Tuberville Blocks Democrats’ Attempt to Target Political Opponents

'Speaker Pelosi spearheaded the true January 6^th insurrection.'

WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) blocked Senate Democrats' attempt to pass legislation that would further weaponize the federal government against Americans targeted for supporting President Trump.

The bill would bar compensation and other relief for Americans persecuted in connection with January 6. Rather than allow claims of government misconduct to be reviewed on the merits, the legislation would deny relief based on prosecution alone. Sen. Tuberville objected to the measure on the Senate floor, warning that it would shield politically motivated lawfare from scrutiny and deny recourse to Americans wrongfully targeted by the Biden Department of Justice.

Read Sen. Tuberville's remarks below or watch on YouTube or Rumble.

"Reserving the right to object. January 6^th, 2021 was my first day here on the job in the United States Senate. Let's be clear of what happened that day. Let's go back and look at it. Democrats and the Deep State-they hated Donald Trump so much that they orchestrated a coup against our government. Let me explain this. It first started with the tampering of the 2020 presidential election results to oust President Trump and install their woke globalist favorite, Joe Biden. As a result, great American patriots gathered in Washington to peacefully protest the illegal tampering of the 2020 presidential election. When the leader of the Democratic Party at the time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Deep State learned of Trump supporters […] were headed to Washington, D.C. to peacefully protest the fraudulent 2020 presidential election results, they saw a great opportunity. Speaker Pelosi spearheaded the true January 6th insurrection. This has all been proven to be true. Everybody knows it. She said it on tape. She admitted the responsibility for massive security failures that day.

The Deep State infiltrated the crowd with ANTIFA and intelligent community members who would instigate trouble and massive chaos. The FBI has confirmed that there 274 FBI agents in plain clothes at the Capitol here that day. Then Speaker Pelosi set up Capitol Police to fail by refusing to bring the National Guard in as backup. She admitted that. And then, of course, Democrats placed all the blame on President Trump and Republicans. I can remember vividly that night, about midnight. We all took the blame here. As we came back that night, Democrats called all the Republicans in this room everything that you can imagine, here on this floor. It was clear that they were planning, that day, that they were going after President Trump. But the Democrats' plan to escort President Trump and his supporters didn't end that day on January 6^th.

For the next four years, President Biden and democrats did everything they could to arrest, harass, bankrupt, de-platform, and even try to kill the former President of the United States, Donald Trump. Not to mention the Biden DOJ abusing their power by wasting almost $3 billion in taxpayer funds to go after innocent Trump supporters, falsely imprisoning them to intimidate their political opponents and the greater MAGA movement. Hundreds, and I mean hundreds, of innocent patriotic Americans sat behind bars for the past five years over this made-up witch hunt. Now, there were some guilty, but a huge number of them were innocent. They even arrested grandmas for making phone calls on the Capitol steps. And the only person who died that day on January 6^th was Ashley Babbitt, an unarmed Air Force veteran who was shot that day in this very building. Ashley Babbitt was wrongfully killed on January 6^th, 2021. The federal government admitted it and they actually paid money to her family. […] Lives were ruined. Families were torn apart. Careers were destroyed all because lunatics on the Left in our country would not let it go, and anyone who was involved in it, they arrested them.

So, before we quickly try to pass a bill with a nice-sounding title, we ought to read what it actually does. Democrats claim this bill is about stopping so-called 'rewards' for January 6^th rioters. But in reality, the legislation says if the federal government prosecuted you, Congress can't even ask if the prosecution was fair; if the sentence was appropriate; if the evidence was handled properly; if detention conditions were lawful; or whether the government through the book at you because you are supportive of a political opponent. […] This bill treats prosecution as proof and that is not how American justice work. That's not how our justice system works.

Thankfully, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Trump Department of Justice established a standard and lawful process to hear from American citizens who suffered lawfare or weaponization under the Biden administration. If they were wronged, the Trump administration will provide compensation from the Anti-Weaponization Fund. But if S. 3582 is passed, it would eliminate that process for American-loving Trump supporters who were wrongfully convicted before their claims are even reviewed. And in the future, the federal government-because this bill-would be empowered to target a group of people; prosecute them; and make sure they never receive relief, no matter what the facts [show]. […]

Radical Democrats and the Deep State do not like this country […] they will do whatever it takes to weaponize our judicial system against anyone who opposes their globalist agenda. That's why I will not consent to this bill that treats prosecution as proof and blocks individualized review. That's not how this country works. So, for that reason, Mr. President, I object. I yield the floor."

Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans' Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.

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