Minneapolis City Council
member Andrea Jenkins told
KSTP-TV that there have been protests outside the homes of several city council
members in recent weeks. Protests? Gasp! Now she’s noticed. Council
member Lisa Bender even had her home vandalized. Can you imagine?! Bender said she has never
witnessed this type of anger directed at the city council in her 16-year tenure
at City Hall. She stated, "No, I have not seen any council member be
concerned about their own personal safety, or the safety of their families. And I think a lot of council members are feeling that
right now."
Note to Bender: so is everyone else in
your city. That’s because you and your fellow council members essentially condoned
the recent rioting when it was destroying everyone else’s property and
lives. And because you voted to defund the police. Twice. What
goes around comes around. Right?
Bender wasn’t the only council
member aghast at the turn of events. Jenkins whined, "I
do not feel as safe in my home as I did just three months ago.” Which is why
she—and several other council members—have hired private security,
courtesy of the taxpayers whom they are attempting to strip of police
protection. Talk about “privilege.”
Jenkins further opined that the stress of COVID-19,
the death of George Floyd and debate over whether to defund the Minneapolis
Police Department have combined to give rise to a level of vitriol towards
government she hasn’t heretofore experienced. She conveniently forgot to
mention the part that the government’s response to these crises has
played in citizen’s disgust with the ruling class.
Jenkins also bemoaned her workplace’s lack of
insulation from the mob, saying: "Minneapolis City Hall is one of the only
governmental buildings in downtown Minneapolis that does not have a security
protocol. I mean, anyone can walk into our building at any time." Egads!
The proletariat can enter the hallowed halls of government! She noted she’d
like to see the edifice’s security beefed up. But surely not with the police
that she is so bent on defunding and disbanding! Perhaps with an intimidating
gaggle of social workers? A German Shepherd or two? A “Protected by ADT
Security” sticker on a couple of windows? Maybe hang a “Gadsden Flag” on the
front door?
The “woe is me” whining from our “public servants” in
the rare instances when their own actions adversely affect them is nauseating
to say the least, even if darkly humorous.
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