LETTER: Soon we forget

Sunday Mae Clark wrote in her letter to the editor she was shocked to see the lawless attack on one seat of government. Here is what was going on in October 2018. Remember? The following is a news report of just one day of demonstrations that disrupted three different government facilities.

“Thousands of liberal protesters, fired up by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, marched up Capitol Hill on Thursday to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court and put pressure on the handful of undecided senators who will determine whether Kavanaugh gets confirmed in the coming days.

“By Thursday afternoon, Capitol Police began arresting hundreds of protesters inside the Hart Senate Office Building who raised their fists and loudly started chanting ‘Kavanaugh has got to go.’ Arrests were made after protesters began sitting down in the building’s atrium, refusing to cooperate with law enforcement. In all, some 302 protesters were arrested and charged with unlawfully demonstrating in Senate office buildings Thursday, police said.

“Midday Thursday, demonstrators congregated at the Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, where Kavanaugh currently works as a United States Circuit Judge.

“They then marched through the National Mall to the Supreme Court, where they shut down the street in front of the court and rallied some more. Speakers called out Republican senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Jeff Flake of Arizona and Susan Collins of Maine.”

As Mae Clark so eloquently wrote, “Dems and Republicans are both America loving people…it is mob rule…it is as un-American as you can get.” Double standards and hypocrisy are also despicable.

ROBERT HUNT

Post Falls