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Psaki confronted over left-wing protesters intimidating SCOTUS justices — but she has no 'official US government position'
White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused on Thursday to condemn left-wing protesters who are intimidating Supreme Court justices by protesting near their personal residences.
What did Psaki say?
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Psaki about the Biden administration's position on the protesters — but all she did was affirm that they are "peaceful" protests.
"You guys had some time yesterday talking about what you think are the extreme wings of the Republican Party. Do you think the progressive activists that are now planning protests outside some of the justices’ houses are extreme?" Doocy asked.
"Peaceful protest? No. Peaceful protest is not extreme," Psaki replied.
When Doocy noted that some of the Supreme Court justices have young kids, Psaki still refused to condemn the protests.
"Look, I think our view here is that peaceful protest — there’s a long history in the United States and the country of that, and we certainly encourage people to keep it peaceful and not resort to any level of violence," Psaki said.
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The fact that protesters have even circulated the addresses of the justices online, which Doocy pointed out, did not stir Psaki to condemn the intimidation tactics.
Instead, Psaki focused on the "sadness" and "fear" that Americans have over U.S. abortion rights — which are among the most extreme in the world — potentially being scaled back.
"Look, I think the president’s view is that there’s a lot of passion, a lot of fear, a lot of sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document," Psaki said. "We obviously want people’s privacy to be respected. We want people to protest peacefully if they want to protest. That is certainly what the president’s view would be."
"So he doesn’t care if they’re protesting outside the Supreme Court or outside someone’s private residence?" Doocy fired back.
"I don’t have an official U.S. government position on where people protest," Psaki conceded.
"But I think we shouldn’t lose the point here: The reason people are protesting is because women across the country are worried about their fundamental rights that have been law for 50 years," she continued. "Their rights to make choices about their own bodies and their own health care are at risk. That’s why people are protesting. They’re unhappy. They’re scared."
The intimidation tactics have resulted in each Supreme Court justice receiving extra security. CBS News reported that, in addition to their homes being targeted, some justices have even received "more targeted personal phone threats."
Convoy of American truckers hits Washington, DC, takes laps on the Beltway
The American answer to Canada’s Freedom Convoy has arrived.
The trucker convoy drove around the Capital Beltway — the metropolitan interstate highway loops surrounding Washington, D.C. — before heading back to Hagerstown, Maryland to regroup and organize, NBC News reported.
Last month, lawmakers in the D.C. metropolitan area requested support from the National Guard as they prepared for thousands of American truckers to descend on the nation’s capital.
Organizers of the American trucker convoy requested a permit from the National Park Service to allow 1,000 to 3,000 people to gather in Washington, D.C., as they protest policy pertaining to domestic energy production, mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, and federal disregard for immigration law.
Bob Bolus, an organizer of the American trucker convoy — known as the “People’s Convoy” — said that protesters are interested in shutting down the Capital Beltway like a “giant boa constrictor that basically squeezes you.”
The People’s Convoy left California in late February, and according to the New York Times, there are at least 1,000 trucks, recreational vehicles, and cars participating in the protest.
One man, who described himself as the lead trucker in the convoy, said he plans to drive his rig into the heart of Washington, D.C.
He said, “D.C., the government, whomever, can claim that they have all this opposition for us waiting in D.C., but the flag on the back of my truck will go down to Constitution Avenue between the White House and the Washington Monument.”
Christopher Rodriguez, the director of the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, said that if the People’s Convoy enters Washington, there will be authorities waiting for them.
He said, “We’ve been preparing for this for over a month now. In the event we do see impact in the district, those personnel and equipment can help move traffic through with the support of the Metropolitan Police Department.”
The People’s Convoy is one of several protests inspired by the Canadian Freedom Convoy.
People gathered across the world in places like New Zealand, France, Austria, and now the United States to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Most of these protests, however, occurred in nations that do not have legally guaranteed protections for peaceful assembly and protests and were subsequently squashed.
In Canada, for instance, the police enforced a “zero tolerance” policy for “any activity in the area” where the Freedom Convoy assembled to protest, per NBC News.
In the aftermath of the Canadian government cracking down on the protests, Canadian police vowed to identify anyone involved in the protests and issue them with financial sanctions and criminal charges.
No Matter How Peaceful The American Freedom Convoy Is, Our Corrupt Regime Will Demonize It
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The message is clear: if you exercise your First Amendment rights for a cause that those in power have not approved, you will be targeted.
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