As Twitchy reported, FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday and made the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick even more of a mystery. He also got Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee thinking: only 300 people have been arrested in connection with the storming of the Capitol, while 1,000 people were arrested during months and months of rioting in Portland. Did we say rioting? We meant protesting.
1/4 Testimony today on the Hill evidences that in the Portland protests, a thousand people were arrested. People protesting against the violence that was evidenced in the George Floyd murder. People wanting good things to happen. In Washington DC on January 6th, where it is
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) March 3, 2021
2/4 alleged that 40,000 protesters were in DC with the mindset to overturn a legitimate election and to kill the Speaker, the Vice President, and Members of Congress, in that instance, only 300 persons have now been arrested and are being prosecuted. What kind of justice is that?
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) March 3, 2021
It is alleged that 40,000 protesters were in D.C. with the mindset to kill Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence. OK.
3/4 How clearly does that show a racial and political divide where protestors who want to overthrow the government who were the supporters of the former president and exhibited acts of racism were barely prosecuted and barely arrested? The FBI failed to provide detailed
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) March 3, 2021
“Barely arrested.”
4/4 information to law enforcement that needed to have such information so that a stronger response could have occurred against those who were intending to do the seat of democracy harm and to kill the people inside.
— Sheila Jackson Lee (@JacksonLeeTX18) March 3, 2021
This might be the dumbest thread I have ever read, which is not surprising given the source. https://t.co/wlDnjFirZF
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 3, 2021
Portland had 5+ months of nightly violent riots that included assaults, murders, buildings being burned down etc.
In all that time, they had a total of 1K arrests and most of them were not prosecuted: https://t.co/MNGFk1XEG0
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 3, 2021
Jackson Lee is alleging that is indicative of racial bias (putting aside that almost everyone rioting in Portland was whiter than a Michigan winter) because only 300 were arrested on the day of the Capitol riot: https://t.co/D26sZ4gq92
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 3, 2021
And her logic is based on there being 40,000 protesters there, seemingly unaware that protesting isn't a crime. The 300 that were charged and will be prosecuted are a significant portion of those who actually committed crimes on Jan 6th. No similar thing happened in Portland.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 3, 2021
Seriously her thread actually proves that authorities took the Jan 6th riot much more seriously and did a much better job pursuing the culprits than those who rioted for months in Portland. She just doesn't seem to realize it.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) March 3, 2021
Authorities let Portland burn for months, but they’re using January 6 as an excuse to clamp down on civil liberties and keep Washington, D.C. populated with razor-wire fences and National Guard troops.
— Tony Mahnks (@C_Anthony_Mahnk) March 3, 2021
Why do idiots in Houston keep sending you back there. You are literally insane.
— Jim Verdi (@jjverdi) March 3, 2021
Amazing people actually elected you. For anything. Ever.
— DC (@dcomr4d) March 3, 2021
Genuinely surprised at how obtuse this thread is.
— mazzaroth (@mazzaroth10) March 3, 2021
The Portland RIOTS went on for six months. The Capitol riot was a one day event. Of course there will be more arrests in 180 days of riots than in one riot. If anything the Portland police were remarkably hands off.
— Dr. Johnny ??? (@JohnnyFreedom97) March 3, 2021
You misspelled “CATCH AND RELEASE WITHOUT BOND OR TRIAL”.
Get back to stealing taxpayer’s airline seats.
— Rocco Tomaso (@t_santarelli) March 3, 2021
You have the IQ of a fucking rock. It is amazing that somehow you keep getting elected.
— Dr. Jan Itor (@effingtubes) March 3, 2021
Holy shit. Is this a parody account?
— Bot Reynolds (@BotReynolds) March 3, 2021
Right when you think you can't see anything dumber on twitter today, Sheila Jackson Leeeeeroy Jenkins blows through the door and proves you wrong.
— Never Tweet (@BN_nevertweet) March 3, 2021
Ok Shirley…
— gasmd (@magaFTWdaily) March 3, 2021
People that burned down black-owned businesses, killed black citizens, and ensured no sane investors will ever put their money into certain cities for years to come… yeah, they totally just wanted good things to happen.
— TheMiddle-ish (@left_done) March 3, 2021
You are a special kind of stupid
— Mark Strother (@Strohbro_Virgil) March 3, 2021
Related:
‘What am I doing here?’ President Biden name-checks Rep. Shirley Jackson-Lee during Texas visit https://t.co/sG3QHqREdx
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 27, 2021
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