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Mar 20 10 tweets 5 min read Read on X
The Tesla attacks are getting worse.

Arson. Molotov cocktails. Bouts of gunfire.

This isn't new. The Left has used violence as a political tool for decades.

Only one thing can stop this. In the words of Pat Buchanan: "Force, rooted in justice, and backed by moral courage." 🧵 Image
Since January 6, 2021, we've been fed round-the-clock hysteria about "domestic terrorism" from the Right.

This is what the kids like to call "gaslighting."

The truth is, since the 1960s, political violence has overwhelmingly been a product of the Left.
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Make no mistake: This isn't just a few fringe radicals. Sure, they're the ones who are out there tossing Molotovs in the streets. But the entire institutional Left—from the media to the education system to the Democratic Party itself—colludes to encourage, justify and excuse it.
In 1971, the Weather Underground—a far-left terrorist group—actually bombed the Capitol building, planting an explosive device in a ground-floor bathroom.

In 1983, another left-wing militant group called the Armed Resistance Unit detonated a bomb outside the Senate chamber. Image
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In 18 months from 1971-72, we had 2500 domestic bombings—more than 5 a day.

But most Americans don't remember this. Why? Because the Left controls the schools, the press, the whole system of organized culture—so it's been erased from our popular memory.
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We've seen the same thing with the Tesla attacks today. Most respectable voices on the Left won't go so far as to outright ENDORSE the violence, of course—but they'll distract, equivocate, and soft-peddle it.

Here's a textbook example of how that works:
Oh, they'll walk right up to the line—but always with just enough plausible deniability.

As deranged leftists open fire on Tesla dealerships, they'll post articles titled "Kill Tesla" with pictures of burning cars, and then claim that they were just talking about a boycott. Image
But this is how the playbook always works. From the BLM riots, to the mob harassment of Supreme Court justices, to assassination attempts against Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump, the violent radical arm of the Left always gets the wink-and-a-nod from the "respectable" liberals.
In a healthy political system, this lawlessness would be equally unacceptable to both sides. It would be good for America to have a Democratic Party that didn't encourage, excuse, and make common cause with violent leftists—let alone actively try to bail BLM rioters out of jail. Image
But that's not what we have. So we must respond to this new era of political violence with the full force of the law. The decades-long practice of coddling leftist terrorists has been a disaster for our country. It taught the Left that these tactics work.

That has to end.

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May 27
This is how it always works.

The Right wins elections, and the Left pretends to magically rediscover the Constitution, the rule of law and free speech.

Don't fall for it. 🧵 Image
Last week, 60 Minutes' Scott Pelley gave a dramatic commencement speech warning that "our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack."

We've heard these lines a million times before. Image
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Today's corporate press has an extraordinary hero complex—they imagine themselves as fearless, courageous defenders of democracy and freedom, as brave as the boys on the beaches at D-Day, risking it all to fight tyranny.

They want us to believe they're "speaking truth to power."
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May 17
The Hur audio makes unavoidable what free thinking Americans had known—for most (all) of his four years, Joe Biden was mentally incapable of serving as President.

It's why I was the first Senator to call for the 25th Amend.

The deeper question—who was running our country? 🧵
Axios finally published the long-sought-after audio from Special Counsel Robert Hur's 2023 interview of President Biden regarding Biden's classified documents found near his Corvette.

Its content was exactly what we all expected.

He couldn't string sentences together. He had no idea of some of the most important dates in his life. He was a sad, confused old man.

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May 15
🚨 SCOTUS just heard arguments on President Trump's birthright citizenship order.

This case is big. It isn't just about birthright citizenship—it's about the limits of how rogue judges can use nationwide injunctions.

My prediction: Trump could be on the cusp of a big win. 🧵 Image
Solicitor General John Sauer (who was my Solicitor General back in my AG days) argued for President Trump. Right out of the gate, multiple liberal justices were swinging for his head, but they could never land the critical blow on Teflon John.
While birthright citizenship is the subject matter of the "merits," SCOTUS is more likely to address a critical procedural question and dodge the merits.

That question: Can courts issue nationwide injunctions or must courts address questions of group relief in class actions?
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May 10
Illegals who broke our laws to enter the US aren’t due the same process as citizens.

SCOTUS and the Constitution agree: illegals' rights are limited, especially in deportation.

President Trump will deport millions of illegals without a hearing. Here's how. 🧵 Image
In 1996, back Congress passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which created "expedited removal" for certain classes of illegal aliens who had been in the country less than two years. Image
What process are they entitled to under expedited removal? Only a finding by a DHS officer that an alien is 1. here illegally and 2. in a category covered by expedited removal.

In most circumstances: No hearing, no habeas, no appeals.
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May 7
And there it is: Proof that the FBI covered up the political motive behind the 2017 congressional baseball shooting.

The shooter was a left-wing extremist who explicitly set out to kill GOP congressmen. The FBI knew this. But they told the public it was just “suicide by cop.” 🧵 Image
This stuff isn't "incompetence." It's specific, intentional ideological corruption. The FBI—like so many other institutions in American life—has become a vehicle for manipulating and shaping public narratives to serve left-wing interests.

And the media is eager to help: Image
The new House GOP report shows, in detail, how the FBI actively sought to suppress the overwhelming evidence that the shooter was acting on explicitly political motives—including concealing his handwritten list of Republican targets.

They insisted it was just "suicide by cop." Image
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Apr 29
Amazon spent decades profiting off of America Last trade policies.

First, they tried to attack President Trump's trade policies with this silly stunt. Then, they got hit for it. Now they're trying to back-pedal.

But it's too late. 🧵 Image
Amazon refuses to tell its users where most of their products are made—or if (and when) they’re made in foreign sweatshops. I bet you can guess why.

But NOW, you see, they're all about "transparency"!

That's really what they want us to believe?
Other countries have been ripping America off on trade for years with tariffs and illegal trade practices. Where was Amazon then? Silent.
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