'There Is No Moral Equivalency To Any Of This': Armstrong Excoriates Pro-Palestinian Protesters

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) spoke about pro-Palestinian protestors on college campuses.
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I think he explained things so that even a Harvard student could understand it.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

A cavemen would understand it better

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I am not so sure.

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Haha maybe

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Perfect

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lol ❤

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It’s organized chaos not protesting.

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it's called Qatari fund

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It's cult proselytizing.

[@donovan6206]

Maybe the government should have listened at any point years before now when the protests were entirely peaceful

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

This guy is on fire

[@ndadon]

Absolutely fantastic Mr. Armstrong!!! Thank you! Everyone should think the same exact way as you do regarding this whole shenanigans!

[@beachbumvet8973]

THANK YOU AM YISRAEL CHAI

[@Nancy-mi3xe]

Thank you to the two young mensch who had the courage to speak the truth.

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👍❤️

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I love Armstrong❤❤❤

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I can see in the movie of the aftermath of all of this Steve Carrell is the perfect pick to role his character

[@MrRecon82]

Awesome and about time someone speaks the truth without a smoke screen.

[@lvlc5]

This was FANTASTIC! Plain, simple, common sense...

[@kevinpatterson8286]

what a testimonial!

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What a real person sounds like, thank you ❤

[@dartskipper3170]

Protesters who hide their faces speak volumes about their courage.

[@carlboren2299]

Very well said Sir

[@nanee3gg]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[@gazstaf]

How is this happening in 2024??

[@TrueGuyT]

Because of Islam.

[@ensontaylor4836]

welcome to Biden's america, where the borders are open, inflation is through the roof, our children are indoctrinated, oct 7th didn't happen, courts are weaponized against political rivals, men winning woman's sports.

[@athelenboy9414]

@TrueGuyT and the government is allowing it

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@@athelenboy9414 biden's america

[@Drontenpeel]

How is a befriended nation committing genocide happening in 2024 might be a more pressing question

[@Verastasia]

Bravo 🎉

[@bebornagain_]

So sad, Harward University students don't know the history?

[@drdonna4915]

Qatari - funded revisionists have taken over.

[@inu99282]

These people are Hamas and they need to be trusted as such.

[@dragerdet]

Proof of that?

[@marileedent8499]

Remember who is financing these protests

[@drdonna4915]

Qatar Iran Saudis

[@Scybertine]

Soros

[@janettucker3196]

They should be forced to watch the entire video footage of 10/7.

[@janbaer3241]

They would grin, laugh and cheer.

[@TheLoyalpain]

They would call it israeli propoganda and/or say that doesn't justify this imaginary genocide

[@aaronpeterson3565]

i hope they will be held accountable for allowing all these Anti Semitic actions!

[@murielsundermier1044]

LOVE this guy! Smart guy!

[@jasoncormier6881]

Well that went well. Great job Mr.Armstrong.....I'm a Canadian and on ur side. Between the US and us we need a very large Immigration wall. Without Lies Islam Dies......

[@scottmiller8617]

There's nothing wrong with immigrants that assimilate and share western values. Unfortunately, Islam isn't compatible with western values

[@michaelsapienza8749]

I agree, Montreal has been turned into a ghetto.

[@willbrink]

Now that man "gets" it. Never heard Mr Armstrong speak before, but bravo to him.

[@lynnbonzon7313]

Representative Armstrong just nailed exactly what’s going on!!!

[@markjacobs7835]

Rep Armstrong ought to be heard everywhere.

[@James-dv3dl]

Plus theyre guilty of cultural appropriation, shame on them!

[@brianwilner3634]

THank you for being a good person.

[@somersetdc]

Wonderful speech.

[@eran5005]

It's time for common sense to take back politics.

[@deborahsnyder9749]

Youve got to get rid of soros. Band this man just like 2 other countries

[@janbaer3241]

Proving Senator Armstrong correct.

[@jeanninewood4111]

Oh, he's awesome!

[@Cvaut]

Agree with you Sir!!!

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About time the truth stood on its own merit, no crutch needed for the truth.

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See now we're really watching insurrections but we're not allowed to call him that

[@oooloo99]

FYI. Be educated. Because we have women working for org. Crime in all our communities, all job career levels. And org. Crime. Is in bed with the New world Order. They pay homage to the same god. It's not the Christian God.

[@tommas2674]

the left HAS ALWAYS like criminality. why the Guardian Angels of NYC and the KKK came to be, PROTECTION. because a certain "culture" doesn't like to be arrested for crimes.

[@tommas2674]

but this years favorite word is Excoriates instead of criticizes.

[@user-db4hv9hb5c]

Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, And I. will curse him who curses you; And in you, all the. families of the earth shall be blessed.” This is as true.15 Jul 2021And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has listened to your affliction. He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

[@drdonna4915]

The Iranian proxies have the same goal as hamass and Iran: destroy Israel and then destroy the US. Remember those chants of "Death to America!" that hundreds of thousands of Palestinans bellowed out in Gaza? It's the same thing. Why hasn't Biden replaced Mayer Bitar????

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Nobody wanted them.

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FACTS OVER SENTIMENTS!!!

[@marcialome702]

Outstanding

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Bravo! Well said!

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This is great stuff! and true ,TRUE!!

[@Unmoved12345]

A principled stand.

[@suewatson5086]

You explained it perfectly ❤️

[@myrasmith1603]

I love this man.

William Tecumseh Sherman. "War is Hell" . He was right.

[@DennisDavies-Wilson]

Outstanding!

[@RegularHuman]

Truth!!! So come on sue them!!!

[@elanachanel]

Well said ✊

[@marjankeuzenkamp7397]

Just show the speech of the late Rabbi Sacks, he gave in London Trafalgar Square, London 2022. It explains it all and so veraciously even now!

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Sorry, 2002! Support from the Netherlands!

[@firenight6143]

Never again is NOW!

[@catwoman2582]

Love this guy!

[@Tvaleriya]

Could listen to Rep. Armstrong all day long 🇺🇸❤

[@rosamundmartin752]

These students don't seem to understand the hypocrisy of taking a degree from a university they totally disrespect - may it backfire on them and their not so glorious futures, because their actions are coming back to bite them

[@Noobnoob-rx1ym]

How can you stick free speech public and crimes in the same sentence?

[@joel4535]

Thank you Mr Armstrong . You suppose the gov. elite heard any of the presentation?

[@igotta9]

Whose financing the campus thuggery and why isn't that a part of the discussion?

[@michaellim8601]

Evil soros and qatar

[@drdonna4915]

Qatar Iran (with our tax dollars Biden paid them) Saudis

[@sharonconstan8234]

This is powerful

[@Anisky123]

Did anyone see the video of a guy asking Google about the holocaust? Google repeatedly states it doesn’t understand. Then he asks about the “Nakba” and gets an entire Wikipedia article read. WTH?!?

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Is no longer the case

[@janbaer3241]

The Nakba is a commemoration of the loss by the Arab armies in their efforts to commit Genocide when they declared war on Holocaust survivors.

[@TheLoyalpain]

​@@janbaer3241it's to mark their disgrace at losing a war they started

[@brittanyobrien7070]

Bunch of I’ll informed rich elite children playing advocacy when they have NO skin in the game. It’s them just making themselves feel they make a difference. They feel they are untouchable because they are just that from wealthy non-touchable. Tired of this government they are nothing but expensive actors we allow to have full access to OUR money to play games with.

[@madianalino1619]

God bless you !! ❤

[@James-dv3dl]

Its not their speech, they break laws

[@critcalreader4160]

Wow. Finally, a clear answer.

[@DrewD76]

Perfectly said.

[@mjones4083]

That's telling the Poison Ivy League tantrum toddlers !

[@goodtimes1890]

brilliant

[@jeffspicolli593]

Excellent speech.

[@tonyprice1612]

I can’t believe I haven’t come across this guy before! He has impressed me immensely!!

Time to fight for your Constitutional rights yet?

[@17_73]

This guy really knows how to stand the truth on it's head and make the truth suit a narrative that sheds dark on the facts.

[@rep3e4]

Well said

[@aarikk]

If you close your eyes, it's like Steve Carrel is speaking

[@haroosudra7758]

Bravo

[@ellenkraminski5638]

Amazing speech, thank you

[@GenericHandle666]

We have the Patriot Act for this kind of thing.

[@MsValiG]

and that's why we need none of these jerks to rule us. vote them out!

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What were the Dates these came out ?

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Powerful

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Incredible 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Wow... Rep. Kelly Armstrong - Kudos!

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BRAVO...!!! 🇿🇦

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Tell em !!!!

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Support Israel 🙏🙏

[@jeffreybernstein9053]

Incredibly well said! Profoundly appreciate your articulate and intelligent support.

[@justjuiceitbaby]

This guy is too smart for a politician. Jesus that was great

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And these mob protestors are such cowards.

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[@shlomtzi84]

Plain, Simple

[@craigmoye2322]

This man is on fire, there is no rebuttal for this

[@MichaelCarroll-pv1mk]

Has any of you ever protested anything in public?

[@samstelly8815]

What cracks me up is the term Palestinian comes from the Philistines who are considered people from the sea. So how about we send Palestinians back to their homeland....the sea. How is it their homeland if they are considered settling from elsewhere? "The Philistines originated as an immigrant group from the Aegean that settled in Canaan circa 1175 BC during the Late Bronze Age collapse."

[@sandrarhoades2497]

I had a black lady literally threaten mewith abat

[@donnb8171]

This man is spot on

[@Afinati]

I marched with protestors of all the major faith traditions at Harvard on a Friday in May. I finished my master's degree from there last spring, but my parents are a construction worker and nurse who didn't graduate high school. The most I've made in a year is $28,000. I have seen murder, suffered extreme physical trauma, and am quite familiar with dangerous environments and crime from childhood. I have degrees in political science and history; all this was paid for in large part by the state of Indiana and the federal government, obviously not by me or my parents. Disability is a real wage suppressor. Now, you might think that all was wasted based on my political affiliation or maybe even my financial performance. How Puritan of you! For my part, reading these comments and watching that farcical hearing, I'm again baffled at how little of the DNA of our country's democratic, civic, and liberal heritage manages to join that Protestant flint. It's sobering, really, how tenuously we hold our collective privileges of freedom of expression, organization, and protest and how pressing groupthink and authoritarianism are. That your comments do not properly weigh the severity of Israeli crimes, the diversity of protestors, or the questionable legitimacy of state violence is disheartening to say the least. I come from English/Scottish stock. My family has lived in northern Indiana for several generations. They'd be Methodists if the general wear of the Rust Belt hadn't stripped poor folks of communitarianism in their religious lives. This is all to say that the only dogs I have in the fight for Palestinian liberation are America's deep complicity and my own human values. As the kids say, don't @ me.

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Who is this guy? I like what hes saying 👏

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This is what happens when you teach CRT. DEI. LGBTQ. Not history

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United States of Israhell!

[@MrHatQ]

Fearmongering bull

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That's odd, the 'like' button on this video is disabled.

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From the hamas to the islam? An evil flow?

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Why was my daddy born