event.
Panelists scheduled to participate were:
- Blair Anderson, chief, St. Cloud Police Department
- Jaylani Hussein, executive director, Council on American-Islamic Relations
- Rebecca Lucero, director, Minnesota Department of Human Rights
- Michael Melcher, supervisory special agent, FBI
- Teresa Nelson, legal director, American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota
What's interesting is that the event was scheduled for the day after the third anniversary of the terrorist attack at Crossroads Mall. Another thing that's interesting is that the propagandists, aka CAIR-MN and ACLU of Minnesota, were afraid of people praying for the Persecuted Church .
This is smelling more and more like a setup. This article is quite illuminating:
"Hate is not a value in St. Cloud or in any part of our state. Our community deserves better,' says MDHR Commissioner Rebecca Lucero. " I am heartbroken by the attempts to silence discussion on hate crimes . The goal of the forum was to discuss the community we want to create. One that is full of dignity and joy."
Panelists would have had the opportunity to define hate crimes, explain criminal and civil responses and discuss prevention.
Commissioner Lucero's statement is as phony as a $3 bill. If she thinks that 2 dozen activists praying for the Persecuted Church are a threat to the community, then that isn't the type of community I want anything to do with. Then there's this KSTP article :
"We remain committed to advancing a community dialogue focused on dismantling hate crimes," Chair of the Regional Human Rights Commission Eunice Adjei said in the release. "While the decision to postpone the forum was unfortunate, we have renewed energy to ensure this community discussion takes place."
Based on St. Cloud Assistant Police Chief Jeff Oxton's statement, the decision to postpone didn't have anything to do with threats received by the St. Cloud PD. The more I read about this postponement, the more I think it's likely that this is based on fiction.
Posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:12 AM
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Harris Faulkner's jaw-dropping interview
Yesterday, I watched Harris Faulkner's interview of former NYTimes' Executive Editor Jill Abramson. This article shows that Ms. Faulkner is a great interviewer because she's a quick thinker who relies on logic.
Here's a partial transcript of the key exchange:
'It's true that material fact was left out and The Times ran an editor's note explaining that, which is what you do when you leave something out, but it was no conspiracy to leave out that fact. It was, you know, unfortunately, cut from the piece -- as I understand it,' Abramson said.
Faulkner responded by asking how the accuracy could be challenged when the alleged victim, and an alleged witness, didn't cooperate.
'It's hard to take on something that even the victims doesn't say happened,' Faulkner said.
'Well, it's friends of the victim: she has chosen not to talk to the press,' Abramson said, before adding that alleged witness Max Stier went to the FBI over the alleged incident.
Faulkner quickly added that Stier is a 'former Democratic operative for the Clintons,' but the ex-Times honcho downplayed his liberal agenda.
'He works for a nonpartisan political group now,' Abramson said. 'I don't know that you can characterize him as a partisan. If he was such a partisan, why didn't he go public with this right during the confirmation hearing when he could have really dealt a blow?'
Faulkner reminded Abramson that Stier did go to the FBI at the time. Abramson said that proved the investigation into Kavanaugh was a 'sham,' to which Faulkner asked, 'Then why did it end up in your paper?' Abramson responded that the incident is a 'third example of sexual impropriety' by Justice Kavanaugh, to which Faulkner quickly added, 'allegation.' 'It's important,' Abramson said.
That's when Faulkner's jaw dropped:
'Wow, you really think that, without the evidence from the victim's own mouth,' a stunned Faulkner said.
There isn't a court in this nation that would convict a person who was accused of any crime by a witness who didn't see the alleged crime but who heard about it third-hand. Further, the 'witness' (Max Stier) would get demolished on cross-examination because he was part of Bill Clinton's legal team while Justice Kavanaugh was part of Independent Counsel Kenneth Star's team. There isn't an ounce of corroboration in the article. Victims who don't talk and lawyers who won't consent to interviews with law enforcement don't strengthen a case.
When people accuse a high-profile person of a heinous crime, they'd better have everything nailed down 9 ways to Sunday. If they're only sort of prepared, they'll get annihilated in court. A legal system that routinely allows hearsay testimony and that lets people get convicted on allegations alone isn't a nation. It's a third world dictatorship.
God help us if we've descended that far.
Posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 9:09 AM
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Twin Cities failing their constituents
It isn't overstatement to state that the Looney Left's ideas on maintaining public safety is failing miserably. Lt. Bob Kroll certainly criticized Minneapolis City Council know-nothings in this article. Lt. Kroll stated that the City Council "ran on an anti-police agenda and they all made it. It's ultra-left. It's been [an] extreme Democrat-controlled council. It's been that way for 22 years."
The thing is that things are getting worse. Minneapolis's Police Chief asked for an additional 400 officers. Minneapolis's mayor asked the City Council for an additional 14 officers because he didn't think he could get more than that. He was right. The City Council rejected the request for 14 officers.
Later in the interview, Lt. Kroll said "It's an ultra-left agenda that [thinks that] the police are the problem. [They say] it's a racially biased criminal justice system here, and we need to de-police. That's the overtone of our council."
Let's remember that 7 City Council candidates said that they could envision a Minneapolis without police officers :
Candidates were asked if they could envision a Minneapolis without police, and what they would do as an elected official to bring the city closer to the abolition of police. Most of the seven city council candidates who answered affirmatively to the first question pledged to work to better fund education and social programs and address criminal elements at their roots in an effort to reduce the need for police officers.
The stupidity of local politicians never ceases to amaze me. What's required for these idiots is a dose of reality. Do they think that gangs and other thugs will suddenly experience a change of heart and become ministers at the local church or become inspirational small business and community leaders? If they think that, then they're nuts.
On the other side of the river, St. Paul is having its difficulties , too:
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The latest in a recent spree of gun violence in St. Paul saw a man shot dead on Wednesday evening as he left Bible study with his young daughter and his father. The shooting was reported at 8:40 p.m. outside St. Albans Church at the intersection of Fuller Avenue and St. Albans Street North.
Investigators learned the victim was leaving the church after Bible study in a group that included his young daughter and his father. Gunshots rang out, with the victim running from the area. Meanwhile, the victim's father - who has a valid permit to carry - drew a handgun and returned fire.
It's the 20th homicide in St. Paul this year and the 6th in the space of just 17 days , a trend that has sparked concern by city leaders and police.
Back in 2008, I went through St. Paul's operating budget. What I found was enough waste to choke a herd of horses. I remembering thinking that I could cut at least 30% of the budget without the public noticing. There's no question that St. Paul can afford to hire more police officers. What's needed in both St. Paul and Minneapolis is the political will to prioritize public safety.
That isn't happening in either city in 2019. In fact, it's heading in the opposite direction right now. The priorities are foolish and the leadership is nonexistent. I'm usually optimistic but I don't see things getting better anytime soon.
Posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 10:46 AM
Comment 1 by eric z at 19-Sep-19 10:58 AM
Kroll mentored Doug Wardlow. However, there are good people on the police force. One bad apple does not ruin the bushel.
Response 1.1 by Gary Gross at 19-Sep-19 11:19 AM
It isn't the police that I'm worried about. It's the grandstanding politicians who think they understand policing better than the police know policing.
Comment 2 by Chad Q at 19-Sep-19 05:25 PM
Yep, we here in St. Paul don't have money for new cops but jackass mayor Melvin has 16 people on the payroll making over $100k for doing a whole lot of nothing.
MDHR commissioner decries "attempts to silence discussion"
Things have changed pretty dramatically since the last time I wrote about last night's scheduled event on "Dismantling Hate Crimes." First, the event was scheduled to start at 6:00 pm Wednesday night. Sources close to the event have told me that the event was postponed at 3:30 pm, well in advance of the event. But i digress. This afternoon's updated article was significantly modified from yesterday's article.
Yesterday's article started by saying "the panel on dismantling hate crimes scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday was postponed over safety concerns, according to Taylor Putz, communications director for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Putz told the St. Cloud Times Wednesday afternoon that the department postponed the event due to 'logistical concerns' and a 'larger public safety concern' due to the number of people expected to attend the forum."
Today's article starts by saying "A panel on dismantling hate crimes scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday was postponed over safety concerns, according to Taylor Putz, communications director for the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Putz told the St. Cloud Times Wednesday afternoon that the department postponed the event due to 'logistical concerns' and a 'larger public safety concern' due to the number of people expected to attend the forum. 'We want to make sure the space is safe and accessible,' Putz said."
In this afternoon's article, greater emphasis was put on villainizing the protesters:
"Hate is not a value in St. Cloud or in any part of our state," Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said in a news release issued just over an hour before the planned start of the event. "Our community deserves better."
"I am heartbroken by the attempts to silence discussion on hate crimes. The goal of the forum was to discuss the community we want to create. One that is full of dignity and joy,' she said.
For the record, the 'protesters' held what I'd consider one of the mildest protests in American history. The 'protesters' held signs that criticized CAIR but they certainly didn't threaten anyone there for the Dismantling Hate Crimes event. Most of the people there spent most of their time praying for "the Persecuted Church."
Jaylani Hussein
I don't know what Commissioner Lucero is talking about when she insists that the protesters silenced the "discussion on hate crimes." If I had to guess, I'd bet that this is a PR stunt that didn't turn out the way CAIR-MN and the ACLU of Minnesota hoped it would. The MDHR has a reputation for being racist or, at minimum, having a biased perspective on racial issues. This article highlights MDHR's bias. This is the most paragraph in the entire article:
Despite the "public safety concern" cited by the human rights department, St. Cloud Assistant Police Chief Jeff Oxton said Wednesday the department received no reports of threats related to the event.
In other words, the postponement of the event was due to factors having nothing to do with the protesters. Let's put that storyline to rest forever. As I told Ox on his program this afternoon, it isn't a secret that the Twin Cities elitists don't have a high opinion of people living in rural Minnesota.
Let's be clear about this. The protests were peaceful, mild even. There weren't altercations, brawls or confrontations. The day after the cancellation, though, the MDHR has issued a statement, saying that they're working with "community partners, local law enforcement and the FBI to plan a future forum that is safe."
This is purely spin. Jeff Oxton, the assistant chief of police stated quite clearly that the department received no reports of threats related to the event. Further, the police weren't called to the event to break up any altercations.
That leads to a simple, important question. Why is the Minnesota Department of Human Rights playing this up like there was a major confrontation at the Dismantling Hate Crimes event? Clearly, there wasn't a basis for cancelling the event from a public safety standpoint.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is filled with far left ideologues who think that there should be limits on disciplinary actions against minority students. I've called MDHR the 'dog-whistle department' because they see racism where it doesn't exist.
Posted Thursday, September 19, 2019 11:24 PM
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