March 21, 2021

Wendy Bell Gaslights The Public At The Americans For Freedom Rally!

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Ok, so yesterday's "Americans for Freedom Rally (Pittsburgh)" came and went with little or no fanfare.

Watching the rally unfold via the twitter feed of WESA's Katie Blackley, I found it was more or less what I expected it would be.

With one big exception. This:

This would be the same Patricia McCullough who's currently a judge of the Commonwealth Court, the same Judge McCullough who did this last November:

A Pennsylvania appeals court judge ordered state officials on Wednesday to halt any further steps toward certifying election results, a day after Gov. Tom Wolf said he had certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania.

Only to have the State Supreme Court reverse her decision a few days later.

Oh, and she's also Chuck McCullough's wife. In case you didn't know, Chuck's going to jail for a few years for theft and for misapplication of some entrusted funds. The P-G also reported:

...McCullough also used the trust to make an anonymous donation of $10,000 to Catholic Charities, where his wife, Patricia McCullough, served as executive director. (Patricia McCullough is currently a Commonwealth Court judge).

Remember kids, all law is based on "divine" law. Judge McCullough (whose husband is going to jail for breaking the law) said so.

Like Manna from heaven, my friends.

BTW, what is "divine law" anyway? A strict adherence to all the rules in The Bible? But aren't the defenders of so-called "divine law" the same folks who scream about how "Sharia law" is an existential threat to our way of life? Isn't "Sharia law" just "divine law" for those who are Muslim?

But let's get on to the headliner of the day - Wendy Bell, The Angel of Death.

The rally was organized by local Trumper Lucie Guzzie and lucky for me, she broadcast Wendy Bell's speech on her Facebook page.

Transcribing it took only a few gut-wrenching, skin-crawling, dry-heaving minutes.

Wendy begins by thanking the police officers guarding the rally and then goes straight into gaslighting the crowd:

Brock sent me – my producer Brock. Brock wave your hand. Here you go. He's back there - Brock sent me an article last night. From one of our local TV stations talking about how our Pittsburgh Police had this special unit on stand by for a potential problem with the frickin freedom march!

I was like, what?

This is the narrative of the media and the left. That if you carry your American flag (right on, right on), if you're carrying your concealed firearm (right on, right on), that you are somehow – oh that you love America and you believe in your freedom to think for yourself, that you are somehow a threat!

Luckily, we (all) have access to the internet and so we can go find the leftist narrative media spin to which Wendy refers.

Guess what? It doesn't actually say what Wendy told the crowd it says. Take a look:

Following the death of Antwon Rose in 2018, protests were organized throughout the city of Pittsburgh.

Because of those protests, the police department launched a civil affairs unit, which is a division dedicated to keeping the peace through community engagement.

The division was very active over the summer of 2020 due to the Black Lives Matter movement.

And: 

But the office has gone quiet in recent months, and as Channel 11′s Rick Earle discovered, officers are regrouping ahead of this weekend’s planned rally on the North Shore.

“We are ready to go as needed. I know we will be there this Saturday for the protests or rally,” said Sgt. Tiffany Costa, of the Pittsburgh Police Department’s civil affairs unit.

On Saturday, a group called Americans for Freedom will rally on the North Shore to voice their opposition to mask mandates and business closures.

Ok. So far so, um, neutral?

A few paragraphs later, we read:

Law enforcement sources told Target 11 they are concerned that there has been little or no communication with protest organizers from last year and if those protesters return this year they are worried that could lead to problems. The organizers for the rally planned for this weekend have been in constant contact with Pittsburgh Police and obtained a permit from the city to march.

Costa told Channel 11 that the communication has to be ongoing. And Police don’t expect any issues. [Emphasis added.]

I'm like, what?? Where is any reference to "the narrative" about how the police are expecting problems from the frickin Freedom March??

Was Wendy Bell just making shit up?

Then, immediately following and only few seconds after thanking the police for their presence, Wendy Bell said this:

I bet some of you guys were at the big insurrection on January 6 [crowd cheers], peacefully assembling, listening to the real president of The United States [crowd cheers again] who, under no circumstances encouraged what ended up happening.

Which was wrong, we all know that.

But by golly, I am so tired of us, we the people who love this country, who believe in election integrity and know that it didn't happen, being blamed for something that was obviously planned.

And anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is full of garbage.

Alright?

"Peacefully assembling"? While it's absolutely true that the "real" president of the United States was Donald Trump on January 6, his supporters who did this:


were doing anything but assembling "peacefully." They were looking to cancel the election Donald Trump lost.

In their anything but peaceful "assembly," Trump supporters did this:

The Capitol assault resulted in one of the worst days of injuries for law enforcement in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. At least 138 officers — 73 from the Capitol Police and 65 from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington — were injured, the departments have said. They ranged from bruises and lacerations to more serious damage such as concussions, rib fractures, burns and even a mild heart attack.

Indeed the NYTimes piece opens with this:

One officer lost the tip of his right index finger. Others were smashed in the head with baseball bats, flag poles and pipes. Another lost consciousness after rioters used a metal barrier to push her into stairs as they tried to reach the Capitol steps during the assault on Jan. 6.

How is that "peaceful," Wendy? How? It was a coup attempt. And yes, it was encouraged by then-president Donald Trump:

The speech that President Trump delivered to his supporters just before they attacked the Capitol last week is a central focus as House Democrats prepare an article of impeachment against him for inciting the deadly riot.

Mr. Trump had urged supporters to come to Washington for a “Save America March” on Wednesday, when Congress would ceremonially count President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s win, telling them to “be there, will be wild!” At a rally just before the violence, he repeated many of his falsehoods about how the election was stolen, then dispatched the marchers to the Capitol as those proceedings were about to start.

Some of those arrested for their participation in the "insurrection of January 6" (as you called it) have gone on record saying that they were there at Trump's behest:

A man from Kentucky told the FBI that he and his cousin began marching toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 because “President Trump said to do so.” Chanting “Stop the steal,” the two men tramped through the building and snapped a photo of themselves with their middle fingers raised, according to court documents.

A video clip of another group of rioters mobbing the steps of the Capitol caught one man screaming at a police officer: “We were invited here! We were invited by the president of the United States!”

So how much gaslighting did you do at The Point this weekend, Wendy? Because it looks like a lot. 

I'll end with this:

You got an hour or so? How often have I blogged that your BS board is, actually, BS.

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