{"id":2254823,"date":"2024-05-29T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gets-desperate-will-use-capitol-police-against-trump-in-new-campaign-strategy\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T08:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:11:31","slug":"biden-gets-desperate-will-use-capitol-police-against-trump-in-new-campaign-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gets-desperate-will-use-capitol-police-against-trump-in-new-campaign-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden plans to deploy Capitol Police against Trump in new campaign move"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-gets-desperate-will-use-capitol-police-against-trump-in-new-campaign-strategy%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=2254823&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>The\u2063 Biden\u200b campaign is ramping up efforts\u200d to\u200d defeat Trump in the upcoming election by involving former \u2063and current\u2062 police officers from the Capitol protest. Despite trailing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a>, the campaign&#8217;s strategy aims to highlight Trump&#8217;s actions and statements to sway voters. The \u2063role of Capitol Police officers as campaign surrogates is\u200b a focal point in this\u2062 endeavor. The Biden campaign is intensifying its \u200cpush to overcome Trump in the upcoming election \u2063by enlisting Capitol\u200b protest police officers. Despite trailing in \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-superior-court-orders-maricopa-county-ariz-to-turn-over-2-1m-ballots-from-nov-election\/\" title=\"U.S. Superior Court orders Maricopa County Ariz. to turn over 2.1M ballots from Nov. election\">critical battleground states<\/a>, the campaign focuses\u200b on showcasing Trump&#8217;s actions to\u2064 influence voters. The involvement of Capitol\u2064 Police officers\u2062 as campaign surrogates is a\u200b key aspect\u200d of\u2062 this \u200cstrategy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 29, 2024 at 4:30am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The Biden campaign is pulling out all the stops in an effort to defeat former President Donald Trump in November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign announced Tuesday that three former and current police officers who were present during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protest will travel to swing states to try to persuade voters not to choose Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/january-6-officers-campaign-biden-battleground-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican is currently running ahead of Biden in polling in all seven key battleground states likely to decide this year\u2019s contest, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/elections\/president\/2024\/battleground-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClear Polling<\/a> average of polls.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report showed Trump up in six of the seven, with Wisconsin a dead heat.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEW?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NEW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CookPolitical?\">@CookPolitical<\/a> Swing State Poll:<\/p>\n<p>NEVADA<br \/> Trump 49% (+9)<br \/> Biden 40%<br \/> .<br \/> PENNSYLVANIA<br \/> Trump 48% (+3)<br \/> Biden 45%<br \/> .<br \/> MICHIGAN<br \/> Trump 47% (+2)<br \/> Biden 45%<br \/> .<br \/> NORTH CAROLINA<br \/> Trump 48% (+7)<br \/> Biden 41%<br \/> .<br \/> WISCONSIN<br \/> Biden 45%<br \/> Trump 45%<br \/> .<br \/> GEORGIA<br \/> Trump 47% (+3)<br \/> Biden 44%<br \/> .<br \/> ARIZONA<br \/> Trump 45% (+1)\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fwS1CFOwkN\">pic.twitter.com\/fwS1CFOwkN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Politics_Polls\/status\/1794046183205183510?\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2020, Biden carried Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, only losing North Carolina to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report\u2019s Electoral College map currently has Trump winning 302 to Biden\u2019s 225.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Electoral Map Based On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CookPolitical?\">@CookPolitical<\/a> latest polling (270 to win):<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 \ud83c\udfc6 Trump 302 (+77)<br \/> \ud83d\udd35 Biden 225<br \/> Not enough Data 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2U1zJqLXFz\">pic.twitter.com\/2U1zJqLXFz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PpollingNumbers\/status\/1795127027311202790?\">May 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is Trump being persecuted?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clearly the ongoing four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-arrest-jack-smith-prosecutors-admit-misleading-judge-evidence-tampered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminal prosecutions<\/a> brought by local Democratic districts attorneys and the Biden Justice Department are not having their intended effect.<\/p>\n<p>Hence the campaign\u2019s \u201cHail Mary\u201d of pulling in two former Capitol Police officers and one who currently works for the D.C. Metropolitan Police to tell voters that Trump supposedly poses a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The irony of them trying to put the presumptive Republican nominee in jail for the rest of his life over what can only be described as, forgive me, trumped up charges, escapes the Biden campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, and D.C. police officer Danny Hodges will act as surrogates for the campaign in states including Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and New Hampshire in the weeks and months ahead,\u201d CBS News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign says the trio will underscore Trump\u2019s praise for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/devastating-video-antifa-operative-confesses-jan-6-operation-denies-later-videos-vanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jan. 6<\/a> rioters, including having called them \u2018unbelievable patriots,\u2019 and how Trump said he\u2019ll be a dictator on \u2018day one\u2019 of a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even the accusatory language the campaign clings to reeks of desperation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-guest-catches-hosts-selectively-editing-trump-clip-fit-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joked<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/top-moments-trumps-hannity-town-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News town hall<\/a> with Sean Hannity in December that he would be dictator on his first day in office to reverse by executive order policies that Biden implemented when he came into office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill,\u201d the former president said, referring to restoring the secure southern border and energy policies he had in place when he left office.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Biden campaign rolled out some of their D.C. police surrogates at a news conference in front of the Manhattan courthouse where Democrat DA Alvin Bragg\u2019s \u201cget Trump\u201d case is being tried.<\/p>\n<p>Former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone said, \u201cI heard distress calls coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/funeral-held-for-illinois-police-sgt-marlene-rittmanic-our-world-has-been-turned-upside-down\/\" title=\"Funeral Held for Illinois Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic: 'Our World Has Been Turned Upside Down'\">fellow police officers<\/a> on the Capitol as thousands of Trump supporters rushed them and brutally assaulted members of law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat day, I like many other hundreds of other D.C. police officers, put on a uniform and responded to the Capitol to assist our brothers and sisters in law enforcement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING \u2013 YOUR REACTION: January 6 police officer Michael Fanone blasts Trump and Trump supporters at a strange press conference outside Trump courtroom in New York as closing arguments take place inside, says, \u201cOn January 6, 2021, I heard distress calls coming from fellow\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y5z8vP5Q14\">pic.twitter.com\/Y5z8vP5Q14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonateba\/status\/1795482047693144526?\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Why is Trump responsible for what a small minority of bad actors did on Jan. 6? He, like many, voiced concerns about the integrity of the 2020 election, given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-files-major-supreme-court-election-lawsuit-4-battleground-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unilateral rule changes<\/a> Democratic election officials made in the run up to the contest.<\/p>\n<p>The 45th president specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/last-time-democrats-took-gop-presidential-nominee-off-ballot-1860\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at a rally near the White House earlier that day, \u201cI know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5mzq6SilMI?si=JNTzoFz6zStUnbKE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That sounds like he was encouraging them to exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech and to \u201cpeaceably\u201d assemble and \u201cpetition the government for redress of grievances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the American way.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ\u2019s own annual report on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-fbi-agent-drops-bomb-jan-6-film-fbi-execs-get-paid-arrest-terrorists-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan. 6 prosecutions<\/a> given earlier this year showed even a majority of those charged with crimes did not engage in violence.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millions-cross-border-illegally-biden-doj-proclaims-thousands-jan-6-protesters-prosecuted-outside-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Jan. 6 of this year that there had been nearly 900 convictions. Of these, 149 people were convicted of \u201cassaulting, resisting or impeding officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graves noted federal officials were still trying to identify an additional 80 people who he said did some type of violent act that day.<\/p>\n<p>So, of the tens of thousands of people in Washington to protest the conduct of the 2020 election, around 200 people participated in some level of violence toward officers. Trump didn\u2019t ask them to do it, but they chose to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The real threat to democracy is Joe Biden and the Democrats, with their political prosecutions, not Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of Washington D.C. police officers are not going to persuade most of the American public otherwise.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to fight back hard, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? 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You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44657\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44657\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44657\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44657\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44657\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Randy DeSoto has written more than 3,000 articles for The Western Journal since he joined the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book &#8220;We Hold These Truths&#8221; and screenwriter of the political documentary &#8220;I Want Your Money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Graduated dean&#8217;s list from West Point <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law <\/p>\n<p>  Books Written <\/p>\n<p>  We Hold These Truths <\/p>\n<p>  Professional Memberships <\/p>\n<p>  Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Entertainment, Faith <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by Randy DeSoto on May 29, 2024, at 4:30 am: Biden&#8217;s campaign is intensifying efforts to overcome former President Trump in the upcoming election. 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