{"id":603287,"date":"2021-07-26T20:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T00:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603287"},"modified":"2021-07-26T20:51:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T00:51:25","slug":"dr-paul-warns-of-soviet-style-persecution-of-jan-6-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-paul-warns-of-soviet-style-persecution-of-jan-6-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Paul warns of \u2018Soviet-style\u2019 persecution of Jan. 6 protesters"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdr-paul-warns-of-soviet-style-persecution-of-jan-6-protesters%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=603287&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--><div id=\"attachment_2469991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2469991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ron Paul in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:40 PM PT \u2013 Monday, July 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Ron Paul has warned of Soviet-style political persecution of conservatives amid detention and torture of January 6 protesters. In an article on Monday, Paul wrote the conviction of protester Paul Hodgkins was a miscarriage of justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the words Joe Biden\u2019s Justice Department wanted to hear,\u201d he explained. \u201cWords reminiscent of the sort of Soviet-style confessions beaten out of political dissidents the world over: \u2018Joseph R. Biden is rightfully and respectfully the president of the United States.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Jan. 6th Show Trials Threaten All of Us<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xkUykQrFSt\">https:\/\/t.co\/xkUykQrFSt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HoXQL0Sdah\">pic.twitter.com\/HoXQL0Sdah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron Paul (@RonPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonPaul\/status\/1419658667675226122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul went on to say Hodgkins did not commit any violence and he was punished for his political views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe saving of democracy by putting a man away to prison for eight months and destroyed his life, his family, the whole works because he walked into the Capitol, took a picture, did no act of violence whatsoever,\u201d he expressed. \u201cHe was number one of the list. He was the enemy of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paul pointed out around 500 conservatives have been faced with similar political charges and sentences for protesting on Capitol Hill. He warned, \u201cthis kind of totalitarian justice\u201d would soon be coming for Biden supporters as well.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/5-killed-in-calif-shooting-including-sheriffs-deputy\/\">5 Killed In Calif. Shooting, Including Sheriff\u2019s Deputy<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ron Paul in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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