{"id":22497,"date":"2020-10-13T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=22497"},"modified":"2020-10-13T10:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T14:21:14","slug":"letter-houlahan-must-condemn-black-lives-matter-rioting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=22497","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Houlahan must condemn Black Lives Matter rioting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>To The Editor,<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Letters1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12682\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Letters1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>It is inexcusable that so many Democratic politicians, including U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6), have failed to condemn the Black Lives Matter riots.\u00a0 These demonstrations began as peaceful protests but have evolved into destructive rampages that have caused untold damage to lives and property in numerous cities throughout our nation.\u00a0 Following selected Internet links provides a plausible explanation for their silence.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although many involved in BLM are sincere in their concerns for the betterment and protection of black lives, there are others with far more nefarious purposes in mind.\u00a0 The BLM movement was created by three black Marxist females in 2013, one of whom (Patrisse Cullors) said in a 2015 video interview: \u201cMyself and Alicia, in particular, are trained organizers. We are trained Marxists. We are super versed on ideological theories\u2026\u201d \u00a0Marxists, aided by Antifa thugs, anarchists, and other miscreants, have turned the BLM \u201cpeaceful\u201d protests into destructive mobs to achieve their goal of dismantling and reinventing America to conform to their own radical agendas.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>BLM is a \u201ccash cow\u201d for the Democrats.\u00a0 Act Blue serves as an on-line fundraising instrument for progressive causes and Democratic candidates.\u00a0 The \u201cDONATE\u201d button on \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/\">blacklivesmatter.com<\/a>\u201d links to a branch of Act Blue. \u00a0Similarly, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/antifa.com\/\">antifa.com<\/a>\u201d redirects to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/joebiden.com\/\">joebiden.com<\/a>\u201d which has a \u201cDONATE\u201d button which links to another branch of Act Blue.\u00a0 Follow the money to understand why so many Democratic politicians have reprehensively refused to condemn the BLM riots.\u00a0 Remember that their \u201csilence is complicity\u201d\u00a0and vote them out of office on November 3!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Joanne Yurchak<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>East Goshen<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To The Editor, It is inexcusable that so many Democratic politicians, including U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6), have failed to condemn the Black Lives Matter riots.\u00a0 These demonstrations began as peaceful protests but have evolved into destructive rampages that have caused untold damage to lives and property in numerous cities throughout our nation.\u00a0 Following selected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[9030,5787,8248,8956],"class_list":["post-22497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-black-lives-matter","tag-chrissy-houlahan","tag-election-2020","tag-rioting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22498,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22497\/revisions\/22498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}