Response to the injustice of the Police Killing of george floyd in minneapolis. An obscene equivalency has been created in the media and in the left and in the minds of anarchists and radical dem protesters and activists, unleashing wholesale violence upon these cities, looting and burning across much of the country. Targeting Law Enforcement officers, wounding them in clashes, attacks and outright assassination has occurred. And we watch of in some cases as police and National Guard troops have been persuaded to kneel before the protesters and the demonstrators as if they were the transgressors. What is going on in this country . If can can you imagine what the chinese, the russians, the world for that matter, must think as they watch all these images . At least 307 officers of the law have been injured and wounded, 2 that we know of have been killed since the riots began. There is no moral equivalence is city between the murder of george floyd and the murder or assault on those cops. It is an unjust response to atrocity that took place on memorial day in minneapolis. But city and local government leaders again, mostly Democratic Leaders around the country are allowing these outrages in their communities, many of them virtue signaling towards thugs, the street criminals, the anarchists tearing through their streets. Virtue signaling is, of course, the act of joining a social movement or campaign to make it seem like you care about the issue driving that movement or campaign, demonstrating if you will solidarity without actually doing anything. No one is better at it than leftist politicians, rinos, of course, and the national leftwing media. But hollywood liberal elites are the best of them, telling us whats morally right, believe that they have some power and are somehow arbiters of virtue no matter their individual moral corruption. Virtual virtue signaling has now taken a deep hold in american life. Our political leaders, our members of the armed forces, Law Enforcement, professional athletes and, yes, just us ordinary americans all taking part. You may have noticed on social media the hashtag blackout tuesday. Users posting a black image to supposedly show solidarity with the Africanamerican Community. It really didnt amount to much. It did clog up social media feeds. It did drown out messages, sometimes important messages. Tuesday was, of course, also a primary election day in eight states. Information for those who wanted to know where to go to rote for local leaders to vote for local leaders who could potentially make great changes all blocked out by the virtuous. All so somebody could earn likes on social media and maybe some followers. Maybe a lot of followers. The virtue signaling doesnt stop there though. With careful planning on the part of the radical left, former president barack obama last night provided new marching orders to his followers. Bring about real change, we both have have to highlight a problem and make people in power uncomfortable, but we also have to translate that into Practical Solutions and laws that can be implemented and we can monitor and make sure were following up on. Lou pretty, pretty words devoid of real meaning, however. Made most uncomfortable by all of this, it seems, is Los Angeles MayorEric Garcetti. He has caved in to the mob of protesters making demands in his city like these to defund or even abolish the police. City Council Members and all our elected leaders that [inaudible] lou garre itty announced a garcetti announced that he is cutting around 122 million from the los lang police los angee departments budget and declaring a moratorium on people in the states gang day database. This is bigger than just a budget, but i want you to know we will not be increasing our police budget. How can we at this moment . We will put a moratorium on putting people in the cal gang database, require officers to intervene when they see inappropriate use of force, to always report misconduct. Lou according to mayor garcettis proposed budget for next year, the lapd would have an operating budget of more than 3 billion. That 122 million to be cut by garcetti amounts to about 4 of the overall budget. Not surprisingly, this math isnt going over too well with blue check twitter or the community that it was supposed to appease. So what did mayor garre itty do next garcetti do next . Well, its very popular to do so, so he knelt in front of the very protesters who have destroyed parts of his city. Supposedly in solidarity. But really in defeat. Garcetti isnt the only one to have done this. Joe biden took a knee in his first nonvirtual Campaign Event this week. Nobody in the leftwing National Media complained he was band perking though. So why are so many of our leaders willing to do this . Theyre selling, apparently, the idea that more black americans are killed by police than other races. The facts, of course, are difficult because the numbers say the exact opposite. For the past three years and more, white americans have been more likely to be shot and killed by police. Last year 370 white americans were killed by police. 235 were black. But for all politically correct society and our idealogically bound leftwing National Media and, of course, those radical dems, these numbers are simply ignored. Not overlooked, theyre ignored by those radical dems and the leftwing media. Its why virginias governor, really north a. M. Ralph north a. M. Has managed to survive in office. By pandering, pandering at every chance he gets to the radical dems that he embarrassed. So he is virtue signaling himself to a high fever pitch. Now hes trying to remove a confederate statue of robert e. Lee in richmond, a popular target of the left. Of fairly meaningless to the rest of society. And northam is still in office. Drew brees, on the other hand, was forced to apologize because he made statements about his personal beliefs, making these comments i will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of america or our country. It brings me to tears thinking about all that has been sacrificed. Not just those in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the 60s and everyone and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point. And is everything right with our country right now . No, its not. We still have a long way to go. But i think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. Lou and for that, brees has been forced to apologize saying, quote it breaks my heart to know the pain i have caused. End quote. Senator ted cruz responded with an accurate assessment of what happened to drew brees. Quote sadly predictable, said cruz. Pro sports have become p. C. Speech police, terrified of offending the angry left are. Words you can no longer say in todays nfl, quote i pledge if allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. We must look like con founded fools to much of the world, at least in that irrespective of our politics we are definitely now in solidarity with one another. Well, or turning to, turning to breaking news now, attorney general william barr says he has evidence that antifa and other extremist groups have played a role in the violent protests that we witnessed playing out this week and last across the country. We have evidence that antifa and other similar extremist groups as well as actors of a variety of different political persuasions have been involved in instigating and participating in the violent activity. Lou well be taking up antifa and exactly how they are getting away with fomenting violence on our streets in this country. On wall streeted today stocks finished mix. The dow up 12 points, the nasdaq dropped 67. Volume on the big board, 6. 5 billion shares. Crude oil, flat, 37. 24 a barrel. Fewer than two million americans filed for unemployment last week. Thats good news because the ninth straight week of layoff decreases, a signal that higher employment may be ahead. And a reminoredder to listen to my reminder to listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. Coming up here next, well be talking about ron johnson who has made a big move forward in his obamagate investigation while Lindsey Graham has flipped on his chance. 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Lou well, breaking news now, washinn mayor Muriel Bowser says there will be no curfew tonight, the mayor saying no one was arrested in last nights demonstration. She also wants 3,000 National Guard troops from other states to leave the district. And also breaking now, three new York Police Officers were attacked last night. The suspect, an immigrant from the balkan region, recently shared antipolice posts on social media. One officer was stabbed in the neck. The two other officers were shot in their hands. All three are expected to recover. And also break tonight, the Senate HomelandSecurity Committee has given chairman ron Johnson Authority to issue subpoenas for top obama era officials about the obamagate scandal including james comey, james clapper, john brennan, Samantha Power and susan rice. Meanwhile, the Senate Judiciary committee debated for two hours today about whether to approve subpoenas for former obama era officials about crossfire hurricane, the Hillary Clinton investigation, but chairman Lindsey Graham decided to delay a vote until next week. Joining us tonight former congressman, former chairman of the House Oversight committee, Jason Chaffetz, also a fox business contributor and author of the book the deep state. Great to have you with us, jason. Lets start with the development of, first, the remarks by the attorney general talking about foreign maligned actors and understanding clearly that antifa and he also mention other groups but did not name them, presumably across a broad political spectrum but, again, not stated as such. Your reaction. The attorney generals been very clear and very precise in saying that there are outside actors that are taking advantage of a situation and instigating violence x. Those people need to be dealt with. They need to be targeted by the police, they need to be put in jail, they need to be prosecuted. Im sympathetic to those that want to protest. I think its the american way, people have a First Amendment right to do it. But those that are going to commit violence, property damage, looting, assault on officers or military personnel, we cannot stand for that ever. Thats not acceptable. And so i think the attorney generals right, im glad hes on top of it, and im glad that the president designated antifa the way that he did to give focus across the nation to Law Enforcement on who we should be looking out for. Lou and yet were watching primarily democratic mayors, democratic governors, Democratic City Councils giving, just giving a free pass to apprehended rioters, looters. Its really quite something to see, an ideological alignment amongst those breaking the law and those who are designated to enforce it. And i hope they pay a big political price for it. You were talking earlier, lou, about Eric Garcetti whos the mayor of los angeles. Now wanting to cut the budget. Its going to be somehow vogue to just defund or get rid of the police in these are you kidding me . And if the l. A. Mayor is serious about doing it, why dont we start with getting rid of his own personal security detail. Because i gotta tell you, hes transferred all around los angeles everywhere he goes with l. A. Police officers, theyre by his side to protect him. If he wants to get rid of the police, show us where your money is, mayor. Get rid of your own security detail, then tell me if you need the police. Lou he could show us where his heart is as well in sol solidarity, he could eliminate Police Protection for bel air, for hollywood, for the wealthier areas in los angeles. I suspect he would get a Quick Response from the citizenry. Im just guessing. What do you think . Yeah, i think if they got rid of the police and defunded them there at city hall and for the city council and all that, i think theyd probably have a little bit of an attitude adjustment. But the mayor can show us by example if thats what he believes, then do it to himself first and see how it goes. Give it maybe 72 hours, see how hes feeling about it. Lou i think thats about, i think thats about right. Preposterous mayor. I mean, that is just a preposterous person. Yeah. Lou i just cannot figure out a way to understand, to comprehend why the city puts up with him. Lets turn to ron johnson. Senator johnson really common demonstrating real character and commitment to getting to the bottom of obamagate, and i have to say i do nothing but applaud him. And now he has subpoena power. I would say john brennan and a few other folks have got some real problems developing very quickly. What do you think . Very disappointed in Lindsey Graham for delaying yet again an investigation that should have started, quite frankly, about six months ago. Hats off, though, to senator johnson in being able to get after what is one of the biggest political scandals ever in the history of this country. And im glad that senator johnson is taking advantage of his chairmanship to do what he should be doing. To do anything else would be malpractice. Lou and Lindsey Graham, my gosh, it was a love fest, telling Rod Rosenstein basically, you know, im with you, and we dont want the create too much fuss here, so go ahead and do as you will. It was really a stunningly pathetic performance for a guy who had been talking about he was going to be a regular, a real investigator and get to the bottom the corruption, the political corruption of the fbi, the Justice Department and their effort to overthrow the president of the United States. It looked like he was having simply a walk in the park, didnt it . Well, at least they had the hearing. I thought senator mike lee, senator hawley, certainly ted cruz took it the most seriously, asked very pointed questions and drew testimony its pretty stunning that the political targeting of an opposition campaign, Rod Rosenstein didnt even read the fisa application, if yet hes the last line of defense to make sure everythings in order. He signs off that its verified but also testifies that he never read it. And he says hes going to take full accountability . I dont buy it. This is its just, its so sad, its so wrong. But i got, you know, all our chips now are on what mr. Durham and attorney general barr are doing because i do think there are the people that lied to Rod Rosenstein, thats what he testified to. If they lied to Rod Rosenstein, they should be in jail. They should is have handcuffs on em, lou. Lou yeah, i think theres quite a few candidates for that honor being yeah. Lou and like you, i wouldnt mind watching those person perp walks for the politically corrupt in the doj and the Intelligence Agency upper levels. It would be quite, quite something. Jason, thanks for being with us. Great to see you. Jason chaffetz. Wed like to hear your thoughts on all of this. Follow me on twitter loudobbs. We have quite a few comments this evening. Like me on facebook and follow me on instagram loudobbstonight. And a programming note, National Security expert jim hanson, investigative journalist john solomon and pastor Robert Jeffress among our guests here tomorrow evening. We hope you will be with us for that. And coming right up, establishment rino senator Kelly Loeffler comparing herself to the president as she struggles to retain her seat. Her top challenger . Congressman doug collins. Hell be here. Stay with us. Well be right back. Hey, can i. Hold on one second. Sure. Okay. Okay safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. 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