There is “no coherent principle” to the left’s ongoing “utterly hypocritical” “insurrectionary movement” in Minnesota, argues Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson in his first post-surgery video appearance.
Nearly five years ago, these same people lambasted Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed 14-year Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by the U.S. Capitol Police on Jan. 6, 2021.
The left cheered as hundreds of demonstrators were arrested for allegedly assaulting officers and carrying firearms.
Meanwhile, they said it was perfectly OK for somebody like Alex Pretti “to go to a demonstration with a military-grade semiautomatic weapon, with extra clips, and just stick it in his waistband, visible sight of anybody, and then get into a brawl with law enforcement officers,” Hanson continues.
“All of our most prominent liberals are saying the state of Minnesota has a right to do what? Occupy federal property? Attack federal officers? Prevent the enforcement of federal law? I thought the left didn’t like states’ rights. I thought they said that this was ‘insurrectionary.’”
00:00 Introduction and Personal Update
01:32 Health Struggles and Recovery
03:58 Minnesota's Street Insurrection
06:13 Hypocrisy in Law Enforcement
09:37 States' Rights and Federal Law
12:57 Conclusion and Future Discussions
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