{"id":124633,"date":"2022-01-18T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=124633"},"modified":"2022-01-18T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:59:00","slug":"tucker-carlson-the-democratic-party-is-redefining-opposition-as-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/tucker-carlson-the-democratic-party-is-redefining-opposition-as-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson: The Democratic Party is redefining opposition as terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tucker: Biden made it clear Americans cannot peacefully protest<\/h4>\n

‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ host examines why Capitol riot suspect Thomas Caldwell is facing life in prison.<\/p>\n

Thursday, we interviewed one of the people the Biden administration charged with sedition. The man’s name is Thomas Caldwell. The Justice Department claims that Caldwell was inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6. Caldwell insists emphatically that he was not. At some point, a jury will decide who is lying about that. <\/p>\n

For now, the rest of us, though, are free to ponder. A bigger question: Is Thomas Caldwell a seditionist? Is he an enemy of this nation? On Jan. 6, was Thomas Caldwell trying to overthrow the U.S. government by force? That’s a pretty hard case to make. <\/p>\n

Caldwell’s indictment paints him as a dangerous militia leader who is planning a sort of D-Day invasion on the banks of the Potomac. The real Thomas Caldwell does not fit that description. Caldwell is a senior citizen who walks with a cane. He’s a devout Christian. Try to picture Thomas Caldwell leading a bloodthirsty band of insurgents. You can’t, because he didn’t. <\/p>\n

Like every protester that day, Caldwell arrived at the event unarmed, and like the overwhelming majority, he committed no acts of violence. The Justice Department claims that Caldwell sought to overthrow the American system, but that is hard to believe. Caldwell, in fact, spent most of his life in honorable government service, including 20 years as a naval officer. He retired with 100 percent physical disability. <\/p>\n

In fact, if anyone seems like a thoroughly loyal American, it’s Thomas Caldwell. There’s no question he likes this country much more than Susan Rice does or Tony Blinken. So why is Thomas Caldwell facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison? Because, Democrats tell us, Thomas Caldwell AND co-defendants almost toppled our democracy. They came closer than anyone since Robert E. Lee. That’s what they’ve been telling us for the last year. <\/p>\n

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It’s absurd. Only the fact we have heard it so often prevents us from recognizing how absurd it is. Nothing that happened on Jan. 6 came remotely close to threatening our constitutional order or for preventing Joe Biden from taking office. Anyone who claims otherwise is lying and should be forced to explain specifically how the mechanics of democracy were imperiled that day. But they never explained. They just yell louder and then they issue more indictments. For the record, because reality still matters, or should matter, this was the scene inside the Capitol on Jan. 6:<\/p>\n

PROTESTER TO OTHER PROTESTERS: The police here are willing to work with us and cooperate peacefully like our First Amendment allows. Gather more Americans under the condition that they will come and gather peacefully to discuss what needs to be done to save our country. <\/i><\/p>\n

OFFICER: We’re not against \u2026 Show us no attacking, no assault. Remain calm.<\/i><\/p>\n

PROTESTER TO OTHER PROTESTERS: We are not going to assault. We are going to be heard. Everybody, this must be peaceful. <\/i><\/p>\n

JAKE ANGELI (CHEWBACCA GUY): This has to be peaceful. We have the right to peacefully assemble.<\/i><\/p>\n

This must be peaceful, we have the right to peacefully assemble. Well, it turns out, no, we don’t. The man who said that got more than four years behind bars. His crime: Walking into what we used to call non-ironically, the People’s House. That was the QAnon Shaman. At his sentencing, he looked shocked. Most of the indicted Jan. 6 protesters have looked shocked. <\/p>\n