Sean Duffy: No Federal Dollars to Repair Infrastructure Damage by Rioters

🚨 JUST IN: Sec. Sean Duffy says sanctuary states will not get “ONE RED CENT” from the federal government to repair infrastructure damage caused by rioters

This comes after rioters were seen destroying roadways and using the concrete to throw at officers

In addition, he’s… pic.twitter.com/XDctRxR0RR

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 16, 2025

Democrat states must learn to act responsibly. Permitting and encouraging lawlessness have consequences. American taxpayers should not be stuck with the bill to repair the damage caused by their idiocy.

March on the RNC Protesters - Milwaukee

Temperature lowered. Unity achieved. https://t.co/ThSeXgLmJ6

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 15, 2024

March on the RNC protesters in Milwaukee chant, “RNC here we come! Donald Trump here we come!” pic.twitter.com/dyKUVcFS2w

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 15, 2024

Right outside the security fence of the Fiserv Forum, March on the RNC protesters chant, “F*ck Donald Trump!” pic.twitter.com/Aok9XGpp9B

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 15, 2024

"No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!"

"F*ck Donald Trump!" The Democrats/Marxists/Leftists are such good people. Look at them, even after the bloody events of just over 48 hours ago.

They aren't letting up on their anti-Trump vitriol. Maybe for them this is lowering the temperature. They haven't started rioting, setting fires, looting, etc.

Antifa Militants Launched Attacks At Trump's Inauguration

At the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2017, hundreds of #Antifa militants in black bloc launched a coordinated attack on the streets of downtown Washington, D.C. in an uprising against the new government.

Two group trials failed to get convictions and the remaining… pic.twitter.com/mc03InaiTf

— Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 1, 2023

Mostly peaceful transfer of power.

Liars Wrote History of Jan 6

Tucker no filter:

"The people in charge of history are liars!" pic.twitter.com/sZAupscQT7

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 9, 2023

The Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, was not worse than the Civil War. It wasn't worse than the riots of 2020.

More officers were injured during the riot at the White House in 2020 than were injured on January 6, 2021.

Biden Ignores Leftist Violence, Extremism

Do yall remember the Summer of Love? I do #FJB pic.twitter.com/kb9pqOT6RY

— Lucretia Hughes (@cre35) September 2, 2022

Pathetic.

Biden and the Democrats are going to lose their war on hard-working, tax-paying, peace-loving, responsible, patriotic Americans (aka MAGA Republicans).

Vote Republican 2018

The choice is so clear.

Prosperity and patriotism or violence and socialism?

Stop the Democrat mob.

Vote Republican.

FBI, DHS, Antifa, and Obama - Early 2016

BOMBSHELL: FBI, DHS Warned About Antifa In Early 2016. Obama Said Nothing. https://t.co/OrSiFqFXwW pic.twitter.com/WKIvRc72Tw

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 1, 2017

In early 2016, Obama was aware that Antifa and radical extremists posed a threat to Americans. He chose to say nothing.

From Politico:

Previously unreported documents disclose that by April 2016, authorities believed that “anarchist extremists” were the primary instigators of violence at public rallies against a range of targets. They were blamed by authorities for attacks on the police, government and political institutions, along with symbols of “the capitalist system,” racism, social injustice and fascism, according to a confidential 2016 joint intelligence assessment by DHS and the FBI.

Now we have proof that as early as April 2016, the FBI and DHS considered Antifa to be "primary instigators of violence at public rallies."

Of course, these facts aren't being allowed to get in the way of the narrative being promoted by Leftists/Democrats.

According to them, President Trump and his supporters are the violent ones. They are supposed to be the danger, even though the Leftist extremists have been deemed responsible for the violence.

Colbert: No Apology For Lewd Comments

Stephen Colbert finally addressed the firestorm surrounding his disgusting monologue on his Monday show. He made comments but did not apologize in any way. He doubled down.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

The Late Show's Stephen Colbert responded to the #FireColbert backlash that hit Twitter this week, which called out the CBS late-night host for his jokes about President Donald Trump in Monday's monologue.

"Welcome to The Late Show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Still? I am still the host? I'm still the host!" he said to open Wednesday's show, according to a transcript obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

...

"Now, if you saw my monologue Monday, you know that I was a little upset at Donald Trump for insulting a friend of mine," Colbert continued, referring to Dickerson. "So at the end of that monologue, I had a few choice insults for the president in return. I don't regret that. He, I believe, can take care of himself. I have jokes, he has the launch codes. So, it's a fair fight.

"So while I would do it again, I would change a few words that were cruder than they needed to be," Colbert said on Wednesday. "I’m not going to repeat the phrase, but I just want to say for the record, life is short, and anyone who expresses their love for another person, in their own way, is to me, an American hero. I think we can all agree on that. I hope even the president and I can agree on that. Nothing else. But, that."

So, Colbert believes his "joke" about President Trump, "[T]he only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin's cock holster," is actually an expression of love?

Is Colbert suggesting that Trump is an American hero for showing his affection for Putin in that manner, by using his mouth to serve as Putin's "cock holster"?

Yeah, that's not what Colbert is saying. He's just trying to get off the hook for his homophobic slur. He's clear about not being sorry. He said, "I had a few choice insults for the president in return. I don't regret that. He, I believe, can take care of himself."

This whole thing is not about Trump being able to take care of himself and Colbert being a comedian.

Colbert went way over the line in a prepared rant about Trump. He didn't say what he did off-the-cuff, in the heat of the moment ad-libbing an inappropriate remark.

It was ALL planned. Colbert knew it. His writers knew it. CBS knew it.

The firestorm is really about the fact that Colbert, because he's a Leftist, can get away with anything. CBS, because the network is a Leftist outlet, supports him. No need to apologize. That's the way this stuff always plays out.

Too many people offended by Colbert's remarks and the derangement of the anti-Trump crowd don't have the spine to say "ENOUGH."

The Leftists destroy conservatives or anyone holding different views from them. They stage boycotts, target sponsors. They march. They commit violence. They riot, even destroying the property of people who share their views but just happened to be in their way. They rally as "The Resistance."

And the people opposed to Colbert's awful rant and the Leftists' tactics and utterly out of control anti-Trump lunacy cower or shrug their shoulders and move on.

There is something very wrong with that. Tolerating what's wrong can be a problem.

Progressives Gotta Lie

Victor Davis Hanson comes through with another important piece, this one on the lies being pushed by progressives at American universities and beyond.

From @VDHanson's fantastic piece today: https://t.co/0TSZFGMnPE pic.twitter.com/JW57b8FTor

— National Review (@NRO) May 3, 2017

He writes:

The entire menu of race, class, and gender identity politics, lead-from-behind foreign policy, political correctness, and radical environmentalism so far have not won over most Americans.

Proof of that fact are the serial reliance of their supporters on deception, and the erosion of language on campus and in politics and the media. The progressive movement requires both deceit and euphemism to mask its apparently unpopular agenda.

What the Benghazi scandal, the Bowe Bergdahl swap, and the Iran Deal all had in common was their reliance on ruse. If the White House and its allies had told the whole truth about all these incidents, Americans probably would have widely rejected the ideological premises that framed them.

Hanson describes the environment on today's college campuses:

No one wishes to discuss candidly that universities are no longer free bastions of inquiry but are descending into would-be boot camps to train progressive shock troops. Careers, reputations, and lots of money are invested in stifling free expression, a project predicated on changing the nature of students, the curricula, and the very atmosphere of the traditional university.

The predicable result is again linguistic subterfuge.

If unprepared students are frustrated that special admittance does not de facto equate to college success or graduation, the university must make the necessary Animal Farm–like adjustments. Segregation by race and gender becomes “safe spaces.” Ancient stress, the stuff of cramming for finals and paper deadlines, gets embedded into politics, as snowflakes are “traumatized” by a culturally appropriated earring or a gendered pronoun. Free speech that can be challenging and liberate young minds becomes “hate speech” and is banned. Odious censorship is redefined as mere “trigger warnings.”

After analyzing the Leftists' lies on the Benghazi scandal, the Bowe Bergdahl swap, the Iran Deal, the Global Warming/Climate Change "science," and radical Islamic terrorism, Hanson concludes:

Without ruse, there can be no progressive project — as was true in the past of any illogical and unappealing ideology.

In short, you gotta lie.

Without their "linguistic subterfuge," the Leftists would find no buyers for what they're selling.

Thankfully, many Americans see through their lies.

Thankfully, the progressive falsehoods presented with all the progressive bluster, their masked faces, their violence and threats of violence, are rejected by enough Americans to fight their "illogical, unappealing ideology."

Linwood 'Woody' Kaine Arrested

Just a few months ago, Sen. Tim Kaine expected to be the vice president of the United States right now.

Alas, things didn't work out, and at least one member of the Kaine family has not handled the defeat well.

Kaine's son, Woody, was "arrested on suspicion of second-degree riot at the 'March 4 Trump' rally in St. Paul."

That's not good.

Sen. Kaine's son arrested at Trump rally in Minnesota https://t.co/2OfmjCQ0tS via @RyanGaydos pic.twitter.com/WsketMs6rv

— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 8, 2017

From FOX News:

The son of Hillary Clinton's former running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, was one of six arrested Saturday protesting a rally in support of President Trump at the Minnesota State Capitol.

Linwood Michael Kaine, 24, and four others were arrested on suspicion of second-degree riot at the “March 4 Trump” rally in St. Paul. Another person was cited for disorderly conduct, the Duluth News Tribune reported.

...Kaine was involved in a skirmish between Trump supporters and counter-protesters, St. Paul police spokesman Steve Linders said.

Linders said Kaine was seen with four people who lit fireworks in the capitol and fled. Police were investigating whether Kaine lit a firework, the newspaper reported.

Linders said Kaine and the group were arrested a block from the capitol. He said police tracked Kaine and the group down and arresting officers had to use “some force” to take him into custody.

I wonder what "some force" means. How much force is "some force"?

Whatever it means in this case, it's clear that Kaine didn't cooperate with police, at least to some degree.

Tim Kaine released a very vague statement in response to his son's arrest. That's to be expected. He certainly wouldn't say anything that could hurt his son's case. Maybe no statement would have been better than the remarks he chose to make.

...Sen. Kaine, from St. Paul, released a statement to the Pioneer Press Tuesday night.

"We love that our three children have their own views and concerns about current political issues," he said. "They fully understand the responsibility to express those concerns peacefully."

So, Tim Kaine loves that his son went to a pro-Trump rally to counter-protest and was arrested on suspicion of second-degree riot?

I wouldn't love that.

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Read more details on Woody Kaine's arrest and the St. Paul rally here.

Resist the Resistance

If you're plugged in at all to the news media or social media, it seems as if chaos abounds and the country is in a state of meltdown, disaster around the corner, total upheaval.

Get out of that manufactured bubble. Free yourself from the Left's insanity. Don't buy it.

The Democrats/Leftists/mainstream media are having a tantrum. Ignore them, like toddlers needing to learn that they won't be rewarded for throwing a fit. They don't have power. They aren't in control.

The Republicans need to take several deep cleansing breaths and take time to think before taking action.

The Trump administration has been in "shock and awe" mode the past few weeks. The anti-Trump part of the country has been in "shock and awe" mode as well, marching and pummeling relentlessly to undermine the results of the election.

It's hard to put up with the constant assaults from the Left, especially when they get violent and destructive, but the situation is manageable. It's Wisconsin 2011/2012 all over again. The anti-Trump lies and overall insanity should serve to solidify our resolve rather than demoralize us.

Remember:

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

It would be smart for Republicans to calm down and proceed a bit more methodically and intelligently. Fulfilling campaign promises is great but it has to be done right. Mistakes from moves made in haste just to deliver can be avoided.

Be smart. Slow down. Don't allow the Left's hysteria to derail the direction the American people chose to take the country. Shut out the noise, or at least learn to function with its presence.

Calmly resist the resistance.

Brian Eno: Brexit and Trump and the Revolution

love it when music writers suffer emotional pain when a genius won't match their pedestrian assumptions. https://t.co/lcrjmxJvR1

— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) February 9, 2017

From Spin:

Less than a year after arguing against the destructive Brexit law in his home country, the politically-outspoken Eno told journalist Simon Hattenstone that not only was he “pleased” about the UK’s abdication of the EU, but about the election of Donald Trump. Here’s his statement in full:

“Actually, in retrospect, I’ve started to think I’m pleased about Trump and I’m pleased about Brexit because it gives us a kick up the arse and we needed it because we weren’t going to change anything. Just imagine if Hillary Clinton had won and we’d been business as usual, the whole structure she’d inherited, the whole Clinton family myth. I don’t know that’s a future I would particularly want. It just seems that was grinding slowly to a halt, whereas now, with Trump, there’s a chance of a proper crash, and a chance to really rethink.”

Earlier in the piece, he explains his change in position a bit further, without making it any better:

“Most people I know felt that 2016 was the beginning of a long decline with Brexit, then Trump and all these nationalist movements in Europe. It looked like things were going to get worse and worse. I said: ‘Well, what about thinking about it in a different way?’ Actually, it’s the end of a long decline. We’ve been in decline for about 40 years since Thatcher and Reagan and the Ayn Rand infection spread through the political class, and perhaps we’ve bottomed out. My feeling about Brexit was not anger at anybody else, it was anger at myself for not realising what was going on. I thought that all those Ukip people and those National Fronty people were in a little bubble. Then I thought: ‘Fuck, it was us, we were in the bubble, we didn’t notice it.’ There was a revolution brewing and we didn’t spot it because we didn’t make it. We expected we were going to be the revolution.”

Eno now threatens to dethrone Kate Bush as the biggest British musical genius with worst Brexit-related take, and considering his use of the phrase “Clinton family myth,” he may have the worst Trump opinion, too. Congratulations, Brian.

Brian Eno is an avowed Leftist. He hasn't become a Trump supporter or in favor of Brexit.

He seems to be looking for the silver lining rather than freaking out and becoming completely unhinged like most of his fellow Leftists. He believes the disaster of Brexit and Trump will prompt necessary rethinking.

What I like is this artist's realization, "'[I]t was us, we were in the bubble, we didn't notice it.' There was a revolution brewing and we didn't spot it because we didn’t make it. We expected we were going to be the revolution."

Eno doesn't approve of the revolution. He's just admitting he was in the bubble and missed it. He didn't see what was happening.

Eno appears to have received the wake-up call. So many on the Left refuse to accept it. Instead, they're caught in their relentless hissy fit. That is not a productive way to manage their defeat. They are burying themselves.

Go ahead, unhinged Leftists. Keep digging.

Left Repeats Mistakes That Turned Wisconsin Red

Berkeley, CNN & Pussyhats: Left Repeats Same Mistakes That Turned Wisconsin Red https://t.co/xnWFyFwXfO @NolteNC pic.twitter.com/0WNgT5xt6b

— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) February 3, 2017

Yes.

Berkeley, CNN & Pussyhats: Left Repeats Same Mistakes That Turned Wisconsin Red

Trump 2020

This is Trump's campaign ad for the 2020 election. Thanks Antifa, thanks leftists. pic.twitter.com/IT8Jbw4ZHS

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) February 2, 2017

Trump: Berkeley and Federal Funds

If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017

The important thing about this tweet is the question mark after "NO FEDERAL FUNDS."

Trump is starting a conversation, not threatening or decreeing anything.

I would need to know the persons responsible for inciting the rioting. Were they Berkeley staff?

Berkeley did allow Milo Yiannopoulos to schedule a speech, but was the institution intent on shutting him down before it occurred?

If Berkeley is found responsible for undermining the free exchange of ideas on campus and inciting violence, it's reasonable to withhold federal funds.

Berkeley Starbucks Trashed

Starbucks may have to delay the hiring of refugees at their Berkeley location while they rebuild. https://t.co/blK2lXsvvV

— STU (@bleachers138) February 2, 2017

The destruction of the Starbucks in Berkeley perfectly exemplifies the insanity of the Leftist anti-Trump rioters.

What did they accomplish, other than reveal that they are just violent thugs looking to cause chaos?

Starbucks want to be their ally. Instead, Starbucks became their victim.

Wake-up call.

Berkeley Leftist Thugs and Milo Yiannopoulos - RIOT

It's no secret the Left has lost its mind.

I suppose it should come as no surprise that a simple speech by Milo Yiannopoulos at Berkeley would be used as an excuse for Leftist thugs to riot.

.@UCBerkeley Milo event cancelled. Shelter in place if on campus. All campus buildings on lockdown. #miloatcal

— UC Police, Berkeley (@UCPD_Cal) February 2, 2017

These violent thugs destroyed property to prevent Yiannopoulos from speaking.

Through their lawlessness, they succeeded, shutting down free speech. Utter intolerance.

Yes, the Left has lost its mind.

Milo Yiannopoulos: Berkeley riot 'self-defeating for the social justice left' https://t.co/UqjsIXXUSs pic.twitter.com/xp9CFTkMBj

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 2, 2017

From FOX News:

Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos said Wednesday that the riot that canceled his planned speech at the University of California-Berkeley was "heavily ironic and very, I think, self-defeating for the social justice left."

Yiannopoulos' planned talk was scrapped after violent protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and started a bonfire outside the student union where he was to appear.

"No one’s safety is at risk from different opinions," Yiannopoulos told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" in a phone interivew. "No one’s physical safety is endangered by political ideas from a speaker on campus, but universities have sort of allowed this stuff to happen, and even in some cases encouraged it."

The Berkeley appearance was to be the 32-year-old's last stop on a nationwide college tour that has sparked protests and occasional violence. Yiannopoulos told Carlson that he believes the protesters view him as a proxy for President Donald Trump, whom he vocally supports.

This was no peaceful protest. It wasn't a demonstration. This was a riot. Violence was used to cause chaos, and ultimately, squelch free speech.

The left is profoundly antithetical to free speech these days, does not want to hear alternative points of view. - Milo Yiannopoulos #Tucker pic.twitter.com/LwAiglBGE0

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 2, 2017

And violence was used to physically attack people, like this woman. She was wearing the wrong kind of hat so she was pepper sprayed by a Leftist thug.

A woman wearing a #Trump-style hat was pepper sprayed at #UCBerkeley protests. She & @WayneFreedman are alright: https://t.co/g7WofodFyD pic.twitter.com/JD3Bt1y7rE

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) February 2, 2017

We saw this in Wisconsin in 2011. This is definitely a déjà vu situation. The Leftists went nuts. They destroyed property and spewed hateful rhetoric, occupying the Capitol. How did that "movement" turn out?

It failed in every sense.

The runaway Democrat state senators eventually returned, accomplishing absolutely nothing of substance by leaving the state -- FAILURE.

Their recall of Gov. Scott Walker FAILED, actually turning Gov. Walker into a national figure and dramatically raising his profile.

Act 10 passed and is still in place -- another FAILURE.

People here in Wisconsin were more determined than ever to not let the Leftist thugs win, not reward their tantrum.

And we didn't.

So, keep up the hysteria, Leftists. Keep setting fires and breaking glass and chanting inanities. It's helping Donald Trump and the conservative cause.

Leftists really need to examine what happened in Wisconsin and think about what they're doing.
___________________

Video of riot:



Note to rioters: Setting fires, damaging property, burning a tree, and burning the American flag is not winning over the hearts and minds of law-abiding Americans.

More video:



IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER: People on the Right vigorously disagreed with Obama and the Democrats the past eight years, but you didn't see anything remotely like this, ever.

Protests against Milo at UC Berkeley. Protesters chanting "This is what community looks like." pic.twitter.com/a0YIZ3epIc

— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) February 2, 2017

Trump Presidency - Red States

Burn a car.

Break windows.

Chant profanity.

Result: Trump is president.

Anti-Trump Riots

Keep it up.

When the Leftists act like this, we win.

Video: Anti-Trump Rioters Set Fire to DC Streets, Police Standoff Continues into Night https://t.co/mp9Ftx7RyQ

— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) January 21, 2017

This is what happened earlier, when a Trump supporter extinguished the first fire on K Street. #InaugurationDay2017 pic.twitter.com/3KSSq3jCkV

— AJ Vicens (@AJVicens) January 20, 2017

Anti-Trump communists chant "#UnitedAgainstHate" while setting cars on fire, attacking people & destroying property. https://t.co/jITRpBK6xn

— Makada 🇺🇸 (@_Makada_) January 21, 2017

Larry King and DC Protesters

Courtesy of the Alt-Left:

Protestors in DC smashed the windows of my hired SUV & many other cars. I was working in-studio & am ok, but my driver is a bit rattled.

— Larry King (@kingsthings) January 20, 2017

Thugs.