A federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled in favor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) on Friday, a prominent evangelical congregation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., that recently sued the District&#8217;s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser.
“It is for the church, not the District or this court, to define for itself the meaning of ‘not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,’” <a href="https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2020cv2710-43" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote Trump-appointed Judge Trevor McFadden</a>, referencing a verse in the Book of Hebrews that commands Christians to gather together for worship.
According to the ruling, CHBC is allowed to resume outdoor gatherings with certain precautions.
As The Daily Wire reported, CHBC filed <a href="https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/eecc2501-3017-43a4-97fd-c8b7f579497c/note/2cf9ae61-0a27-41f8-aa3a-d0cc4d520c0d.#page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a lawsuit</a> last month against Bowser in U.S. District Court alleging that the District government is showing preferential treatment in how it enforces the <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-to-extend-state-of-emergency-into-october">repeatedly extended</a> lockdown orders.
“The Court determines that the Church is likely to succeed in proving that the District’s actions violate RFRA,&#8221; McFadden said. &#8220;The District’s current restrictions substantially burden the Church’s exercise of religion. More, the District has failed to offer evidence at this stage showing that it has a compelling interest in preventing the Church from meeting outdoors with appropriate precautions, or that this prohibition is the least-restrictive means to achieve its interest. The Court will therefore grant the Church’s motion for injunctive relief.”
“The Church has consistently represented that it will take appropriate precautions such as holding services outdoors, providing for social distancing, and requiring masks. As explained, the District has not put forward sufficient evidence showing that prohibiting a gathering with these precautions is necessary to protect the public,&#8221; the court added.
CHBC Pastor Justin Sok praised the decision in a statement, saying that &#8220;our government is restoring equity by extending to religious gatherings the same protections that have been afforded other similar gatherings during this pandemic.&#8221;
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An update on our efforts to gather again in the District. <a href="https://t.co/t0PCW3v75k">pic.twitter.com/t0PCW3v75k</a>
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CHBC recently earned support from 34 Republican senators, who signed a letter in solidarity with the congregation&#8217;s fight for religious liberty. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-supports-capitol-hill-baptist-church-in-lawsuit-against-d-c-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Department of Justice also threw its weight</a> behind the church earlier this month.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/34-senators-file-amicus-brief-supporting-capitol-hill-baptist-church-in-suit-against-d-c-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>Thirty-four senators filed an <a href="https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/52c0dacb-fac4-4459-b6d4-fc7050c86b2d/capitol-hill-baptist-church---senators-amicus-brief---as-filed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amicus brief</a> in support of Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC), a prominent evangelical church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., that recently sued Democratic District Mayor Muriel Bowser for her lingering lockdown orders that limit even outdoor religious gatherings to 100 people.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) filed the brief Wednesday on behalf of his colleagues in a show of solidarity for the 850-member church, which until the lockdown had met every week for 142 years, save for the three weeks they shuttered during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic.
“Mayor Bowser has permitted and participated in several mass protests in recent months,” Wicker pointed out in a statement to The Daily Wire. “However, the city’s COVID-19 regulations prohibit a religious gathering of more than 100 individuals outdoors. The senators argue that the selective enforcement of the District’s rules violates the church’s First Amendment rights and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).”
Wicker continued, “The senators argue in part, ‘Whether viewed as a matter of free speech, the freedom of assembly, or the free exercise of religion protected by the Constitution and RFRA, the result is the same: The Mayor’s discrimination against houses of worship rests on a mistaken, and unconstitutional, premise that one particular exercise of free speech—a church’s desire to gather together and worship their God—is subordinate to other First Amendment-protected activities. This Court should enforce the First Amendment’s promise of free speech for all by issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the Mayor and the District of Columbia from prohibiting outdoor religious services that adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols.&#8217;”
The amicus brief is the latest development in the legal wrangling between CHBC and Bowser’s government, which began when the church filed a lawsuit against her last month.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/34-senators-file-amicus-brief-supporting-capitol-hill-baptist-church-in-suit-against-d-c-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">34 Senators File Amicus Brief Supporting Capitol Hill Baptist Church In Suit Against D.C. Mayor</a>
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Thirty-four senators filed an <a href="https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/52c0dacb-fac4-4459-b6d4-fc7050c86b2d/capitol-hill-baptist-church---senators-amicus-brief---as-filed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">amicus brief</a> in support of Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC), a prominent evangelical church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., that recently sued Democratic District Mayor Muriel Bowser for her lingering lockdown orders that limit even outdoor religious gatherings to 100 people.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) filed the brief Wednesday on behalf of his colleagues in a show of solidarity for the 850-member church, which until the lockdown had met every week for 142 years, save for the three weeks they shuttered during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic.
&#8220;Mayor Bowser has permitted and participated in several mass protests in recent months,&#8221; Wicker pointed out in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;However, the city’s COVID-19 regulations prohibit a religious gathering of more than 100 individuals outdoors. The senators argue that the selective enforcement of the District’s rules violates the church’s First Amendment rights and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).&#8221;
Wicker continued, &#8220;The senators argue in part, &#8216;Whether viewed as a matter of free speech, the freedom of assembly, or the free exercise of religion protected by the Constitution and RFRA, the result is the same: The Mayor’s discrimination against houses of worship rests on a mistaken, and unconstitutional, premise that one particular exercise of free speech—a church’s desire to gather together and worship their God—is subordinate to other First Amendment-protected activities. This Court should enforce the First Amendment’s promise of free speech for all by issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the Mayor and the District of Columbia from prohibiting outdoor religious services that adhere to COVID-19 safety protocols.'&#8221;
The amicus brief is the latest development in the legal wrangling between CHBC and Bowser&#8217;s government, which began when the church filed a lawsuit against her last month.
As The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>In <a href="https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/eecc2501-3017-43a4-97fd-c8b7f579497c/note/2cf9ae61-0a27-41f8-aa3a-d0cc4d520c0d.#page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a lawsuit</a> filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, attorneys representing Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) claimed that the District government is showing preferential treatment in how it enforces the <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-to-extend-state-of-emergency-into-october">repeatedly extended</a> lockdown orders.
Claiming a violation of the First and Fifth Amendments, as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the suit pointed out that while they are forbidden from congregating even outdoors in excess of 100 people, Bowser herself has expressed public support for the recent mass protests in the District where tens of thousands gathered.
A portion of the lawsuit documented the repeated times over the summer when mass protests violated the city’s lockdown orders, but for which there were no consequences. Referring to the June 6 protest near the White House, the suit notes, “Mayor Bowser attended the mass protest and said to the thousands in attendance, ‘It’s so wonderful to see everyone peacefully protesting, wearing their masks.&#8217;”
The suit further recalled how the city even closed “dozens of city streets to vehicular traffic on that day in order to accommodate the ‘First Amendment demonstrations.&#8217;”</blockquote>
The Department of Justice also recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-supports-capitol-hill-baptist-church-in-lawsuit-against-d-c-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">threw its weight behind CHBC</a>, filing a statement of interest last week that argued: &#8220;the Constitution and federal law require the District of Columbia to accommodate Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s effort to hold worship services outdoors, at least to the same extent the District of Columbia allows other forms of outdoor First Amendment activity, such as peaceful protests.&#8221;
In addition to Wicker, the amicus brief was signed by Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Mike Enzi (R-WY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), John Barrasso (R-WY), James E. Risch (R-ID), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR), John Hoeven (R-ND), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rand Paul (R-KY), Tim Scott (R-SC), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), David Perdue (R-GA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ben Sasse (R-NE), John Kennedy (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Braun (R-IN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL)., and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA).
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prominent-evangelical-church-sues-d-c-mayor-over-selective-enforcement-of-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prominent Evangelical Church Sues D.C. Mayor Over ‘Selective Enforcement’ Of Lockdowns</a>
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is throwing its weight behind a prominent evangelical church in Washington, D.C., after it became the first in the nation&#8217;s capital to sue the District&#8217;s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser for allegedly unfairly applying the city&#8217;s lockdown orders on outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people.
The DOJ said it has filed a “statement of interest” supporting the 850-member church, according to <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/doj-backs-capitol-hill-baptist-over-dc-mayor-worship-limits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Christian Post</a>.
&#8220;The Justice Department today filed a statement of interest in federal district court in Washington, D.C., arguing the Constitution and federal law require the District of Columbia to accommodate Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s effort to hold worship services outdoors, at least to the same extent the District of Columbia allows other forms of outdoor First Amendment activity, such as peaceful protests,&#8221; <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-statement-interest-supporting-capitol-hill-baptist-churchs-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the statement read</a>.
&#8220;The statement of interest was filed in Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, a case challenging the District of Columbia’s refusal to allow outdoor worship because of the city’s COVID-19 restrictions,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;The suit challenges the permit denial under the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The suit alleges that while places of worship are limited to 100 people at outdoor worship services, these limits do not apply to, among other things, outdoor protests and rallies accommodating thousands.&#8221;
The statement later said, &#8220;The United States’ brief explains there is no constitutional or statutory basis for allowing protests and rallies attended by thousands of people, while at the same time silencing religious worship. The brief also explains the city bears a high burden of proof to justify its actions under the First Amendment and RFRA because its actions impose a &#8216;substantial burden&#8217; on religious exercise, as the church has shown here.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prominent-evangelical-church-sues-d-c-mayor-over-selective-enforcement-of-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>A prominent Baptist church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is suing the District’s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser and her government, alleging that the city’s lingering coronavirus lockdown orders are being unfairly applied and violate the U.S. Constitution.
In <a href="https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/eecc2501-3017-43a4-97fd-c8b7f579497c/note/2cf9ae61-0a27-41f8-aa3a-d0cc4d520c0d.#page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a lawsuit</a> filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, attorneys representing Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) claimed that the District government is showing preferential treatment in how it enforces the <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-to-extend-state-of-emergency-into-october">repeatedly extended</a> lockdown orders.
Claiming a violation of the First and Fifth Amendments, as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the suit pointed out that while they are forbidden from congregating even outdoors in excess of 100 people, Bowser herself has expressed public support for the recent mass protests in the District where tens of thousands gathered.
A portion of the lawsuit documented the repeated times over the summer when mass protests violated the city’s lockdown orders, but for which there were no consequences. Referring to the June 6 protest near the White House, the suit notes, “Mayor Bowser attended the mass protest and said to the thousands in attendance, ‘It’s so wonderful to see everyone peacefully protesting, wearing their masks.&#8217;”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prominent-evangelical-church-sues-d-c-mayor-over-selective-enforcement-of-lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prominent Evangelical Church Sues D.C. Mayor Over ‘Selective Enforcement’ Of Lockdowns</a>
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Protesters, gathered in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate against the outcome of a grand jury investigation into Breonna Taylor&#8217;s death, assessed reporters gathered to cover their event, checking social media accounts in real-time and awarding &#8220;glow bracelets&#8221; to those they approved.
Despite claims that the protest was &#8220;spontaneous,&#8221; organizers apparently came prepared with a plan to separate &#8220;friendly&#8221; media from &#8220;unfriendly&#8221; or &#8220;investigative&#8221; media, as well as a collection of &#8220;glow bracelets&#8221; to hand out to reporters they felt would cover the demonstrations according to their rules and demands.
Independent journalist Ford Fischer cataloged the process on Twitter.
&#8220;The activists are looking at individual media credentials and social media accounts and giving out glow bracelets to ones they approve of. They forbid live streaming,&#8221; Fisher reported. &#8220;At least for the time being, I will refrain from streaming for my safety and add updates here.&#8221;
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The activists are looking at individual media credentials and social media accounts and giving out glow bracelets to ones they approve of.
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It is not clear what earned a reporter the opportunity to be &#8220;credentialed&#8221; by protesters, but the system &#8212; and standards &#8212; for reporters covering anti-police brutality and anti-racism protests are not entirely new. According to <a href="https://reason.com/2020/09/04/youre-not-allowed-to-film-the-fight-for-control-over-who-reports-from-portland/">an on-the-ground report</a> from Portland, Oregon, protesters there also had a sophisticated credentialing process that ensured only friendly coverage of nightly unrest in that city.
&#8220;Groups hosting and coordinating the ongoing unrest in Portland, Oregon, have established an &#8216;approved&#8217; media list and are vetting coverage from on the ground, according to a report from Reason’s reporter on the scene, Nancy Rommelmann, and they are blocking, harassing, and even threatening &#8216;un-approved&#8217; journalists there to provide more accurate coverage of riots, looting, and violence,&#8221; The Daily Wire reported back in early September.
Rommelman reported that activists were recruiting friendly journalists into an Independent Press Corps, or &#8220;IPC,&#8221; and only the IPC was allowed to film and report on protesters&#8217; activities.
“The IPC is an organized group in league with the activists, and it is usually their footage you see streamed online and recycled on the news: mostly innocent protestors being harassed and beaten by police,” Rommelman said.
“The IPC and other documentarians who are deemed sympathetic to the activists’ cause agree on certain principles. You do not show activists’ faces. You only show activists in a defensive position: responding to, rather than inciting, violence. You enhance what can appear to be police brutality, e.g., activists defending themselves with homemade shields, often bearing the anarchist circle-A, against police,” she continued. “The shields are largely ineffective for personal defense, but extremely effective for optics, and that’s precisely the point. If a member of the IPC is arrested, he or she will be protected.”
Robby Soave of Reason Magazine found out, quickly, what happens when even bystanders document protester violence. While following a group of marchers in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, Soave was witness to one demonstrator smashing out a Starbucks window. After he took a photo of the damage, he was confronted by umbrella-wielding activists.
&#8220;Well everything was extremely calm until a guy with a baseball bat did this to the Starbucks off DuPont Circle. As I took this photo a protester with a black umbrella tried to block me,&#8221; Soave tweeted. Happened right in front [of] me, I nearly jumped out of my skin. Afterward I tried to reassure umbrella man that I didn’t have a photo of the window smashing guy. &#8216;What guy?&#8217; he says.&#8221;
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A prominent Baptist church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., is suing the District&#8217;s Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser and her government, alleging that the city&#8217;s lingering coronavirus lockdown orders are being unfairly applied and violate the U.S. Constitution.
In <a href="https://context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/eecc2501-3017-43a4-97fd-c8b7f579497c/note/2cf9ae61-0a27-41f8-aa3a-d0cc4d520c0d.#page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a lawsuit</a> filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, attorneys representing Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) claimed that the District government is showing preferential treatment in how it enforces the <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-to-extend-state-of-emergency-into-october">repeatedly extended</a> lockdown orders.
Claiming a violation of the First and Fifth Amendments, as well as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the suit pointed out that while they are forbidden from congregating even outdoors in excess of 100 people, Bowser herself has expressed public support for the recent mass protests in the District where tens of thousands gathered.
A portion of the lawsuit documented the repeated times over the summer when mass protests violated the city&#8217;s lockdown orders, but for which there were no consequences. Referring to the June 6 protest near the White House, the suit notes, &#8220;Mayor Bowser attended the mass protest and said to the thousands in attendance, &#8216;It’s so wonderful to see everyone peacefully protesting, wearing their masks.'&#8221;
The suit further recalled how the city even closed &#8220;dozens of city streets to vehicular traffic on that day in order to accommodate the &#8216;First Amendment demonstrations.'&#8221;
By contrast, the suit continued, CHBC&#8217;s repeated requests for a waiver to meet even under strict social distancing and mask protocols were at first ignored, and then denied.
“The Church takes no issue with Defendants’ decision to permit these gatherings, which are themselves protected by the First Amendment, and the Church supports this exercise of First Amendment rights. The Church does, however, take exception to Defendants’ decision to favor certain expressive gatherings over others,” the suit said. “The First Amendment protects both mass protests and religious worship. But Mayor Bowser, by her own admission, has preferred the former over the latter.”
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Justin Sok, a pastor at CHBC, <a href="https://b1033ecbf0be9f1f78e0-9ff91644b80b1213b3e9d43ad0f0e963.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/uploaded/c/0e10961439_1600854213_chbc-statement-09222020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in a statement</a> that their church has been shuttered for the longest time in its 142-year history, even longer than the three weeks they closed in 1918 during the Spanish flu pandemic. Sok was respectful of the mayor but said, &#8220;Meeting in-person as one congregation is a deeply-held religious conviction for which there is no substitute. Our simple desire is to have a community and one that meets together safely.&#8221;
“The lawsuit filed Tuesday simply asks that CHBC be permitted to meet in-person, with similar restrictions as area businesses and other gatherings have employed to protect public health,” Sok continued. “A church is not a building that can be opened and closed. A church is not an event to be watched. A church is a community that gathers regularly and that community should be treated fairly by the District government.”
Bowser has previously taken flak after what some deemed unfair application of lockdowns, such as when federal lawmakers who crammed into pews at the late Rep. John Lewis&#8217; (D-GA) funeral in Atlanta were exempt from her two-week quarantine edict. Members of Congress were also exempt from the city-wide mask mandate, which required residents to wear masks even outside or risk a $1,000 fine.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-exempts-john-lewis-funeral-attendees-from-citys-quarantine-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lawmakers Who Attended John Lewis Funeral Do Not Have To Undergo D.C. Quarantine</a>
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Prominent Evangelical Church Sues D.C. Mayor Over ‘Selective Enforcement’ Of Lockdowns

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A mural of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared in downtown Washington, D.C., over the weekend, just blocks from the White House and the recently-dubbed Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Artists Shawn Perkins and David Zambrano told CNN, &#8220;With the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there was no question who we would commemorate with this latest piece.” The mural adorns the boarded-up entrance of the Blackfinn Ameripub, an establishment a few blocks from the White House that served as a popular bar for Washington, D.C., residents until the coronavirus pandemic hit.
&#8220;Newest work [near Blackfinn Ameripub] near BLM Plaza, in efforts to uplift the community through the arts with <a class="notranslate" tabindex="0" href="https://www.instagram.com/paintsinstitute/">@paintsinstitute</a> as well as honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It’s always a seamless experience working with my bro [Zambrano]. We just bounce ideas off each other and go with the flow til it’s finished.&#8221;
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Theirs is not the first mural of Ginsburg to pop up in the nation&#8217;s capital. As <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/rbg-mural-u-street" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">local WJLA reported</a>, mourners gathered over the weekend at a large depiction of Ginsburg at 15th and U Street, NW, to pay their respects to the late justice. &#8220;Many of them left the traditional flowers, or lit a candle, but several others penned messages on Post-it notes,&#8221; the outlet said.
Murals have been popping up around Black Lives Matter Plaza since buildings like St. John&#8217;s Church have been boarded up in order to prevent them from being vandalized by rioters.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-loves-us-all-st-johns-church-in-d-c-puts-up-racial-justice-themed-murals" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>St. John’s Episcopal Church of Lafayette Square, which has served as the “Church of the Presidents” since it was built in 1816, became a central symbol of the riots that roiled Washington, D.C., over the summer after protesters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-iconic-st-johns-church-near-white-house-set-on-fire-as-riots-rage" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">attempted to light part of the structure on fire</a>. Since then, most of it has been boarded up and barricaded with fencing, concrete road blocks, and police presence.
Rev. Rob Fisher, the church’s rector, told <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-church-vandalized-during-riots-offers-message-of-togetherness-with-racial-justice-themed-murals.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Christian Post</a> on Tuesday that they worked together with a local arts group called the P.A.I.N.T.S. Institute and the DowntownDC Business Improvement District to transform “something that is a bit of an eyesore” into “colorful images offering message (sic) of love, healing, togetherness and peace in Jesus’ name.”
“The artists really put their hearts and souls into the works they created. Many expressed to me what an honor it was to decorate the boards on such a historic place,” Fisher said. “One of our central themes is the Hebrew word shalom, which means more than the English translation ‘peace’ but ‘wholeness’ or ‘completeness.&#8217;”
“One thing I hope for with the murals is that while the nature of stained glass windows is to bring light and beauty into a room or worship space, we’re able to flip that script by sending light and beauty outward to our surrounding neighborhood,” Fisher continued.
“The visuals are like the bell we ring in our steeple — they remind us that God is present, that God loves us all, and that it is important, especially in difficult times, to look up! To remember that we are all part of something greater.”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-loves-us-all-st-johns-church-in-d-c-puts-up-racial-justice-themed-murals" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘God Loves Us All’: St. John’s Church In D.C. Puts Up Racial Justice-Themed Murals</a>
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RBG Mural Appears In Downtown D.C. Near White House And BLM Plaza

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A mural of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared in downtown Washington, D.C., over the weekend, just blocks from the White House and the

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Washington National Cathedral tolled its bell 200 times over approximately 20 minutes on Sunday evening to mark the roughly 200,000 Americans who have died because of COVID-19.
&#8220;On Sunday, the Cathedral will mark the 200,000 lives lost to COVID-19 by tolling the Bourdon Bell,&#8221; the cathedral&#8217;s website read. &#8220;Join us on the Cathedral grounds as we toll the bell 200 times, once for every thousand lives lost.&#8221;
&#8220;While visiting our grounds please remember that masks and social distancing are required. There will be no access to the inside of the Cathedral,&#8221; they added.
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This evening, Washington National Cathedral tolled its funeral bell 200 times to mourn the 200,000 lives lost to COVID-19 — once for every 1,000 deaths.
It took around 20 minutes.
Here’s one minute. <a href="https://t.co/TMi6KlxZCj">pic.twitter.com/TMi6KlxZCj</a>
&mdash; Erin (@erinruberry) <a href="https://twitter.com/erinruberry/status/1307792822934872073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The United States reached approximately 200,000 coronavirus deaths this weekend, <a href="https://apnews.com/f270cedfb00c75ac18351e3cecc0eee3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to The Associated Press</a>, a grim mile-mark that was once the high estimate from Drs. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dr-birx-predicts-100k-to-200k-coronavirus-deaths-even-if-we-do-things-almost-perfectly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anthony Fauci</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dr-birx-predicts-100k-to-200k-coronavirus-deaths-even-if-we-do-things-almost-perfectly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deborah Birx</a> back in March.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dr-birx-predicts-100k-to-200k-coronavirus-deaths-even-if-we-do-things-almost-perfectly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>Speaking with NBC’s “TODAY,” Birx said that she is “very worried about every city in the United States” and agreed with her colleague Dr. Fauci that anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000 Americans could die of this virus.
“I think everyone understands now that you can go from five to 50 to 500 to 5000 cases very quickly,” Birx said, as reported by <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/white-house-coronavirus-expert-predicts-up-to-200000-us-coronavirus-deaths.html">NBC News</a>. “I think in some of the metro areas we were late in getting people to follow the 15-day guidelines.”
“We’ve looked at the Italy data with their self-isolation, and that’s where we come up with if we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. We don’t even want to see that,” she added.
Birx emphasized the importance of social distancing, saying that the outcome all depends on how the rest of America takes the CDC guidelines seriously.</blockquote>
President Donald Trump and his top aides have questioned if the number of coronavirus-related deaths have been inflated. According an <a href="https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-death-toll-d8ba60a4-316b-4d1e-8595-74970c15fb34.html">Axios</a> report from May, &#8220;President Trump complained to advisers about the way coronavirus deaths are being calculated, suggesting the real numbers are actually lower — and a number of his senior aides share this view, according to sources with direct knowledge.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-top-aides-questioning-if-coronavirus-death-toll-inflated-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>A senior White House official has pushed back against the [Axios] report, reframing Trump’s questions as “skepticism,” citing the inclusion of presumed COVID-19 deaths without testing.
“Skepticism isn’t the right way to frame it. The numbers have been revised up to include presumptive cases — meaning deaths that are believed to be related to COVID but not known for sure,” the official told Axios.</blockquote>
Earlier on Sunday, during a speech in Philadelphia, Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised eyebrows when he inflated the coronavirus death rate by 1,000 times, claiming, &#8220;And perhaps, most cruelly of all, if Donald Trump has his way, the complications from COVID-19, which are well beyond what they should be—it’s estimated that 200 million people will have died, probably by the time I finish this talk.&#8221;
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&mdash; The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1307760203870343168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Washington National Cathedral Tolls Bell 200 Times To Commemorate 200,000 U.S. COVID-19 Deaths

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Washington National Cathedral tolled its bell 200 times over approximately 20 minutes on Sunday evening to mark the roughly 200,000 Americans who have

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The benefactor of the Washington Monument&#8217;s recent renovation told Fox News host Dana Perino on Tuesday that he doubts the District&#8217;s proposal to &#8220;remove, relocate, or contextualize&#8221; major monuments in Washington, D.C., will be &#8220;taken seriously.&#8221;
Philanthropist and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein, who donated more than $10 million to repair the iconic obelisk after it was damaged in a 2011 earthquake, told Perino, &#8220;There are many things I worry about, but removing the Washington Monument is not something I worry about,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/david-rubenstein-washington-monument-changes-jefferson-memorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fox News</a>.
&#8220;Same with the Jefferson Memorial. There may be some proposals around, but I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll be taken seriously,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;All people that have memorials or monuments on their behalf have made some mistakes in their lives, some flaws,&#8221; Rubenstein continued. &#8220;There&#8217;s no doubt George Washington was a slave owner, Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner, but they didn&#8217;t get those memorials and monuments because they were slave owners. It’s because of the other things they did.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I think you have to look at the whole context of what a person’s life is. And if a monument or memorial is designed to celebrate somebody being a slave owner, then that&#8217;s one thing. But that&#8217;s not the case with the Washington Monument or the Jefferson Memorial, in my view.&#8221;
Rubenstein, who has donated significant funds to benefit other buildings on the National Mall, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/761868410/our-long-3-year-wait-is-over-the-washington-monument-reopens" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">told NPR</a> in 2019, &#8220;I get a lot of pleasure out of doing these things. And if I didn&#8217;t do them and I died with more money, would I be a happier person? I don&#8217;t think so.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-considering-proposal-to-remove-thomas-jefferson-other-american-icons-from-public-spaces" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> last week:
<blockquote>A commission created by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has recommended a slew of changes to public buildings in the district that includes scrubbing Thomas Jefferson’s name from schools and potentially removing the Washington Monument.
The District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) board submitted its <a href="https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayormb/page_content/attachments/DC-FACES-Executive-Summary.pdf">recommendations</a> to Bowser on Monday, suggesting changes to monuments, memorials, and public spaces to better reflect “DC values.” Bowser assembled the committee in July to “review the legacy of namesakes of District assets.”
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The DCFACES committee evaluated historical figures based on “key disqualifying histories, including participation in slavery, systemic racism, mistreatment of, or actions that suppressed equality for, persons of color, women and LGBTQ communities and violation of the DC Human Right [sic] Act,” according to the report’s executive summary.</blockquote>
Among the monuments the commission recommended revisiting are those commemorating Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, and others.
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This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake&#39;s legacy is consistent with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCValues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DCValues</a>.
They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.
Learn more: <a href="https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB">https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB</a> <a href="https://t.co/tj889EQmdD">pic.twitter.com/tj889EQmdD</a>
&mdash; Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1300849673272524805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unhinged-manic-rage-trump-blasts-riots-roiling-d-c-and-says-mayor-should-be-ashamed-of-herself" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recently blasted</a> Bowser for not doing more to quell violent riots in the nation&#8217;s capital, which potentially endangered lawmakers such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and state Sen. Vernon Jones (D-GA).
Describing how Bowser &#8220;often asks for money,&#8221; Trump questioned, &#8220;What are you going to waste it on, mayor?&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thomas-jefferson-descendant-calls-for-harriet-tubman-to-replace-flawed-founder-in-jefferson-memorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thomas Jefferson Descendant Calls For Harriet Tubman To Replace ‘Flawed Founder’ In Jefferson Memorial</a>
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Washington Monument Benefactor Doubts Bowser’s Proposal To Rename, Remove Monuments ‘Will Be Taken Seriously’

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The benefactor of the Washington Monument&#039;s recent renovation told Fox News host Dana Perino on Tuesday that he doubts the District&#039;s proposal to &quot;remove,

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A commission created by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has recommended a slew of changes to public buildings in the district that includes scrubbing Thomas Jefferson’s name from schools and potentially removing the Washington Monument.
The District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) board submitted its <a href="https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayormb/page_content/attachments/DC-FACES-Executive-Summary.pdf">recommendations</a> to Bowser on Monday, suggesting changes to monuments, memorials, and public spaces to better reflect “DC values.” Bowser assembled the committee in July to “review the legacy of namesakes of District assets.”
“This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake&#8217;s legacy is consistent with #DCValues,” Bowser announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.”
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This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake&#39;s legacy is consistent with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCValues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DCValues</a>.
They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.
Learn more: <a href="https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB">https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB</a> <a href="https://t.co/tj889EQmdD">pic.twitter.com/tj889EQmdD</a>
&mdash; Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1300849673272524805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The DCFACES committee evaluated historical figures based on “key disqualifying histories, including participation in slavery, systemic racism, mistreatment of, or actions that suppressed equality for, persons of color, women and LGBTQ communities and violation of the DC Human Right [sic] Act,” according to the report’s executive summary.
The report targeted monuments, buildings, and parks that honor such figures as the author of the Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key, U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, famed inventor Alexander Graham Bell, and the fifth U.S. President James Monroe.
The committee also targeted federal property and recommended that Bowser use her position on the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission to push to “remove, relocate, or contextualize” the following national monuments:
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<li>Columbus Fountain</li>
<li>Benjamin Franklin Statue</li>
<li>Andrew Jackson Statue</li>
<li>Jefferson Memorial</li>
<li>George Mason Memorial</li>
<li>Newlands Memorial Fountain</li>
<li>Albert Pike Statue</li>
<li>Washington Monument</li>
<li>George Washington Statue</li>
</ul>
After a survey, town hall, and meetings with residents, the committee said that 80% of Washington residents support a push “to remove or rename assets where the namesake’s legacy was inconsistent with or did not align with the District’s core values of equity, opportunity, and prosperity.”
Bowser has already engaged in other public works projects catering to the Black Lives Matter movement since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day and the outbreak of massive protests and riots in major cities across the U.S. On June 5, Bowser had a giant “Black Lives Matter” slogan painted on 16th Street leading to the White House. She named the two-block section of street encompassing the mural <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-add-defund-the-police-to-black-lives-matter-painted-near-white-house">Black Lives Matter Plaza</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unhinged-manic-rage-trump-blasts-riots-roiling-d-c-and-says-mayor-should-be-ashamed-of-herself">President Donald Trump</a> has criticized Bowser in recent weeks for attempting to appease rioters instead of cracking down on violence that has at times gripped parts of the nation’s capital. On Thursday night after Trump’s speech on the last night of the Republican National Convention, angry crowds met GOP lawmakers and guests as they exited the White House. Protesters screamed obscenities at those leaving and, in several instances, got violent. One protester pushed a police officer into Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-crazed-mob-assaults-police-officer-guarding-rand-paul-accosts-him-after-rnc-convention">Rand Paul</a> (R-KY) and his wife.
“Today’s Democrat Party is filled with hate,” Trump said the day after. “Just look at Joe Biden’s supporters on the streets, screaming and shouting at bystanders with unhinged, manic rage, right? You see it. It’s crazy. It’s crazy. You ought to see last night in Washington—it was a disgrace.”
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Considering Proposal To Remove Thomas Jefferson, Other American Icons From Public Spaces

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A commission created by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has recommended a slew of changes to public buildings in the district that includes

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President Donald Trump railed against protesters who allegedly assailed lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and claimed that Mayor Muriel Bowser is not doing enough to prevent such behavior.
&#8220;Today&#8217;s Democrat Party is filled with hate,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Just look at Joe Biden&#8217;s supporters on the streets, screaming and shouting at bystanders with unhinged, manic rage, right? You see it. It&#8217;s crazy. It’s crazy. You ought to see last night in Washington—it was a disgrace.&#8221;
As reported by The Daily Caller&#8217;s Phillip Nieto, protesters verbally assailed Republican National Convention (RNC) attendees as they moved from the White House lawn to their hotels nearby.
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Man and his wife leaving White House get mobbed on their way back to their hotel by livid protesters. <a href="https://t.co/qnpPTfReS3">pic.twitter.com/qnpPTfReS3</a>
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&#8220;It was a disgrace that these people are representing the United States of America,&#8221; Trump continued.
&#8220;It was a disgrace. &#8216;Protesters.&#8217; You know what I say? &#8216;Protesters, your ass.&#8217; I don&#8217;t talk about my ass,&#8221; the president said to laughter and applause from the audience.
&#8220;They&#8217;re not protesters,&#8221; Trump went on. &#8220;Those aren&#8217;t [protesters]. Those are anarchists, they&#8217;re agitators, they&#8217;re rioters, they&#8217;re looters.&#8221;
Trump went on to allege that &#8220;some&#8221; of the media portray the people roiling the nation&#8217;s cities as &#8220;friendly protesters,&#8221; which was met with boos from the crowd. He also denounced the mob attack on Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who was harassed by a crowd of protesters.
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TRUMP: “Protesters your ass.. I don’t talk about my ass.. They’re not protesters, those are anarchists, they’re agitators, they’re rioters, they’re looters.” 😂 <a href="https://t.co/wZeC599UVb">pic.twitter.com/wZeC599UVb</a>
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Trump also laid blame on Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser for allegedly not doing enough to quell the riots roiling the capital, which endangered members of Congress such as Paul.
&#8220;What I didn’t like &#8230; the thugs outside because the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C.—it&#8217;s another Democrat that&#8217;s not believing in law and order.&#8221; Explaining how the federal government provides ample funds for the government of the federal capital, Trump said, &#8220;She doesn&#8217;t run anything.&#8221;
Noting how many of the RNC attendees at the White House last night were met with riotous behavior from protesters, Trump went on to criticize Mayor Bowser.
&#8220;And the mayor should be ashamed of herself for that kind of a display of incompetence,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;Because that&#8217;s what happening in Portland, and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening all over [where] you have Democrat-run cities—just take a look.&#8221;
&#8220;And we&#8217;re looking at the whole situation in D.C.,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;And tonight they have a lot of people gathering. Let’s see how that works out.&#8221;
Trump went on to claim that Bowser often asks for money, to which he responded, “What are you going to waste it on, mayor?”
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THANK YOU NEW HAMPSHIRE! <a href="https://t.co/mUFKbq79Yu">https://t.co/mUFKbq79Yu</a>
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As The Daily Wire reported, protesters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-crazed-mob-assaults-police-officer-guarding-rand-paul-accosts-him-after-rnc-convention" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">accosted</a> Sen. Rand Paul and his wife as they attempted to move from the White House to their hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., during the final night of the Republican National Convention.
Paul described the people as a &#8220;crazed mob&#8221; and called on federal law enforcement to investigate what he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rand-paul-attackers-may-have-been-paid-and-from-out-of-town-id-be-dead-if-it-werent-for-the-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">alleged</a> as a larger criminal conspiracy involving “interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-exempts-john-lewis-funeral-attendees-from-citys-quarantine-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lawmakers Who Attended John Lewis Funeral Do Not Have To Undergo D.C. Quarantine</a>
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‘Unhinged, Manic Rage’: Trump Blasts Riots Roiling D.C. And Says Mayor ‘Should Be Ashamed Of Herself’

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President Donald Trump railed against protesters who allegedly assailed lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and claimed that Mayor Muriel Bowser is not doing

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; host Steve Doocy on Friday that he believes the mob attack on him last night in Washington, D.C., could be part of a larger criminal conspiracy involving &#8220;interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines.&#8221;
&#8220;They were yelling threats. They were trying to push the police over to get to me,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;They were grabbing at us, and it got worse and worse and worse, and then finally, we decided to make a move. I said we’ve got to move. If there’s not gonna be reinforcements, we have to try to get to the hotel, which was another block, and they were shouting threats to us, to kill us, to hurt us, but they were also saying, shouting, &#8216;Say her name, Breonna Taylor,&#8217; and it’s like, you couldn’t reason with this mob, but I’m actually the author of the Breonna Taylor law to end no-knock raids.&#8221;
&#8220;So, the irony is lost on these idiots that they are trying to kill the person whose actually trying to get rid of no-knock raids—and they were shouting and screaming and just, really, these people were unhinged, but I can’t tell you how, I’m not sure we would have made it,&#8221; Paul continued. &#8220;So, as we’re walking sort of surrounded by the police, they’re attempting to push the police over to get to me. So at one point, they push a policeman backwards, he stumbles, and he’s trying to catch his balance and I catch the back of his flak jacket to stabilize him and make sure that he’s okay because he’s our defense. If he’s down, the mob is loose on us, and you’ve seen the pictures of what they do to you.&#8221;
&#8220;If the police are not there, if you defund the police, if we become Portland, if America becomes Portland, what’s going to happen is people are going to be pummeled and kicked in the head and left senseless on the curb,&#8221; Paul continued. &#8220;That would have happened to us, I promise you, had we not had the D.C. Police to support us, we are thankful that we have police, and we’ve got to wake up. We can’t have the whole country—we can’t have Joe Biden rule the country and have no police. I mean, we can’t walk down the street in D.C. safely now. That’s how bad it is.&#8221;
Paul later added that while it sounds &#8220;over-the-top,&#8221; he believes &#8220;we’re going to find out that these people are hired and from out of town, specifically in our case, I believe there are going to be people who are involved with the attack on us that actually were paid to come here, are not from Washington, D.C., and are sort of paid to be anarchists.&#8221;
&#8220;This is disturbing because really, if you’re inciting a riot, that’s a crime, but if you’re paying someone to incite a riot, that person needs to go to jail as well, but we can’t live this way,&#8221; Paul continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s become so dangerous for us, and I don’t hear Joe Biden or Kamala Harris saying one thing about the violence. This mob is their voters. This is the new Democrat Party, and if we don’t resist this, United States is going to become Portland. We’re going to become Chicago. All of these failed cities Democrats have run—the president said it in his speech—if we allow them to take over the White House, we are going to become Portland, the country will be on fire. We have to have law and order and we have to support the police. I can’t say that strong enough.&#8221;
&#8220;There’s something going on here,&#8221; Paul later added. &#8220;This is like, the FBI needs to be involved.&#8221;
When asked what he meant, Paul responded, &#8220;My feeling is that there is interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines, but you won’t know it unless you arrest them.&#8221;
&#8220;Otherwise you just think ‘Oh, these are some normal hoodlums from a big city,’” Paul continued. &#8220;I promise you that at least some of the members and the people who attacked us were not from D.C. They flew here on a plane, they’ve all got fresh, new clothes, and they were paid to be here. It is a crime to do that, and it needs to be traced. The FBI needs to investigate, but the only way you can do it is you have to arrest people. And usually we say, &#8216;Oh, well you didn’t get hurt, so we’re not going to arrest them.&#8217; They were inciting a riot, and they would have killed us had the police not been there.&#8221;
&#8220;They all need to be arrested—and I’m not saying forever—but they need to be arrested, questioned,&#8221; Paul continued. &#8220;They need to say, ‘Where are you staying?’ And the bills need to be subpoenaed by a judge to say, ‘Who paid for your bill? How did you get here on a plane, and staying in a fancy hotel, and yet you’re acting like a criminal?’ Something’s going on here, and it’s much bigger than people think—but the bottom line is, we can’t let the United States become Portland, and that’s what my fear is, that the United States is going to be on fire if we have no police, and look, I’ve been for reform.&#8221;
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<blockquote>FOX NEWS HOST STEVE DOOCY: You can tell that man behind the mask is Rand Paul—a bunch of protesters descending on the Kentucky senator and his wife Kelly as they left the president’s RNC speech from the White House. Actually, it was a longer trip than that. He joins us right now for his first live interview since that confrontation. Senator, good morning. That looks scary.
SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): Yeah, you know, my wife and I, it was horrific, and we had two women with us who were friends of ours. We had looked out, you know, we came out of the speech, and we looked into the street. Our hotel was right across the street from the White House, but we couldn’t go because the mob was already chasing people down that chose to go out that exit. So, the Secret Service says, ‘Get on a bus and ride to the Trump hotel.’
So, we got on a bus; it took 45 minutes to get through all the mobs, we get there safely, and then we say we’ll get an Uber to go all the way back where we came from and we wanted to be dropped off at the hotel, but as we got close to it, the streets were blocked and no one would let us through and what happened is there was two blocks and I regret that I made this decision, but I said we’re going to walk the two blocks. We walked one block, but as we walked one block, we could see some police in the distance, but we also saw a mob of about 30 people marching and yelling. They all of a sudden saw me, right as we got to the policeman fortunately or I don’t think we would have survived, we got to the policeman, and the policeman I don’t think recognized me and as they came closer they were shouting my name and the crowd doubled to 60 and then it doubled again to 120, and as they were surrounding us and it got closer and closer and everybody kept pushing back, the policemen were forming a barricade with their bodies and I whispered, they know who I am you’ve got to get reinforcements it’s going to get worse.
He called for reinforcements but we didn’t get any reinforcements, we waited, but the crowd was getting bigger and bigger and pushing in. They were yelling threats. They were trying to push the police over to get to me. They were grabbing at us, and it got worse and worse and worse, and finally, we decided to make a move. I said we’ve got to move. There’s not reinforcement we have to try to get to the hotel which was another block and they were shouting threats to us, to kill us, to hurt us, but also threats saying shout, shouting &#8216;say her name, Breonna Taylor,&#8217; and it’s like you couldn’t reason with this mob but I’m actually the author of the Breonna Taylor law to end no knock raids. So, the irony is lost on these idiots that they are trying to kill the person whose actually trying to get rid of no knock raids and they were shouting and screaming and just, really these people were unhinged, but I can’t tell you how, I’m not sure we would have made it. So, as we’re walking sort of surrounded by the police, they’re attempting push the police over to get to me, so at one point they push a policeman backwards, he stumbles and he’s trying to catch his balance and I catch the back of his flak jacket to stabilize him to make sure he’s okay because he’s our defense. If he’s down the mob is loose on us, and you’ve seen the pictures of what they do to you. If the police are not there, if you defund the police, if we become Portland, if America becomes Portland, what’s going to happen is people are going to be pummeled and kicked in the head and left senseless on the curb. That would have happened to us, I promise you, had we not had the D.C. Police to support us, we are thankful we have police, and we’ve got to wake up. We can’t have the whole country. We can’t have Joe Biden rule the country and have no police. I mean, we can’t walk down the street in D.C. safely now. That’s how bad it is.
DOOCY: I saw one police officer was actually using his bicycle to try to keep the crowd back. He fell into you, you almost stumbled and fell down. You and your wife are both okay, right?
PAUL: We are. We were unharmed, but you know it’s still going on this morning. There’s still mobs in the street blocking the streets, and I know it sounds like over-the-top to say that people from out of town, but I think we’re going to find out that these people are hired and from out of town. Specifically in our case, I believe they are going to be people who are involved with the attack on us that actually were paid to come here, are not from Washington, D.C., and are sort of paid to be anarchists. This is disturbing because, really, if you’re inciting a riot, that’s a crime, but if you’re paying someone to incite a riot, that person needs to go to jail, as well. But we can’t live this way. It’s getting worse and worse. I like being free to be able to walk out and go for a walk in the park. We cannot go outside now. It&#8217;s become so dangerous for us and I don’t hear Joe Biden or Kamala Harris saying one thing about the violence. This mob is their voters. This is the new Democrat Party, and if we don’t resist this, the United States is going to become Portland. We’re going to become Chicago. All of these failed cities Democrats have run, the president said in his speech, if we allow them to take over the White House, we are going to become Portland, the country will be on fire, we have to have law and order and we have to support the police. I can’t say that strong enough.
DOOCY: Senator, some of the papers today are reporting that what was being yelled at you was, as you said, “Say her name, Breonna Taylor.” You know, you said there were obscenities. I would not like you to repeat those, but you said there were threats. Tell us what the threats were.
PAUL: Well the threats were to &#8216;F you up,&#8217; you know, &#8216;to kill you.&#8217; The threats were if they could get a hold of you, and I truly believe this with every fiber of my being, had they gotten at us they would have gotten us to the ground. We might not have been killed, might just have been injured by being kicked in the head, or kicked in the stomach until we were senseless, you’ve seen the pictures. Most of the networks will not show the pictures of this. This is happening in all of our cities, and it&#8217;s got to stop, and thank God for the police. Had we not gotten to the police, I truly believe that the police saved our lives and we would not be here today or we’d be in a hospital today had the police not been there and I’d like to thank them, if they’re watching this. We thanked them last night but it was still a melee, they were still trying to get people away from us, you know, even in the hotel. People were following us into the hotel.
DOOCY: Well, let me ask you this as an exit question. Given the fact that you said these people are still on the streets, protesters are still on the streets, and we heard from Griff Jenkins about half-an-hour ago, apparently a number of businesses in Washington, D.C., are boarded up, because they are worried about trouble going forward. Does a prominent Republican, like yourself, somebody whose very recognizable, need to have security to simply walk in the streets of Washington, D.C., or major cities in America?
PAUL: Probably, yes, from now on. I don’t feel it at home. At home, people are so friendly. I can go to the grocery store and I want to live, you know, the life of a normal person where I go to the grocery store and buy groceries or stop at the minute mart and at home I do feel that, but this also isn’t normal. There’s something going on here. This is like the FBI needs involved.
DOOCY: What do you mean, somethings going on. Senator, what do you mean something&#8217;s going on? You’ve got a feeling. Tell us what you think.
PAUL: My feeling is that there is interstate criminal traffic being paid for across state lines, but you won’t know it unless you arrest them. Otherwise you just think oh, these are some normal hoodlums from a big city. I promise you that at least some of the members and the people who attacked us were not from D.C. They flew here on a plane with fresh, new clothes and they were paid to be here. It is a crime to do that and it needs to be traced. The FBI needs to investigate, but the only way you can do it is you have to arrest people and usually we say, &#8220;Oh well, you didn’t get hurt so we’re not going to arrest them.&#8221; They were inciting a riot and they would have killed us had the police not been there. They all need to be arrested an I’m not saying forever, but arrested, questioned. They need to say where are you staying, and the bills need to be subpoenaed by a judge to say who paid for your bill, how did you get here on a plane, and staying in a fancy hotel, and yet you’re acting like a criminal?
Something&#8217;s going on here, and it’s much bigger than people think, but the bottom line is we can’t let the United States become Portland. And that’s what my fear is, that the United States is going to be on fire if we have no police, and look, I’ve been for reform. I’ve authored 22 criminal justice reforms. They were yelling at me, &#8216;We’re not going to let you go alive unless you’ll say you’re for criminal justice reform,&#8217; and I’m like, &#8216;You idiot, you are so dense that you have no idea that I’ve been a leading advocate for criminal justice reform, with President Obama, with President Trump, and you’re going to try to kill me and I’ve been trying to help the problems?&#8217; So this is what’s sad, but it’s such lawlessness. If we have this kind of lawlessness, I would say people are going to get killed. People have been killed. You know, the former police chief story, was so sorrowful to listen to his wife that was killed in St. Louis. The little girl Secoriea Turner, 8 years old, was shot in the middle of the day in Atlanta because they took a wrong turn, but they had let the mob take over a street corner, armed. We can’t let our cities be taken over by these marauders and thugs.</blockquote>
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Rand Paul: Attackers May Have Been Paid And From Out Of Town, I’d Be Dead If It Weren’t For The Police

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In Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) condemned protesters harassing strangers in a city diner, who were demanding they raise their fists in solidarity with the BLM movement.
&#8220;What I saw in those videos was highly inappropriate,&#8221; she said at a <a href="https://youtu.be/QYvAusZDFAA">press conference</a> on Wednesday, as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/513781-dc-mayor-bowser-condemns-protesters-seen-in-viral-video">The Hill</a>. &#8220;It was likely against the law if they were on private property. But more importantly, I don&#8217;t think it had anything to do with demands for social justice.&#8221;
Bowser also encouraged &#8220;any diner or restaurant to call the police immediately&#8221; if that behavior from protesters continues to persist. She also highlighted the fact that people dining are helping to keep local businesses afloat during the pandemic.
&#8220;I would venture to say that the vast majority of those experiences have been 100 percent positive,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I also don&#8217;t think that D.C. residents would be bullied out of living their everyday lives.&#8221;
As the Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-black-lives-matter-activists-corner-woman-at-restaurant-demand-she-raise-fist-she-refuses">reported</a>, a viral video this week showed crowds of Black Lives Matter extremists cornering an innocent woman while chanting &#8220;white silence is violence&#8221; to bully her into raising her fists:
<blockquote>Leftist activists cornered a woman at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., early this week and demanded that she give in to their demands of joining them by raising her fist. She stood her ground and refused to give in.
Washington Post journalist Fredrick Kunkle captured the incident on video and shared it on social media, writing: “In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants, chanting ‘White silence is violence!’ and demanding White diners show their solidarity.”</blockquote>
The woman in the video, Lauren B. Victor, told Frederick Kunkle of The Washington Post that even though she marched with and supports the Black Lives Matter movement, she did not feel it was appropriate to be coerced into showing solidarity by a vicious mob.
“In the moment, it didn’t feel right,” Victor said. “I wasn’t actually frightened. I didn’t think they’d do anything to me. I’m very much with them. I’ve been marching with them for weeks and weeks and weeks.”
Mayor Bowser&#8217;s condemnation of the extremism came shortly after Don Lemon of CNN said that violence in cities like Kenosha, Wisconsin, could cost Joe Biden the White House in November if the party does not take a more forceful role against it.
“I do think that what you said was happening in Kenosha is a Rorschach test for the entire country, and I think this is a blind spot for Democrats,” Lemon said on Tuesday night. “I think Democrats are ignoring this problem or hoping that it will go away, and it’s not going to go away.”
“So unless someone comes up with a solution over the next 73 days or 70 so, however many days — 68 days — so the problem is not going to be fixed by then, but what they can do — and I think maybe Joe Biden may be afraid to do it, I’m not sure, maybe he won’t, maybe he is,” Lemon continued. “He’s got to address it. He’s got to come out and talk about it. He’s got to do a speech like Barack Obama did about race.”
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D.C. Mayor Bowser Condemns Protesters Who Heckled Woman In Diner

Black Lives Matter

In Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) condemned protesters harassing strangers in a city diner, who were demanding they raise their fists in

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The title of this article has been revised to avoid the suggestion that lawmakers who attended John Lewis&#8217;s funeral service in Atlanta were given special exemption by D.C.&#8217;s mayor. The order, passed three days before the funeral, already exempted government activity and the U.S. Capitol is not covered by the order.
Lawmakers who attended the funeral of late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) in Atlanta earlier this week are exempt from Washington, D.C.&#8217;s, self-quarantine restrictions, according to District Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s office.
According to the mayor&#8217;s July 24 <a href="https://coronavirus.dc.gov/page/mayor%E2%80%99s-order-2020-081-requirement-self-quarantine-after-non-essential-travel-during-covid-19">order</a>, titled &#8220;Requirement to Self-Quarantine After Non-Essential Travel During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency,&#8221; any residents who travel to &#8220;high-risk&#8221; areas for &#8220;non-essential&#8221; reasons must self-quarantine for 14 days and monitor themselves for symptoms of the virus.
The order mandates in part:
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1. All residents and persons traveling to or from “high-risk areas” within the prior fourteen (14) days for non-essential travel must self-quarantine for fourteen (14) days following their return or arrival to the District.
2. Persons who are self-quarantining after non-essential travel must:
a. Stay at their residence or in a hotel room, leaving only for essential medical appointments or treatment or to obtain food and other essential goods when the delivery of food or other essential goods to their residence or hotel is not feasible;
b. Not invite or allow guests, other than caregivers, into their quarantined residence or hotel room; and
c. Self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and seek appropriate medical advice or testing if COVID-19 symptoms arise.
3. Persons who are traveling through a “high-risk area,” such as through an airport or by vehicle, shall not be subject to this quarantine requirement.
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The order, which remains in effect at least until Oct. 9, goes on to define &#8220;high-risk areas&#8221; as &#8220;locations where the seven (7)-day moving average daily new COVID-19 case rate is ten (10) or more per one hundred thousand (100,000) persons.&#8221;
By such a metric, the entire <a href="https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/kemp-to-renew-ban-on-mask-mandates-extend-coronavirus-restrictions/3EKYCVG6VVGWFDX6YIH7YP2QZA/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">state of Georgia</a> is considered &#8220;high-risk,&#8221; and a recent federal report listed it in the &#8220;red zone&#8221; because of its skyrocketing cases of the virus. Atlanta&#8217;s Fulton County averaged 228 cases per 100,000 people in the past seven days, according to most recent statistics from <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/georgia-coronavirus-cases.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New York Times</a>.
Regarding why attendees at Lewis&#8217; funeral escaped the strictures of self-quarantine, Bowser Press Secretary Susana Castillo characterized the ceremony as an &#8220;essential&#8221; government activity, telling <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/dc-says-john-lewiss-funeral-was-government-activity-attendees-exempt-quarantine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Just the News</a> on Friday, &#8220;Government activity is essential, and the Capitol of the United States is exempt from the Mayor’s Order.&#8221;
The mayor&#8217;s office still appears to deem the funerals of regular people non-essential activity, however. When asked whether attendees of non-government funerals in high-risk areas are still required to self-quarantine under the mayor&#8217;s order, Castillo responded simply, &#8220;Yes.&#8221;
Members of Congress are also exempt from Bowser&#8217;s recent <a href="https://coronavirus.dc.gov/maskorder" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">edict</a> mandating D.C. residents wear masks both in public indoor spaces and even outside if they &#8220;are likely to come into contact with another person, such as being within six feet of another person for more than a fleeting time[.]&#8221; Those who neglect to cover up expose themselves to the possibility of fines up to $1,000 per violation.
The order goes on to stipulate: &#8220;The enforcement provisions of this Order shall not be applied to persons in the judicial or legislative branches of the District government while those persons are on duty; and shall not apply to any employees of the federal government while they are on duty.&#8221;
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Lawmakers Who Attended John Lewis Funeral Do Not Have To Undergo D.C. Quarantine

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The title of this article has been revised to avoid the suggestion that lawmakers who attended John Lewis&#039;s funeral service in Atlanta were given special

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What happens when you take a generation of people, carefully instill in them an overriding sense of entitlement, give them lives of immeasurable comfort and ease, grant them every right and liberty known to man, but then at the same time tell them, somehow, incredibly, that they are oppressed — and then finally, after decades of this sort of schizophrenic conditioning, grant them free reign to express their confused and unearned rage in whatever way they desire, including felony vandalism and assault? Well, we are now seeing the results of that social experiment, and they are as ugly as expected — the country witnessing an eruption in rioting and mayhem by members of what the Feds generally describe as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/16/acting-secretary-wolf-condemns-rampant-long-lasting-violence-portland">violent anarchist</a>&#8221; groups.
Indeed, the entitlement of these left-wing &#8220;protesters&#8221; — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/civil-rights-activists-fire-back-at-portland-protesters-its-no-longer-about-black-lives">many of whom are white</a> and by the Left&#8217;s own terms &#8220;privileged&#8221; — is the most striking and inescapable thing about them. These are people who believe they actually have the God-given — or whoever-given — right to shut down roads, stop traffic, intimidate, harass, assault, burn, loot, and pillage, without consequence. They really believe they have this right. 
For example, DC activist Julia Clark posted a lengthy <a href="https://twitter.com/jc_1303/status/1287231458508234753">Twitter thread</a> over the weekend complaining about cars that kept driving down roads that she and her comrades had decided to close. Of course they had no authority to close any roads at all, but that is a minor detail in Julia Clark&#8217;s mind. If Julia Clark decides that a road is closed, well then, damn it, it’s closed. And that’s all there is to it.
In the thread she says, &#8220;Tonight @concernedofDC led a siren/noise pollution protest where we blocked off streets in Georgetown. The police presence was heavy. As we blocked off streets we demanded that people turn around. This was a minor inconvenience for this affluent white neighborhood.&#8221;
The thought never entered Clark&#8217;s head that she has no right to do any of what she just described. She doesn&#8217;t seem to realize, or care, that other humans actually exist on the planet, and that just because she feels like it would be fun and worthwhile to shut down part of the city, that arrangement may not work for everyone else. By imposing herself on the public in this way, she makes herself into the aggressor and bad guy. None of this seems to occur to Clark or her friends.
She continues:
&#8220;As we blocked streets, certain drivers got annoyed and attempted to maneuver their way around us. This particular white woman tried to cut through a gas station. Me and a couple other protestors stood in front of her car and demanded she turn around. Instead she steps on the gas.&#8221;
The footage that Clark proudly shares shows the protesters laying on top of the car while the older woman inside appears terrified and confused. The woman tried to go around them, but the protesters were incensed that anyone — especially a white woman — would defy their instructions. They then jump on top of the moving vehicle while claiming that the vehicle they are climbing on is &#8220;running them over.&#8221;
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The thread finally ends with Clark whining that the police didn’t come to her aid, while also insisting that the police are evil and should be defunded. She’s mad that they weren’t there for her, but she doesn’t want them to exist at all. This kind of thought process makes sense only in the mind of someone driven mad by their own sense of entitlement.
Episodes like this played out in cities across the country all weekend, just as they have for the past two months. The scene in Austin, Texas, began in a similar way but led to a tragically fatal conclusion. BLM protester Garrett Foster came out to demonstrate while carrying an AK-47. He can be seen on camera earlier in the evening gloating that the opposition &#8220;are too big of p*ssies to stop and do anything.&#8221; Shortly after speaking those words, he would be dead. It is still not clear exactly what happened. Video captures the mob of protesters marching through the street and then stopping to run towards and swarm a vehicle that tried to continue driving. Foster approached with the mob and soon shots rang out. The driver says he fired because Foster pointed the AK-47 at him. Foster&#8217;s fellow protesters dispute that claim.
Whether he pointed the weapon or not, approaching a vehicle in the middle of the road along with an angry mob, blocking it and not letting the driver leave the situation, is an act of aggression and not something that anyone has the right to do. Apparently this point needs to be stated, though it should be obvious: You have no right to block traffic, you have no right to swarm a vehicle, and if you do that with an AK-47 strapped to your body, you have given the driver of the car reason to fear for his life.
In a moment captured on video from earlier in the night, Foster states explicitly that he isn&#8217;t carrying the weapon out of any concern for his physical safety. According to him, the opposition are a bunch of wimps who &#8220;won’t do anything.&#8221; His statement suggests he felt he was invincible, untouchable. Tragically, he learned otherwise too late. I fear the stage is set now and there will be many more tragedies ahead. The mob is emboldened, the public is weary, and people are tired of being held hostage. It only gets uglier from here.
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WALSH: The Confused And Pointless Rage Of An Entitled Generation

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What happens when you take a generation of people, carefully instill in them an overriding sense of entitlement, give them lives of immeasurable comfort

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In this cultural moment, where the racist origins of even things like <a href="https://wearyourvoicemag.com/objectivity-journalism-white-supremacy/">objectivity</a> and <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/the-sleep-gap-and-racial-inequality/412405/">sleep</a> are finally coming to bear, naming or renaming a sports team is a hazardous pursuit that must be handled with the utmost care. Obviously the professional football team in Washington had to get rid of their &#8220;Redskins&#8221; name, as it was deeply offensive to white liberals and a few Native Americans. But the fear was always that they&#8217;d end up with a new name more dehumanizing than the old. It looks as though that nightmare scenario is now a reality.
ESPN reports that the team formerly called the Redskins will, at least for the 2020 season, officially call itself The Washington Football Team. Their <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1286334173947613184?s=20">logo</a> is just a red background with yellow letters that say &#8220;The Washington Football Team, Est. 1932.&#8221;
Needless to say, when I saw it for the first time I nearly vomited. What they had before was merely degrading, racist, and horrifically offensive. The new name and logo is traumatizing to a nearly lethal extent.
First of all, Washington was a slaveowner. His name should not be found on a football helmet, nor anywhere else on Earth. Also, the word &#8220;foot&#8221; inherently otherizes those who identify as disabled, invalidating their lived experience and relegating them further to the fringes of mainstream society. The word &#8220;ball&#8221; obviously brings to mind anti-trans stereotypes, not to mention it marginalizes those who identify as two dimensional.
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It is hard to know where to start with a slur like &#8220;team,&#8221; which, for one thing, is an anagram for &#8220;meat.&#8221; Are we now pretending that vegans don&#8217;t exist? Also the concept of &#8220;team&#8221; has sexist and patriarchal roots, evoking a time when women were considered too fragile and weak to participate in team sports.
&#8220;1932&#8221; is perhaps the most atrociously offensive aspect of the revamped logo. Remember that Arabic numerals were appropriated from Arabic culture and now bring to mind the West&#8217;s history of colonization and violence against brown and black bodies. And 1932 happens to be the same year that Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, making the memorialization of such a year deeply insensitive to trafficking victims. Of course, as everybody knows, 1932 is the year that Mahatma Ghandi began his hunger strike against the British new Caste Separation Laws, an event that Hindus still solemnly remember today I assume. By claiming 1932 on their logo, Washington is ruthlessly appropriating from India and erasing Ghandi&#8217;s legacy at the same time. On the plus side, the Great Depression did impoverish a lot of white people in 1932, but that is hardly enough to balance things out.
If Washington wants to pick a name that will not minimize, marginalize, otherize, dehumanize, problematize, criticize, villainize, or vaporize any protected classes or minority groups, it could go with something like &#8220;The Sorrys,&#8221; with a mascot of a tearful white man prostrating himself in humiliated submission. If they aren&#8217;t ready to take such a socially conscious step, the next best option would be a name that is nothing more than incomprehensible sounds mixed together. &#8220;The Aahhfuushmassligglies,&#8221; for example, or even &#8220;The Flindershins.&#8221;
Really anything would be better than the old name or the new one. Though I fear that, whatever they choose, the emotional damage has already been done.
Post-trigger warning: The above piece of punditry employs insidious devices known as sarcasm and parody. 
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WALSH: The Redskins Have Picked A Temporary New Name. It’s Even More Horrifically Offensive Than The Old One.

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Political Correctness

In this cultural moment, where the racist origins of even things like objectivity and sleep are finally coming to bear, naming or renaming a sports team

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On Wednesday, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order stating that anyone older than two years old caught without a mask could face a fine of up to $1,000.
Bowser said at a press conference, “Basically what it says is, if you leave home, you should wear a mask. This means, if you&#8217;re waiting for a bus, you must have on a mask. If you are ordering food at a restaurant, you must have on a mask. If you&#8217;re sitting in a cubicle in an open office, you must have on a mask,” as <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/news/508526-dc-mayor-issues-order-requiring-masks-outside-home">The Hill</a> reported.
At the end of March, Bowser’s office issued a <a href="https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-issues-stay-home-order">press release</a> threatening fines of up to $5,000 and 90 days of imprisonment if residents violated her stay-at-home order. It read, &#8220;Today, due to an increasing number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Washington, DC and across the region and the nation, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a stay-at-home order for the District of Columbia. This order reinforces the Mayor’s direction to residents to stay at home except to perform essential activities.”
Bowser herself stated, &#8220;Our message remains the same: stay home. Staying at home is the best way to flatten the curve and protect yourself, your family, and our entire community from COVID-19. Many people want to know how they can help right now, and for most people this is how – by staying home,” as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/d-c-mayor-threatens-jail-time-for-violating-stay-at-home-order-aclu-responds-with-one-question">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
The <a href="https://coronavirus.dc.gov/maskorder">new order states</a>:
<blockquote>Persons must wear a mask in the common areas of apartments, condominiums and cooperatives. Businesses, office buildings, and other establishments open to members of the public shall post signage on their exterior doors stating that a person may not enter unless the person is wearing a mask. In addition, the business, office building, or other establishment shall exclude or attempt to eject persons who are not wearing masks or who remove their required masks. Employers shall provide masks to their employees.
Persons leaving their residences shall wear a mask when they are likely to come into contact with another person, such as being within six feet of another person for more than a fleeting time; and persons who are operating or a passenger in a taxi or a vehicle that is part of a Transportation Network Company, or who are a passenger on or operator of any form of public transit in the District, including a bus, subway, streetcar, shuttle bus or van, or school bus, must wear a mask at all such times.</blockquote>
The order listed exceptions to the law, including:
<blockquote>A person is a resident or guest in a private home or apartment; a person is actually eating, drinking, or legally smoking; a person is engaged in vigorous outdoor exercise and is maintaining social distance of at least six (6) feet from each other person; a person is in the water at a swimming pool; a person is in an enclosed office that no one else is permitted to enter; a person is aged two (2) years old or younger;
a person is unable to wear a mask due to a medical condition or disability, or is physically unable to remove a mask; a person is giving a speech for broadcast or an audience, provided no one is within six feet of the speaker; a deaf or hard of hearing person needs to read the lips of a speaker; the equipment required for a job precludes the wearing of a mask and the person is wearing that equipment, or when wearing a mask would endanger public safety, or a person has been lawfully asked to remove the mask for facial recognition purposes.</blockquote>
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D.C. Mayor: Anyone Older Than 2 Without A Mask In Public Triggers Fine Up To $1,000

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On Wednesday, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order stating that anyone older than two years old caught without a mask could face a fine

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While many have been celebrating the Washington Redskins&#8217; decision to officially change the team nickname into something less triggering, not everyone is happy about the development, including the Native American family of the man who originally designed the NFL team&#8217;s logo.
The Redskins logo that America knows today was originally designed in 1971 by Native American Walter &#8220;Blackie&#8221; Wetzel, whose iconic image depicted John &#8220;Two Guns&#8221; White Calf, a Blackfeet Chief who also appears on the Buffalo Nickel.
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&#8220;Wetzel grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana and was eventually elected president of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nfl/redskins/washington-redskins-name-change-bittersweet-for-family-of-logo-creator/65-bf85b9b8-fa48-48dc-a3d2-3f03326cc338?fbclid=IwAR1Py6CqZFiMJT4mEkEy0ZiPqycfvq9Oasi_qWNKN0dNfOhRRBlV1578SQ0">WUSA9</a> reports. &#8220;He was instrumental in the Redskins franchise logo change from an &#8216;R&#8217; to the current depiction of a Native American.&#8221;
Wetzel&#8217;s son, Lance Wetzel, said the logo evokes pride in Native Americans and should not be considered offensive. Though he understands the decision to change the team nickname, he believes the logo should stay.
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&#8220;Everyone was pretty upset (about the change),&#8221; Lance Wetzel said. &#8220;Everyone understood the name change. We were all on board with that. Once they weren&#8217;t going to use the logo, it was hard. It takes away from the Native Americans. When I see that logo, I take pride in it. You look at the depiction of the Redskins logo and it’s of a true Native American. I always felt it was representing my people. That&#8217;s not gone.&#8221;
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“The Native Americans were forgotten people. That logo lets people know these people exist,&#8221; Wetzel continued. &#8220;If it were changed and it removed any derogatory feelings toward any person, then I think it’s a win. I don’t want that logo to be associated in a negative way, ever.”
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Earlier this year, the butter company Land O&#8217; Lakes announced that it would be removing the famed &#8220;Butter Maiden&#8221; – a Native American woman named Mia – from its packaging, a logo designed by Native American artist Patrick DesJarlait. In <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/native-american-artist-my-father-drew-the-land-o-lakes-maiden-and-she-isnt-a-stereotype">an article</a> for The Washington Post, DesJarlait&#8217;s son, Robert, said his father crafted the logo to “foster a sense of Indian pride.”
“With the redesign, my father made Mia’s Native American connections more specific,” he wrote. “He changed the beadwork designs on her dress by adding floral motifs that are common in Ojibwe art. He added two points of wooded shoreline to the lake that had often been depicted in the image’s background. It was a place any Red Lake tribal citizen would recognize as the Narrows, where Lower Red Lake and Upper Red Lake meet.”
Robert DesJarlait did say, however, that he opposes the use of Native American imagery in logos.
On Monday, the Washington Redskins <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-redskins-officially-announce-nfl-team-will-retire-name-logo">announced</a> that the team would soon be changing its name after FedEx, Nike, Pepsi, and Bank of America all denounced the name.
“Today, we are announcing that we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review,” the team said in a statement. “[Team owner] Dan Snyder and Coach [Ron] Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.”
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Native American Son Of ‘Redskins’ Logo Designer Says It’s Not Offensive

While many have been celebrating the Washington Redskins&#039; decision to officially change the team nickname into something less triggering, not everyone is

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The Washington Redskins officially announced Monday they will retire their 87-year-old name and Indian head logo, finally caving to pressure that the name is offensive to Native Americans.
The real reason appears to be money. &#8220;FedEx, Nike, Pepsi and Bank of America all lined up against the name, which was given to the franchise in 1933 when the team was still based in Boston,&#8221; <a href="https://apnews.com/b6f6919292f5a3c94cb23d92bde21a54">The Associated Press</a> reported. On July 1, FedEx threatened to pull out of $205 million stadium naming rights deal and issued a statement asking for a change to the controversial name.
&#8220;Today, we are announcing that we will be retiring the Redskins name and logo upon completion of this review,&#8221; the team said in a statement released Monday morning. &#8220;[Team owner] Dan Snyder and Coach [Ron] Rivera are working closely to develop a new name and design approach that will enhance the standing of our proud, tradition rich franchise and inspire our sponsors, fans and community for the next 100 years.&#8221;
A new name has not yet been chosen. &#8220;The new nickname will not be announced immediately because trademark issues are pending,&#8221; sources told Ben Fischer of <a href="https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/SB-Blogs/Breaking-News/2020/07/Redskins-Name-Change.aspx">Sports Business Journal.</a>
But there are a few names floating around.
“&#8217;We came up with a couple of names — two of them I really like,&#8217; Redskins Coach Ron Rivera said Saturday, one day after the team announced it is undergoing &#8216;a thorough review&#8217; of the name the franchise has had since 1933,&#8221; The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/06/redskins-new-name-redtails-warriors/">Washington Post</a> reported last week.
The priority, Rivera told the Post, is to make sure the name is respectful of Native American culture, but he also suggested that it would be &#8220;a tribute to the military,&#8221; the Post reported.
The leading contender for the replacement name is &#8220;Warriors,&#8221; the Post noted, pointing to The Team 980’s Kevin Sheehan floating the name as the frontrunner on his podcast Friday, citing “pretty good authority” for the claim.
“I don’t think that’s a reveal by any stretch,” he said. “I think people do know that the Redskins have marked Washington Warriors just in case and that this has been the way. … I would bet big money on the Warriors being the new name for the football team.”
The Post also listed a slew of &#8220;other potential names,&#8221; including Redtails, Pigskins and Americans. The Post included a list of &#8220;honorable mentions&#8221; provided by readers, among them: &#8220;Rainbows, Dee Cees, Swamp, Red Jackets, Rough Riders, Veterans, Federals, Monuments, Sentinels, Defenders.&#8221;
Dwayne Haskins Jr., the new quarterback for the Washington team, supports the name change, writing on Twitter: &#8220;I like the [R]edtails.&#8221; The Post said the name &#8220;was used by the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first African American aerial combat unit, who broke the color barrier during World War II.&#8221;
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I like the redtails 🤔 <a href="https://t.co/DLSWsUcldp">https://t.co/DLSWsUcldp</a>
&mdash; Dwayne Haskins, Jr (@dh_simba7) <a href="https://twitter.com/dh_simba7/status/1279186285882728450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Snyder had long expressed opposition to changing the name, telling USA Today in 2013 that he would &#8220;never change the name. It&#8217;s that simple. NEVER &#8212; you can use caps.&#8221;
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The Oxford Dictionary doesn&#8217;t mince words.
&#8220;Redskin — a North American Indian. DATED, OFFENSIVE&#8221;
You never hear anyone use the word now in any other context than identifying a National Football League team, the Washington Redskins.
Soon, you may not even hear that.
“&#8217;We came up with a couple of names — two of them I really like,&#8217; Redskins Coach Ron Rivera said Saturday, one day after the team announced it is undergoing &#8216;a thorough review&#8217; of the name the franchise has had since 1933,&#8221; The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/06/redskins-new-name-redtails-warriors/">Washington Post</a> reported.
<blockquote>Rivera declined to reveal the possibilities but said he believes the most important criteria for a new name is that it is respectful of Native American culture and traditions and also is a tribute to the military. He indicated Snyder agrees with that sentiment. Warriors could fit the bill.
On his podcast Friday, The Team 980’s Kevin Sheehan said he had it “on pretty good authority” that the leading contender for the replacement name is Warriors.
“I don’t think that’s a reveal by any stretch,” Sheehan said. “I think people do know that the Redskins have marked Washington Warriors just in case and that this has been the way. … I would bet big money on the Warriors being the new name for the football team.”</blockquote>
The Post listed a slew of &#8220;other potential names,&#8221; including:
Redtails — &#8220;The Redtails nickname was used by the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first African American aerial combat unit, who broke the color barrier during World War II,&#8221; the D.C. paper said.
Dwayne Haskins Jr., the new quarterback for the Washington team, supports the name, writing on Twitter: &#8220;I like the redtails.&#8221;
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I like the redtails 🤔 <a href="https://t.co/DLSWsUcldp">https://t.co/DLSWsUcldp</a>
&mdash; Dwayne Haskins, Jr (@dh_simba7) <a href="https://twitter.com/dh_simba7/status/1279186285882728450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Pigskins — A football is sometimes called a &#8220;pigskin&#8221; because they were originally animal bladders covered with leather and then inflated. Additionally, the offensive line of the Washington team has long been called the &#8220;Hogs&#8221; in honor of the huge linemen during the 1980s and early 1990s, who helped the team win three Super Bowl championships.
Americans — The name would dovetail with Washington&#8217;s Major League Baseball team, the Nationals. “Well, you’ve got the Nationals. What about the Americans?” Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, said in 2013. &#8220;You know in the 17th and 18th centuries when a European writer referred to Americans, they were not talking about the colonialists. They were talking about the Native Americans. And that’s how they were referred to. Even scientific literature at the time comparing the different races said, well, you’ve got Africans, you got Asians, you got Europeans and you’ve got Americans. It’s a much more inclusive term. So if you had a Native American image but the team was called the Americans, that starts to feel like something more like an honor. You’re not being singled out; you’re being included.”
The Post included a list of &#8220;honorable mentions, including names submitted by readers: Rainbows, Dee Cees, Swamp, Red Jackets, Rough Riders, Veterans, Federals, Monuments, Sentinels, Defenders.&#8221;
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Washington Redskins May Have Already Picked Out New Name: Report

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A sixth-generation descendant of President Thomas Jefferson advocated for the statue of the founding father in the Jefferson Memorial to be replaced with the likeness of Harriet Tubman.
Author and journalist Lucian K. Truscott IV condemned his ancestor in a Monday op-ed for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/opinion/thomas-jefferson-memorial-truscott.html?action=click&amp;amp;module=Opinion&amp;amp;pgtype=Homepage">The New York Times</a>, writing that Jefferson&#8217;s memorial in Washington, D.C., should be &#8220;taken down and replaced&#8221; because it is &#8220;a shrine to a man who famously wrote that &#8216;all men are created equal&#8217; in the Declaration of Independence that founded this nation — and yet never did much to make those words come true.&#8221;
Describing his childhood playing at Monticello, Truscott characterized Jefferson&#8217;s famous estate in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a sufficient memorial to the third president because it offers exhibits on slavery and Sally Hemings, the slave with whom Jefferson reportedly fathered children. Truscott went on to denounce Jefferson for owning 600 slaves but freeing only those in the Hemings family upon his death.
&#8220;Monticello is an almost perfect memorial, because it reveals him with his moral failings in full, an imperfect man, a flawed founder,&#8221; Truscott wrote.
Truscott concluded that Jefferson &#8220;should not be honored with a bronze statue 19 feet tall, surrounded by a colonnade of white marble. The time to honor the slave-owning founders of our imperfect union is past.&#8221;
In Jefferson&#8217;s place, Truscott recommended a depiction of Harriet Tubman. &#8220;To see a 19-foot-tall bronze statue of a Black woman, who was a slave and also a patriot, in place of a white man who enslaved hundreds of men and women is not erasing history. It’s telling the real history of America.&#8221;
Truscott&#8217;s op-ed echoes the sentiments of Shannon LaNier, a ninth-generation descendant of Jefferson and Hemings, who recently told <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/descendants-weight-debate-confederate-symbols/story?id=71642026">ABC News</a> that despite once overlooking his faults because of his other accomplishments, he is rethinking Jefferson&#8217;s legacy. &#8220;You really do have to look at the whole person and what else he did,&#8221; LaNier said.
&#8220;Thomas Jefferson wrote that &#8216;All men are created equal.&#8217; When he wrote those words, they did not include black people, they didn&#8217;t include women, they didn&#8217;t include people who didn&#8217;t own land,&#8221; LaNier added. He suggested leaving statue plinths empty as &#8220;a monument to what might be, what could be, what could be possible if we actually listen to the voices of the people.&#8221;
Modeled after the Pantheon in Rome, the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc73.htm">Thomas Jefferson Memorial</a> was built on Washington, D.C.&#8217;s Tidal Basin between 1939 and 1943 at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The bronze statue of Jefferson beneath the dome is surrounded by some of his most memorable quotes, including one from &#8220;Notes on the State of Virginia&#8221; that reads in part, &#8220;Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever. Commerce between master and slave is despotism.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/history-professor-says-thomas-jefferson-didnt-design-uva-walls-to-hide-slaves-as-activists-claim">History Professor Says Thomas Jefferson Didn’t Design UVA Walls To Hide Slaves, As Activists Claim</a>
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Thomas Jefferson Descendant Calls For Harriet Tubman To Replace ‘Flawed Founder’ In Jefferson Memorial

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