Chuck Grassley is the honorable Chuck in the Senate. High grade Chuck, if you will. He and Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, are calling for a condemnation and action against rioters of all stripes from the Biden administration. They won’t get it.

FNC: “Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, took to Twitter Thursday night to call on President Biden to condemn Inauguration Day protests turned violent riots in Portland and Seattle. More than a dozen people have been arrested in the two North West cities, according to police reports Thursday, after anti-Biden demonstrators targeted government buildings and the Oregon Democratic Party building in Portland. Biden as of Thursday evening had not commented on the Portland and Seattle protests.”

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“I’m waiting for Pres Biden to condemn violence/looting/arson last two days in Oregon & Washington state,” Grassley said Thursday.

I’m waiting for Pres Biden to condemn violence/looting/arson last two days in Oregon & Washington state

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) January 22, 2021

The new president talks a big game. “Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path,” Biden said during his inaugural address. “Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for a total war, and we must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated, and even manufactured. My fellow Americans, we have to be different than this. America has to be better than this. And I believe America is so much better than this.” Empty words without action. It’s the classic Potomac two step, say one thing and do another and hope nobody notices the difference.

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In related news, Grassley warned about using COVID-19 to usher in a liberal wish list through the back door.

Grassley: “Although Democrats will control the leadership reins of the first and second branches of the federal government for at least the next two years, they’d do well to lean in on a bit of Midwestern common sense that’s served me well on my family farm and in Congress: Don’t put the cart before the horse. Using COVID-19 to masquerade a liberal policy agenda won’t get far in a narrowly divided House and Senate. It’s reckless to borrow another $2 trillion on top of $4 trillion already in the pipeline. While more pandemic relief is needed, some of the line items are a political pipe dream for progressives. For example, mandating a $15 federal minimum wage would wipe out small businesses hanging by a thread. It would cut into already contracted business income, forcing local retailers and restaurants to stop hiring and forget about reopening or expanding a small business. At worst, many may close their doors for good. A shuttered Main Street business diminishes economic vitality and means no jobs, no paychecks and no tax revenue. Candidate Biden campaigned on a platform to heal America and bridge the partisan divisions tearing our country apart. I look forward to working with the Biden administration to get the pandemic behind us and grow the economy back bigger and better than ever…One last bit of advice as our 46th president takes office. ‘Go big or go home’ could turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophesy. Ramming through a liberal laundry list without building consensus and winning bipartisanship is more than likely a one-way ticket for a one-term presidency.”

This piece was written by David Kamioner on January 23, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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