Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich compared Denver’s Democrat mayor to a Civil War-era Confederate insurrectionist due to the mayor’s defense of unlawful migrants.
Via his X account on Monday, Gingrich cautioned Denver Mayor Mike Johnston that the concept of “defying the federal federalgovernment” was settled “when General Lee gaveup.”
The previous House Speaker was comparing Johnston to a Confederate insurrectionist for the mayor’s defense of prohibited migrants and keptinmind that the concern over nullifying federal law was settled by the Civil War, and that Johnston’s actions are no various than the insurrectionary acts of the Confederate States of America in the 1860s.
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“The mayor of Denver doesn’t appear to comprehend that the United States Army settled the concern of states, counties and cities defying the federal federalgovernment in a conference at Appomattox in 1865 when General Lee gaveup,” Gingrich keptinmind.
“Denver trying to block the federal federalgovernment detention and deportation of prohibited aliens would be an act of insurrection and would be instantly crushed by the federal federalgovernment,” Gingrich firmlyinsisted.
Johnston hasactually been puffing himself up as a protector of Joe Biden’s border crossers consideringthat Donald Trump won the election this month. At one point, Johnston shrieked that he would usage the Denver Police Department as his shock soldiers to physically oppose officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and avoid them from satisfying federal law to repatriate illegals. Then, after walking that back, he pounded his chest in defiance onceagain and stated he would happily danger being jailed for interfering with ICE activities.
Incoming Trump border czar, Tom Homan, though cautioned Johnston and other authorities like him that he will have no issue at all apprehending t