Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., NY) is under fire this week for joining other Democratic members in reckless rhetoric to fuel the growing threats against federal law enforcement officers. Calling out the “fascism in our streets,” Nadler suggested that citizens could be justified in shooting masked agents, a chilling claim made earlier by other Democratic leaders.
The New York Post reported the comments made in a Judiciary Committee hearing. Nadler declared:
“What is really the major problem in this country today is the fascism in our streets. The attacks on American citizens, by masked hoodlums. If you were attacked by a masked person, you might think you were being kidnapped. You’d be justified in shooting the person — to protect yourself.”
The agents are wearing masks because different groups are actively publishing their identities and personal information online. The result has not only been doxxing but threats made against the families of these agents. Democratic politicians have pledged to assist in the effort to “unmask” and publish the identities of these officers as threats soar.
For many, these statements suggest that they have a license under laws like Stand Your Ground to shoot at agents and claim mistaken self-defense. The continued use of such rhetoric in the face of soaring attacks and threats against officers is the worst form of demagoguery.
At the same time, members like Rep. Dan Goldman (D. NY) deny that there is evidence of a sharp increase in attacks despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Notably, Nadler and his colleagues pushed for the impeachment of Donald Trump for what they called his inflammatory rhetoric on January 6th despite his call for the protests to remain peaceful.
Other members are engaging in the same hyperbolic rhetoric to appeal to the growing mob on the left. Sen. Chris Murphy (D. Conn.) seems the most unhinged: “What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is tear gassing elementary schools. It is disappearing legal residents into cars. It is murdering American citizens.”
Aspiring Democrats are getting the message. Total Wine billionaire David Trone — who is running to recapture his Maryland congressional district from fellow Democrat Rep. April McClain-Delaney, declared this week that the federal government is “literally executing people on the streets” in “not just Minneapolis… all over the United States.”
Ohio Democratic Attorney General candidate Elliot Forhan is running on the catchy pledge that “I will kill Donald Trump.” It is a race to the bottom as Democratic leaders try to take the lead in mob politics.
When combined with the rationalization for the use of lethal force against officers, this rhetoric is not just inflammatory but dangerous. We have heard these voices before in our history. As discussed in Rage and the Republic, we have a rising class of new Jacobins, politicians and pundits who are pandering to the mob. History does not bode well for these politicians seeking to ride the wave of rage when the mob turns against them.
Ironic for a hard-core Israel supporter to be calling out alleged abuses by US law enforcement.
Rep. Jerry Nadler’s current term expires in January 3, 2027, as he will not seek re-election in the 2026 midterm elections, marking the end of his 34-year congressional career. The 78-year-old Democrat announced in September 2025 that he is retiring to allow for a generational change in leadership.
Final Term: Nadler is serving out the remainder of his 17th term, which concludes at the start of the 119th Congress in January 2027.
Background: Representing New York’s 12th District (previously 10th and others), Nadler has been a fixture in Manhattan politics since 1992.
Succession: Nadler indicated he would not seek re-election and is expected to support former aide Micah Lasher for the seat, reported by the Columbia Daily Spectator.
Rep. Jerry Nadler’s ~ End of Term = 333 from today.
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The tiny insane left is hogging all the news cycle by trying to out-do the rage from the leftist next to them. It’s a virtue-signaling olympics at this point but the ‘virtue’ gets weirder and weirder as they leap-frog each other until you get a truly outrageous situation like in Minnesota. They have to egg each other on and work up the anger in order to riot for something so stupid. And they all want to be the “star” for “likes”. They don’t need an ‘issue’ to have a riot anymore either as they manufacture them. DEI is dead. sexually mutilating children is over. illegal aliens leaving. All their narrative, bye bye.
Now what is really going on in the world is Trump is crushing oppressive regimes worldwide including here. I cannot believe how effective he has been and now, with 3 more years to go, it looks like he will reshape the world, putting America firmly at the helm again.
Commies and Authoritarians are fighting it and have no choice but to act out. What else do they have but their few idiots to believe in any of their crap. Idiocracy reigns on the left now as their rage has silenced any voice of reason and they are left only with leaders stupid enough to incite riots and repeat obvious lies. I for one can’t wait to hear their next insane idea that drives normal’s from their party. I smile at every unbelievably dumb thing they say and hope everyone hears it too. Please use your free speech more, come up with more insanity, it’s entertaining at this point.
Bunch of babies that can’t handle losing bigly.
Nadler exemplifies the Democrat machine politician with shit for brains.
There are others.
What am I missing? A protest turned into a riot is an insurrection, yet the other sides riots were mostly peaceful protests while federal buildings burn behind reporters. Protesting from one side against illegals is unAmerican and the other side fighting Federal ICE agents doing their job is seen as good.
I am very glad Nadler is retiring. What he is doing along with others is going to get people killed. Then they will all scatter to the wind and hide from their own words when this happens.
I get that not all are happy with the roundups. I get this is passionate and tempers flare. I even can get threats due to anger. Yet, when the lunatic fringe crosses over the line and people are hurt or even killed, I hope these same people understand they may be in line for prosecution.
People who experience real life-threatening violence, such as soldiers in our wars, do not glamorize violence. In most cases, they are sickened by it. For most of our history, every generation has had “its war”. But since the debacle in S. Vietnam, most men have had no contact with wars or even military service. Thus it is easy for well-educated men, plus women who have not had experience of war, to play with the idea of mass violence. It’s like being in a movie to them.
I am in favor of America drafting 1/4 of its manpower needs. It is time for Americans to get some skin in the game.
Based on his demented logic, we’d be justified in harpooning his bloated ass just because he’s offensive.
Whether characterized as good or bad, the genesis of a revolution is usually ramped up by vile points of view and propaganda to inject fear, anxiety and hatred within the general public in order to establish the mob mentality standing against what once had been.
Justified shootings of law enforcement officers in uniform – performing their jobs lawfully, I might add – because they’re wearing masks? Sounds like the next step would be to justify violence against opposing ‘leadership’ encouraging such unlawful behavior. What say you, Representative Nadler aka Mr. Poopy Pants?
You’ve become nothing but a shill for Trump; I as a libertarian am deeply disappointed. Defending masked federal agents because of “doxing” is pathetic and your reasoning could apply to any government worker at any level. What happened to the idea of “small government”? Are you too young to remember Reagan’s humorous, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you?” You have become a Fox News please-the-audience writer and are no longer, in my opinion (and I, too, was a lawyer from a distinguished Chicago law school [U of C]), an honest broker
John, you assert that wearing masks because of doxxing is “pathetic. You don’t tell us why that is pathetic or what exactly federal officers are to do in this rage environment that puts officers and their families in danger. Immigration enforcement is a difficult job. After all, it involves removing people who want to stay here and, in many cases, actively – and illegally – resist. Agents enforcing the law are often in harm’s way. Your cavalier pronouncement against them wearing masks to protect themselves and their families sounds more like it is coming from a partisan hack than an intelligent lawyer.
Democrat politicians use their rhetoric to send people out knowing all the while they themselves will not be charged with the crime. Power, by whatever means, is their goal.
After hearing from law enforcement friends who are stuck working in Minneapolis, I now believe that at least the DFL party in Minnesota needs to be charged with treason because they are the ones inciting an overthrow of any part of the government that believes in the Minnesota & US Constitutions! They are also willfully endangering the lives of the citizens of the Twin Cities!
The inflammatory rhetoric of “No-neck” Nadler and other brain-dead Democrats like AZ A.G. Kris Mayes and Conn. Senator Chris Murphy confirm, once more, that no Democrat should ever again be allowed within 52 factorial cubed parsecs of elective or governmental office. They are toxic to the Republic.
The modern left is insane: Wednesday edition. Seriously. The mind blindness of voters is staggering.
It staggers me. Democrat weirdos want war and dance right up the kinetic line.