Big City Mayors and Councils in cahoots with the Rioters?

When the American people saw the knee on the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd in Minneapolis by a policeman, we were all outraged.  And we were united that it is unacceptable;e and unAmerican to behave as that policeman did.  The outrage sparked protests across America and even the planet.  And then we saw that peaceful outrage gets hijacked by the racist ANTIFA, and the Marxist Black Lives Matter groups. And having seen up close and personal what the ANTIFA thugs are all about, I could guess quite accurately what would happen.  And of course, it did.  Rioting, burning down buildings and looting became rampant in the big cities.  And like the "energizer bunny," it just kept happening.  The Mayors of these cities that only a few days before were arresting people for breaking quarantine of the Wuhan virus pandemic to attend their church, were calling off the police to allow the rioters to wreck their city. And it appeared in many cases the Mayors and Councilmembers were simpatico with the thugs!

After all, why would the elected people call for the police to "stand down"?  I at first thought it was because they were afraid of being called authoritarian or racists.  But after a while, it became evident they were in cahoots with the thugs.  Did the people living in those cities know they elected people that would allow their property and businesses to be destroyed?  I am sure they did not.  But now when the rubber meets the road and the constituents saw what an error they made electing these people, things started to change.  Or maybe they didn't.  In reality, those same Mayors and Council members decided to double down and actually started to "defund" the police and reallocate the money for safety.  Social workers would now get that money.  I shook my head in amazement that people could be so dumb as to think that was a good idea.  But they are doing it.

So how does an elected official commit what I think could be treason and get away with it?  If a person or group is trying to overthrow the present government is that not treason? I recall the left saying those darn "militias" should be arrested when they stood up to what they considered government overreach and tyranny.  So why are they not obliged to treat their actions the same way?  All elected officials in America take the "OATH" of allegiance to the Constitution.  Here is the reference in the document.

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
— U.S. Constitution, Article VI, clause 3"

Seems to me they are tossing that oath into the trash. (I took it many times)  That would mean they should all resign from office and allow true American patriots to take their place. Still, the voters of these cities and states need to step up and boot these elected scofflaws and get people in place that want to actually protect them and their property.  I suppose the campaigns of these spineless people now in charge were very sweet and they told those voters what they wanted to hear about running their city and state.  I bet they all said they supported law enforcement and the protection of their lives and property.  I bet they all did.  Isn't that the first thing we expect from our civilized laws and those we elected to enforce them?  Of course.  Why else do humans form a government?  To protect the people and keep the peace and stability of what has been created.  But that is not what we are seeing.

The Wuhan virus seems to have released a virus of a different sort.  The "power" of force seems to have been created and it has spread across the land.  Golly, I can issue edicts and Executive Orders and bypass the Legislature and the courts to get my way.  That seems to have infected many leftwing Governors and Mayors and Council Members across the fruited plain.  And because a fake news mouthpiece propaganda machine we once called the "press" does not hold those scofflaws to task, the people get shortchanged and uninformed about the true reasons and effects of these lawbreakers at the top.  So in many states and cities, the officials get away with their lawlessness and the chaos continues.  I look at the chaos this way as well.  Maybe one-third of one percent of the country's people are doing the chaos.  The rest are home or working and not participating on a daily basis.  But there is enough news from other sources alerting us all to this "rotten apple" chaos.  And we will respond as we usually do.  With elections.  But in the meantime, we need to hold these compliant elected officials to task and force them to do their job as we intended them to.

They must tell the rioters this activity is unacceptable and the police will now clear them out.  The looters have polluted the original reason for the unrest so the police have to remove and jail the anarchists until things cool down.  But even that is a problem as leftwing states have passed "bail reform" laws that really are just "get out of jail free" cards.  No reform at all.  Those laws must be repealed and bail reinstituted to at least keep the revolving door closed for a time.  In not so funny advice, in Seattle, we saw the Mayor call the creation of a "autonomous" zone in her city as a place to experience a "summer of love" like San Francisco did in 1968.  Of course, she could care less that her resident's homes and businesses were wrecked.  Well until those mobs came to her house.  And then we saw some action to stop the chaos.  Maybe that is the way to stop the mess?  Get the addresses of all these idiots in charge and post it for the mobs to come visit?

We see the left so this to those on the right.  First time I saw that was when Prop 8 signers of initiatives were "outed" so the thugs could go out to intimidate them.  And they did it with Brett Kavanaugh and now they are trying to smear Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity of FOX.  The despicable actions of these people trying to smear good people should have dire consequences for them. Maybe all their assets and property should be "legally" taken to teach them never to try that again.  But that seems to be the rub.  No consequences for these scofflaws.  Like the child in the grocery cart at the check out stand screaming for that candy.  Do we give in?  Or do we say no?  We all know what the consequences are if we give in.  And that is what the rioters know too.  So they continue as the people in charge can't say no.  Or they are in cahoots as I think they are.

Maybe the President can deputize the cops in these cities and bypass the Mayors and Councils to stop the madness?  Or maybe these elected people can get some guts and tell the police to do their jobs and arrest the bad people.  Cool their heel's in the hoosegow for a few days then send them home to mommy's basement again.  But until we see some consequences these bad people will continue.  And if we allow the same people we thought we elected to keep us safe to hold office then it is on us.