‘The reckoning is finally here!’ Maybe the Democrat Illinois governor actually belongs in prison
A columnist in the Washington Examiner is suggesting that Democrats and other leftists who are pushing disruptions to “public order” as part of their anti-Trump agenda might belong in prison, including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
“Last spring, Pritzker urged Democrats to disrupt public order to thwart the Trump administration. If he and other Democratic leaders and donors helped raise the funds to support and organize the lawless protests, sponsor training of anti-ICE activists, and interfere with immigration enforcement they deserve to be investigated. If evidence of conspiracy exists, book ‘em!” explained columnist John B. Roberts II, an author, international political strategist and executive producer of The McLaughlin Group.
He cited Pritzker’s “incendiary speech” last year when he demanded Democrats organize massive civil unrest to respond to the Trump administration’s campaign to enforce border and immigration laws.
“It’s time to fight everywhere and all at once,” Pritzker said at a meeting of Democrats and their donors.
“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. The reckoning is finally here!”
The questions immediately arose; “Was he calling for mass protests such as the 2020 George Floyd riots that caused at least 25 deaths and $2 billion in property damage? Who was he mobilizing, antifa? Was he calling for Portland-style sieges, where a Trump supporter was targeted and killed? What did he want disrupted? Church services, airports, freeways, and bridges? Courtrooms, legislatures, government offices? Schools and universities? Lawful detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants? In the year since Pritzker’s speech, we’ve received the answer: it’s all of the above.”
And it’s not good.
“According to Georgetown University’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, virtually all the tactics employed by anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement demonstrators in Minnesota and elsewhere are illegal. Under 18 U.S.C. 2261A, you can go to jail for stalking and surveilling public officials. Tracking ICE officers, doxxing them, and alerting suspects to their presence are all federal criminal offenses,” the article explained.
He added, “Contrary to popular misconception, there is no First Amendment right to incite lawlessness. In 1969, the Supreme Court ruled in Brandenburg v. Ohio that the First Amendment doesn’t protect speech that deliberately encourages or induces someone to break the law. JB Pritzker may thus bear more than moral responsibility for encouraging protests and disruption that have morphed into violence, death, and destruction. Pritzker incited mayhem, and mayhem ensued.”
And other Democrats joined Pritzker’s agenda, he said.
“The Justice Department should investigate whether major Democratic donors and progressive foundations have knowingly funded the training of anti-ICE activists to interfere with federal law enforcement in violation of 18 U.S.C. 111 and related provisions of the law. If Democratic officials and donors were involved in encouraging and funding illegal interference with the enforcement of immigration laws and deportation orders, they can be prosecuted under Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations laws,” he noted.