Watch as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell torched Democrats over their double standard of protesting over coronavirus restrictions versus protesting over a social justice cause:
Read the whole very important thing:
I need to discuss a different pressing problem that concerns Americans constitutional rights. It’s becoming clear to many Americans, including many who appreciate and applaud the recent protests that our national life during this pandemic has slid toward a double standard.
For weeks state and local leaders put normal American life totally on ice and asked citizens to prioritize fighting the virus. For weeks the mainstream media heaped scorn on any small citizen protest, outdoor gathering or even the suggestion that other important values might require a reappraisal of certain restrictions.
Well, the American people did their part. They made necessary sacrifices that clearly helped the country and they are ready continuing doing their part as our reopening carefully proceeds.
But now many Americans feel they’ve just seen those — seen those recommendations disappear because of a new cause.
A month ago small protests demonstrations were condemned as reckless and selfish.
Now massive Rallies that fill entire cities are not just praised but, in fact, are called especially brave because of the exact same health risks that brought condemnation when the cause was different.
People just spent the spring watching their small businesses dissolve or canceling weddings or missing religious observances for the longest spells in their lives or missing the last days of a loved one’s life and then missing the funeral.
Never were the American people told about any exemption for things they felt strongly about.
I have no criticism for the millions of Americans who peacefully demonstrated in recent days. Their cause is beyond righteous. It is the inconsistency from leaders that has been baffling.
The same governor of Michigan who argued that letting people carefully shop for vegetable seeds would be too dangerous during the pandemic now poses for photo graphs with groups of protesters.
Here in the district of Columbia, the mayor celebrates massive street protests. She actually joins them herself. But on her command churches and houses of worship remain shut.
The largest church buildings are subject to the ten person limit the mayor deems inessential. The rights of free speech and free assembly and religion are First Amendment rights.
They have the same constitutional pedigree. Prayer is still too dangerous. Politicians are now picking and choosing within the first Amendment itself.
Last week one county in California’s bay area seriously attempted to issue guidance that allowed protests of 100 people but still — still kept all other social gatherings at 12 people and banned outdoor religious gatherings all together.
Banned outdoor religious gatherings all together. Figure that one out.
These governments are acting like the Coronavirus discriminates based on the content of the people’s speech but it is the leaders who are doing that.
It impossible to avoid the conclusion that local and state leaders are using their powers to encourage constitutionally protected conduct which they personally appreciate while continuing to ban constitutionally conducted conduct which they personally feel is less important.
In New York City the mayor makes no effort to hide this subject activity of.
He recounted our racism and compared it to a devout religious person and said sorry that’s not the same question.
The American people’s constitutional liberty do not turn — do not turn on a mayor’s intuitions.
They do not get to play red light green light within the First Amendment.
The First Amendment is not an a-la-cart menu ma leaders may — that leaders may sample as they please.
Mass protests are continuing to be applauded but small religious services should be banned.
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