Houston Keene, Towhnall
Americans of almost every political stripe agree that weaponizing the government against political opponents is ethically abhorrent and legally dubious. The effects of government weaponization sow distrust in our system of governance and our elected officials and open the doors of opportunity for adversaries, both foreign and domestic.
We witnessed first-hand the weaponization of the federal government under the Biden administration. Pro-life Americans were targeted for their views against the murder of unborn children; concerned parents were equated to domestic terrorists and faced the wrath of the federal government because of it; the fossil fuel industry became a political target; and now we’ve learned from Operation Arctic Frost revelations that hundreds of Republican lawmakers, activists, and operatives faced sprawling federal investigations signed off by the Biden administration brass.
These instances of government weaponization are just a few examples from a single administration. How are Americans to trust their government when its investigative, regulatory, and enforcement powers are bent against them or their fellow citizens? That demolition of trust was only compounded by the excuses and dodges offered by the Biden and Obama administrations for their actions, as well as by the legacy media’s complete disregard of their ethical fumbles. The distrust of the federal government and law enforcement is cynically compounded by partisan actors to further villainize law enforcement and federal officials.