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Since conservatives @EWErickson @DougHeye @Ron_Christie @Tracinski @SykesCharlie and others are demanding Dems speak out more forcefully on what happened to @RandPaul and some acting a damn fool in the streets, let me break this down. 1/3
THREE SAYS AGO, anti-mask protesters - some armed - overwhelmed state troopers and took over the House gallery. "Unmasked Protesters Push Past Police Into Idaho Lawmakers' Session" npr.org/2020/08/25/905… The gallery seating was limited due to COVID. 2/3
These Idaho thugs said screw the restrictions and took over all of the gallery seats. The Idaho Speaker of the House - a Republican - relented. The state troopers opted NOT to arrest these thugs saying it would lead to MORE violence. Huh? 2/3
So bum rushing cops is assault. Yet NO ONE got arrested. Yet in 2014, LGBTQ activists in Idaho got arrested for SILENTLY blocking the door to the Senate. So where is the @GOP law and order crowd? Why are THEY silent over these actions? Because these are their voters. SILENCE. 3/3
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I'm cracking up at these folks who are so bent out of shape at my Khalid Muhammad story. Do y'all even realize the stuff Black journalists have to go through just do our jobs? We ALL have stories where we had to "go there." 1/6
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All of these media outlets that are all of a sudden discovering race should apologize to their viewers and readers. And the first story they should report on is about themselves. This critique is not limited to @CNN. It’s EVERY MEDIA OUTLET. 1/
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