The Real Enemies of Democracy

Published: Jan. 5, 2024, 1:14 p.m.

b'Three years ago, America was fundamentally transformed, not by an \\u201cinsurrection,\\u201d but by those who engineered a riot at the Capitol \\u2013 and what they\\u2019ve done to weaponize and exploit that event ever since.\\xa0\\nThe few who engaged in\\xa0actual\\xa0crimes that day posed\\xa0no credible threat\\xa0of overthrowing the government of the United States.\\xa0\\nAnd many hundreds of patriotic American citizens peacefully demonstrating on the Hill have been prosecuted, jailed, bankrupted and otherwise unconstitutionally subjected to \\u201ccruel and unusual punishment,\\u201d thanks in part to the suppression of exculpatory evidence of official decisions that facilitated their entry into the Capitol and provoked the crowd.\\nAt Valley Forge today, President Biden will continue his practice of vilifying not just them, but half the country who were also disenfranchised and have been portrayed ever since as \\u201cenemies of democracy\\u201d and potential \\u201cviolent extremists.\\u201d\\xa0\\nReally?\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nThis is Frank Gaffney.'