Emails were sent to media organizations across the state accusing Target of bowing “to the wishes of the far-right extremists who want to exterminate us,” according to KPLC. Multiple stores across the nation have received similar bomb threats.
Vermont power transmission substations have suffered no known physical attacks such as have caused power outages in North Carolina, Florida, Oregon and Washington.
“Those on the Left know that their soft-on-crime policies have wreaked havoc in the cities where they have implemented those policies,” authors Charles Stimson, Zack Smith, and Kevin D. Dayaratna wrote in the report.
A retired police officer, Vermont resident and early gay rights leader was assaulted by trans rights activists at the Burlington Pride march Sunday, the LGB Alliance reports.
Voters need to find out who is for or against mob rule, whether they are Democrats or Republicans. We are not going to be a free or decent society otherwise.
On July 21, David Jakubonis tried to stab New York congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin. Jakubonis was subdued and arrested, but a town judge released him without bail and on his own recognizance.
A Burlington-based post on a national website urges readers to “gather your friends, pick up heavy rocks, and learn the skill of accelerant bartending” — an apparent reference to committing arson.
In this week’s headlines the Burlington Police Department may have a new group looking for alleged racial disparities in its policing. Also, Vermonters reacted strongly to the SCOTUS abortion ruling, and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., suggests kids should have access to transgender therapy.
Someone broke some windows and spray-painted a threatening message at the State House. Does this classify as a Democrat-on-Democrat hate crime? Did the perps even know radical leftists control state government?
“I am very disheartened to learn of someone vandalizing our state house, likely done by someone upset with the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Violence of any kind (and I include vandalism in that definition) is absolutely unacceptable.”
Almost every other prominent Democrat, from state Senators Becca Balint and Kesha Ram to Congressman Peter Welch and Senator Bernie Sanders, have been completely silent. All have been quick to decry the Supreme Court’s ruling, but not this local unruliness.
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that rhetoric aimed at conservatives was “playing with fire” in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and was encouraging violence.