Corporate media regularly run\u200c dishonest articles hyping concerns about \u200dthe safety of\u200b election officials throughout the\u2063 country. So, why haven\u2019t they\u2063 reported\u200b on\u200d Missouri\u2019s leading election official<\/a> getting accosted by leftist agitators last week? <\/p>\n

The incident in question occurred on Feb. 6, when Republican Secretary\u2062 of State Jay Ashcroft was attempting to enter\u2062 a venue hosted by the\u00a0American\u200c Israel \u2062Public Affairs Committee. Held at \u200da local business in Jefferson \u200bCity, the event took place following \u200bremarks by Israeli Consul \u200bGeneral \u2064Maor Elbaz-Starinsky before the Missouri \u2063General Assembly.<\/p>\n

According \u200dto KOMU<\/a>, a local NBC affiliate, anti-Israel demonstrators were already in the area and \u200bblocking traffic prior to Ashcroft\u2019s arrival. Despite\u200d being asked by \u2062the Jefferson City Police Department (JCPD)\u2064 to \u201cclear \u2064the roadway,\u201d the agitators \u201cbegan blocking access to several local businesses, including the private event.\u201d One such demonstrator, who has \u2063been identified as 20-year-old Ainslee Harkins, was arrested for \u2063trespassing after she \u201callegedly entered the private\u2062 event and would not\u2062 leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video footage \u2064of the\u200b incident\u2064 shows Ashcroft \u2063walking by \u200bthe protesters\u2063 \u2014 who had lined up to block\u2063 entrance to the facility \u2014\u200b upon arriving \u2064at\u2062 the private venue. After \u2062reaching \u2064the\u2064 entrance to the \u200bbuilding, Ashcroft \u2062attempted to open the door but was accosted\u200c by some of\u200d the demonstrators. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of yelling and screaming but as I was just walking along the sidewalk, it was fine\u200c until I turned left to actually head into the doorway,\u201d Ashcroft told The Federalist. \u201cThat\u2019s when they \u2026 collapsed\u200c around me and \u2062 [started] shoving me and pushing me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite being jostled, Ashcroft kept attempting to \u2064enter the facility. As\u2064 he was\u200b reaching for the doorhandle, Ashcroft \u2064said one agitator \u2014 who video footage appears<\/a> \u2063to\u200d show grabbed the secretary \u2014 told him he was going to\u200c \u201cthrow me to the ground.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2064 just didn\u2019t think it was \u2064good to go to\u200c the ground in this mass of Hamas supporters, so \u2063I threw him over my hip\u200c and\u200d that\u2019s when the\u200c police came \u2063in and arrested him,\u201d Ashcroft said. <\/p>\n

KOMU identified the detained man as 56-year-old \u200cChristopher Henry \u200dfrom St. \u2063Louis. A JCPD spokesman told \u2062The \u2062Federalist\u2063 there is an active investigation into the incident and \u2063that both Henry and\u200c Harkins have since been released from custody. <\/p>\n

Ashcroft said he will\u200d respect the eventual decision from the local prosecutor on whether or not to pursue charges \u200dagainst Henry. <\/p>\n

Where\u2019s \u2064the \u2063Media Outrage?<\/h2>\n
Last week\u2019s\u200d incident isn\u2019t just \u2064an example of \u2062Democrat \u2064activists\u2019 violence against their political\u200b opponents. It also \u2063exposes America\u2019s self-righteous legacy media \u201cjournalists\u201d as the hacks they \u200bare. <\/p>\n
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For \u200dthe past several years, \u200dcorporate media have run story<\/a> after story<\/a> warning \u2062about a widespread wave of \u201cthreats\u201d levied against \u2063election officials by Republican voters, whom they paint as extremists aiming to squash \u200b\u201cdemocracy.\u201d The media-manufactured narrative<\/a>\u200c of\u200d mass anarchy by poll watchers didn\u2019t materialize<\/a> during\u200c the 2022 midterms and has been undermined<\/a> by\u2063 numbers \u200dfrom President Biden\u2019s own hyper-partisan Justice Department. <\/p>\n
Of course, this hasn\u2019t stopped \u2064the \u200cpress from continuing to parrot these lies in order to discourage<\/a> conservatives \u2064from engaging\u200c in legitimate forms of election oversight, \u2064such\u200b as poll watching. <\/p>\n
Yet, for all their alleged \u200dconcern about the safety of \u200belection officials, \u200cAmerica\u2019s national media \u2062apparently couldn\u2019t be bothered to report on\u200b Henry\u2019s arrest. In fact, Ashcroft told The Federalist \u200cthat he has yet to be \u200ccontacted by any national media outlet<\/a> regarding\u200b the\u2063 incident. <\/p>\n
The lack of media curiosity is also apparent when conducting a\u200c cursory Google search<\/a> of the arrest, which revealed \u2063that \u2064local outlets have largely been the only news organizations to report on the matter. Meanwhile, The New York Times and \u2063The \u2064Washington Post \u2014 both of which\u200c have published<\/a> articles<\/a> pushing Democrats\u2019 \u201celection workers everywhere are under attack!\u201d\u200d conspiracy \u200c\u2014 have yet to report on \u2064Ashcroft\u2019s ordeal. <\/p>\n
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The\u2063 media \u201creally don\u2019t care about \u200celection workers,\u201d Ashcroft \u200bsaid. \u201cThey just want[] to push a\u200c narrative that \u2026 Republicans \u200ccomplaining about the lack \u200bof elections being run correctly \u2063 [is] \u2063a danger \u200dto \u200dour \u200brepublic.\u201d <\/p>\n
The\u2064 Missouri\u200b Republican also noted that despite the media\u2019s insistence, there hasn\u2019t been a \u201crash of \u200battacks against election workers\u201d and said the incessant fearmongering is \u201coverblown.\u201d He further expressed opposition to measures<\/a> being introduced primarily \u2063by Democrats in\u200c state legislatures across the country that invent new\u200d special protections for election workers, explaining that\u200d there are already laws on the books to penalize\u200d potential crimes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI \u2063don\u2019t think\u200c that there ought to\u200c be a special right for election authorities to be able \u200dto say, \u2018Oh, you said something \u200cbad about me’\u201d and \u2064now you should be charged, Ashcroft \u200csaid. \u2064\u201cWe should be a\u200d free country, and what\u2019s wrong for one person to do should be wrong for anyone else.\u201d <\/p>\n
[RELATED:[RELATED:Virginia Democrats Behind \u2018Harassment\u2019 Bill Really Want \u2064To Make\u200d Election Oversight A \u2063\u2018Hate Crime\u2019<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n
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How does the lack \u200bof\u2063 coverage surrounding incidents like the one involving Jay Ashcroft affect\u2063 the public’s perception of\u200b the \u2062safety of election officials?<\/h2>\n
In \u2062recent years, there has been a\u2062 growing concern over \u200cthe safety \u200cof\u200c election officials in\u2064 the United States. The\u2064 corporate media has been quick to highlight threats and\u2062 violence \u2062directed towards these officials, often painting Republicans as the culprits behind such incidents. However, \u2063when\u2062 it comes to incidents involving leftist \u2063agitators, the same media outlets seem to be strangely\u2064 silent.<\/p>\n
One such \u200bincident occurred in Missouri on February 6, when\u2062 Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft\u200d was accosted by anti-Israel demonstrators. \u200bAshcroft was attempting to enter a\u2063 venue hosted by the American \u200dIsrael \u200cPublic Affairs \u200cCommittee \u200dwhen he was confronted by protesters \u2062who had \u2064already been blocking traffic\u2064 in the area. Despite \u200bbeing asked by the Jefferson City Police Department to clear the roadway, the agitators\u2064 refused and even blocked access \u200bto several local businesses, including \u200bthe private event.<\/p>\n
Video\u2064 footage \u200dof the incident shows Ashcroft walking by the protesters, who had lined \u2063up to block entrance to the\u2064 facility, upon his arrival. However, as\u2062 he reached the entrance to the\u200c building and attempted to \u2063open the door, he \u2063was accosted by \u200bsome of the demonstrators. They yelled, screamed, and physically shoved him, preventing him from entering.<\/p>\n
Ashcroft, determined to attend the event, continued to\u200c try and\u2063 enter the facility. As he reached for the doorhandle, one agitator threatened to throw him to the ground. In response, Ashcroft used a defensive maneuver and\u2064 threw\u2062 the agitator over his hip before the\u200c police arrived and arrested him. Another person, who had entered the private event\u2062 and refused to leave, was also\u2063 arrested.<\/p>\n
Despite the seriousness\u200c of the\u2063 incident and \u2064the potential threat to \u2062a high-ranking \u2063election official, the \u200cmedia response has been noticeably muted. Ashcroft\u2062 revealed that he has \u200cyet to be contacted by any national media outlet regarding the incident. A cursory Google search reveals \u2062that local outlets have largely been the only news organizations to\u2063 report on the\u200d matter, with major publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post\u2063 remaining silent.<\/p>\n
This lack of media \u2062coverage raises important questions about the biases and agenda of the corporate media. While\u200c they are quick to \u200bpaint Republicans as threats to democracy and elections, incidents involving leftist agitators seem to be\u200d conveniently ignored. This selective reporting undermines<\/a> the\u200d credibility of\u200b these media outlets and exposes them as\u200c biased\u2064 and unreliable sources of information.<\/p>\n
The safety of election officials\u2062 should be a priority for all Americans, regardless \u2062of their political affiliation. It is essential that incidents like the one involving Jay Ashcroft are reported on and thoroughly investigated. All acts\u2063 of violence and intimidation should be condemned, irrespective of the \u200bperpetrators’ political beliefs.<\/p>\n
In \u200bconclusion, the unequal coverage of incidents involving election officials reveals a \u200dclear bias in the \u200ccorporate media. It is essential for the media to report on \u2063all instances of\u200d violence and threats against election officials, regardless of \u2064the political leanings \u2064of the perpetrators. Only through fair and balanced \u2062reporting can we ensure the safety\u200d and integrity of\u2062 our elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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