Opposing the Patriot Act was once a progressive war cry. Now Democrats embrace the US Security State more than ever

Opposing the Patriot Act was once a progressive war cry.

Today Democrats embrace the U.S. Security State more than ever…@jackhunter74 for BASEDPolitics:https://t.co/TFj4L10Bx4 — Hannah Cox (@HannahDCox) September 19, 2022

From my latest at BASEDPolitics: "The dynamics of the Patriot Act debate have almost completely reversed from where they stood a decade ago.

From its inception, it was a majority of Republicans who trusted George W. Bush and Dick Cheney not to abuse these new powers and to keep the country safe, while progressives vigorously opposed it.

Now, more Democrats than ever trust the federal government not to abuse surveillance powers, and Republicans are the harshest critics of such power."

.⁦@greggutfeld⁩ rightfully worries that as the Left continues to portray Republicans as extremists and even terrorists, the PATRIOT ACT might be used against American citizens.

“What the government could do to Muslims, they could do to you.” https://t.co/gKn482019T — Jack Hunter (@jackhunter74) August 20, 2022

"Which party views the Department of Homeland Security more favorably and which does not have now almost completely switched, with Democrats embracing views that were more popular with Republicans in the Bush-Cheney era and Republicans rejecting those views."

I should note: it's not just FBI and CIA that are wildly popular with Democrats, while those US Security State agencies are regarded with skepticism by Republicans.

It's also true of the Dept of Homeland Security, created by Bush/Cheney in 2002. Dems revere it; GOP does not. pic.twitter.com/A5w4vgDIqa — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 17, 2022

I continue to be fascinated by the number of people arguing that surveillance, censorship, and secrecy are liberal values.

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) September 8, 2022

I’m trying to point out to Democrats that they’re embracing the same ideas they claimed to denounce in the Bush years - mass surveillance, secret bureaucracy, watchlisting, censorship, etc. https://t.co/ILxD8oQu7m

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) May 1, 2022

Read the entire column.