{"id":1665110,"date":"2022-09-29T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665110"},"modified":"2022-09-29T16:39:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:39:19","slug":"dems-smearing-extremist-gop-candidates-show-what-j6-probe-bidens-fiery-speech-were-really-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-smearing-extremist-gop-candidates-show-what-j6-probe-bidens-fiery-speech-were-really-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Smearing \u2018Extremist\u2019 GOP Candidates Show What J6 Probe, Biden\u2019s Fiery Speech Were Really About"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-smearing-extremist-gop-candidates-show-what-j6-probe-bidens-fiery-speech-were-really-about%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665110&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pennsylvania\u2019s Democrat gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro is parroting rhetoric used by President Joe Biden and the partisan Jan. 6 Committee to cast his Republican opponent Doug Mastriano as a \u201cdangerous extremist,\u201d in a continuation of Democrats\u2019 years-long operation to win elections by smearing their political enemies as unelectable.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u92zH27eZ4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent interview<\/a> on MSNBC, Shapiro claimed \u201cwithout question\u201d that Mastriano has made \u201ctearing down\u201d the country\u2019s \u201cdemocratic institutions the focus of his campaign\u201d and that the Republican state senator has talked about \u201ctaking away [citizens\u2019] right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the candidate and party of freedom,\u201d Shapiro asserted. \u201cWe are the ones who are gonna defend our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Democrat attorney general went on to criticize previous remarks issued by Mastriano, wherein the state senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doug-mastriano-says-afghan-elections-were-more-secure-pennsylvanias-voter-id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> to review \u201cvoting machines\u201d and \u201cvoting logs in the counties\u201d as part of his bid to strengthen the integrity of the state\u2019s election systems and ensure \u201cfree and fair elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThink about the chaos that that would bring not just to Pennsylvania, but the rest of the nation,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cWe each have a responsibility to defeat the kind of dangerous extremism that Doug Mastriano brings and defend our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/senatormastriano.com\/2020\/11\/13\/mastriano-audit-required-to-ensure-accurate-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling<\/a> for an independent audit of the commonwealth\u2019s 2020 presidential election results, Mastriano has also <a href=\"https:\/\/senatormastriano.com\/2022\/08\/03\/mastriano-election-reform-vital-after-supreme-courts-partisan-act-77-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backed legislation<\/a> in the Pennsylvania Senate that would \u201crepeal no-excuse mail-in voting, mandate signature verification, establish an Elections Commission, [and] expand the number of poll watchers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doug-mastriano-says-afghan-elections-were-more-secure-pennsylvanias-voter-id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the governor of Pennsylvania is given broad authority over a variety of executive matters, including the power to appoint a secretary of state \u201ctasked with overseeing and running elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncumbent Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf\u2019s pick for the position has come under fire for moving\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pennsylvania-court-secretary-of-state-changed-deadline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">key election deadlines<\/a>\u00a0ahead of the 2020 contest,\u201d the report reads. \u201cThe appointee also has been accused of selectively urging Democratic-leaning counties in 2020 to apply for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/zuckerberg-tech-group-funding-election-infrastructure-prompts-litigation-concern-from-conservatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">privately-funded grants<\/a>\u00a0for get-out-of-the-vote initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Fish Stinks from the Head<\/h2>\n<p>Shapiro branding Mastriano as an \u201cextremist\u201d isn\u2019t the first one to use the strategy, and he won\u2019t be the last. Several weeks ago on Sept. 1, America\u2019s commander-in-chief gave one of the most horrifyingly divisive <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/02\/bidens-democracy-lecture-reminded-americans-how-relentlessly-democrats-undermine-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speeches<\/a> by a sitting president in modern history. Biden proceeded to accuse former President Donald Trump and \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d of being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1565492666120523778?s=20&amp;t=88uSW0yxSoGsw4y6VU0Btw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ca threat to the very soul of this country<\/a>\u201d and proclaimed that \u201cMAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution\u201d or \u201cbelieve in the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/02\/in-speech-walkback-biden-now-admits-hes-the-real-threat-to-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks after the speech, a North Dakota man justified hitting and running over an 18-year-old teen by echoing the same \u201cextremism\u201d rhetoric Biden used to describe Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>As Federalist Staff Writer Jordan Boyd previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/21\/man-charged-with-killing-teen-echoed-bidens-republican-extremism-rhetoric-to-justify-his-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, \u201cShannon Brandt, 41, mowed down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson early Sunday morning over what he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/north-dakota\/police-driver-admitted-to-intentionally-killing-teen-at-north-dakota-street-dance-after-political-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">later claimed<\/a>\u00a0was a \u2018political argument\u2019 over whether \u2018the teen was part of a Republican extremist group.&#8217;\u201d Brandt, who has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide, has since been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/shannon-brandts-bond-woefully-inadequate-alleged-killing-teen-former-assistant-u-s-attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a> from jail after posting a $50,000 bond and was not \u201cplaced under house arrest or given a curfew.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Goal Is Ostracizing Conservatives from the Public Sphere<\/h2>\n<p>For the left, labeling Republicans as \u201cextremists\u201d isn\u2019t just a short-term strategy to win elections, but a long-term one configured to dissuade any serious conservative from faithfully serving in government. Long before Biden\u2019s September speech, Democrat politicians and their buddies in the corporate press were castigating anyone who dared to raise valid concerns regarding the administration of the 2020 presidential election, despite themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/07\/12\/over-150-examples-show-democrats-denying-election-results-rnc-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">questioning<\/a> the legitimacy of elections they didn\u2019t win for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Another key part of the left\u2019s efforts to further censor dissenting voices is the House Jan. 6 Committee. Almost immediately after assuming control of Congress last year, Democrats launched their Americanized version of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/10\/the-j6-inquisition-is-an-obvious-soviet-style-show-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soviet show trials<\/a>, which have served as nothing more than made-for-television soap operas designed to target, harass, and criminalize Republican thought and speech. In conjunction with the growing number of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/29\/the-fbis-targeting-of-pro-life-activist-should-frighten-all-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blatantly partisan actions<\/a> taken against everyday conservatives by Attorney General Merrick Garland\u2019s Department of Justice, the message from Democrats to Americans is clear: Fall in line or you\u2019re next.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s coming from individual candidates like Shapiro or America\u2019s regularly confused president, the relentless smearing of any and all Republicans as \u201cextremist\u201d is simply just one part of the left\u2019s years-long mission to delegitimize and disqualify anyone opposed to the ruling regime from contending their dominion of the country.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania\u2019s Democrat gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro is parroting rhetoric used by President Joe Biden and the partisan Jan. 6 Committee to cast his Republican opponent Doug Mastriano as a \u201cdangerous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}