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Throughout the 2024 campaign, Democrats insisted that we simply had to vote for Kamala Harris or else the nation would descend into the fascist rule of Bad Orange Man, the most dangerous enemy of “our democracy” since the reigns of terror of his good friends and role models Adolf Hitler and Genghis Khan. It was all bunkum, of course, and an extended use of the old tactic of accusing the enemy of what they were guilty of doing, as it was the Biden-Harris regime that took actual steps to criminalize opposition to its policies. And now, even after their disastrous electoral defeat, the defenders of democracy are still hatching plans to subvert the will of the people and prevent Donald Trump from returning to the Oval Office.
The Daily Caller reported recently that political analyst Mark Halperin has warned that “as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, efforts to block him from assuming office will intensify.” As prophecies go, this is an easy one, more on the order of “The sun will rise tomorrow morning” than, say, “The Chicago White Sox will win the 2025 World Series.” As the great leftist-turned-patriot David Horowitz correctly noted, “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.” And so the most suitable response to Halperin’s prediction can only be “Well, duh.”
The Caller pointed out that “in a Thursday column for The Hill, liberal attorneys Evan Davis and David Schulte argued that Congress can still prevent Trump from taking office on Jan. 20 by rejecting electoral votes on Jan. 6, claiming Trump is disqualified under the 14th Amendment.” As our friend Matt Margolis noted, also on Thursday, Davis and Schulte don’t “cover much new ground.” Their column “references Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies individuals who have engaged in insurrection from holding office, despite the fact that Trump did no such thing. Heck, he hasn’t even been charged with such an offense, and when you consider the fact that rogue left-wing prosecutors have charged him with all sorts of made-up crimes, that says something.”
Still, the fact that leftists are still floating this 14th Amendment nonsense indicates that they’re still trying to figure out some way to prevent Trump from walking back into the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2025. Halperin observed: “It seems ill-timed, not just not in the spirit of the holiday season, but also given where we are in the transition cycle … we’re gonna see more of this. I think the left has been a little bit shocked by the election results. And I think as the reality of January 20th gets closer, I think you’ll see more opinionizing just like this.”
Halperin maintained that in scheming to thwart the will of the people, leftists were simply acting in accord with the will of the people. Asked why The Hill ran such an article, he answered: “I try not to speculate on people’s motives if I don’t have reporting, so I don’t really know. But again, The Hill likes to get attention, so that could be part of it. But it also reflects a point of view that’s held by tens of millions of Americans … I think that you’re gonna see more manifestations like this as we get closer to inauguration day.”
The problem is that leftists have floated this insurrection business before, and gotten nowhere. As Matt pointed out, Trump hasn’t been convicted of leading or supporting an insurrection. In fact, he hasn’t even been charged with doing so, and the Democrats certainly would have done so if they had thought they could get away with it. Many people don’t believe that what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, was an insurrection at all. Thus if Trump were really barred from taking office on those grounds, it would be a case of leftists going way out on a limb on the basis of a tangle of unsupported and highly partisan assertions.
Would they dare to do that? Sure. After all, where would any possible pushback come from? The military, the Justice Department, and the intelligence community have all been thoroughly corrupted and politicized. The establishment media would go into overdrive to hail the ringleaders of this scheme as heroes who saved democracy from the evil fascist.
Could it happen? Sure. Is it likely? Absolutely not. It is heartening that America doesn’t appear so far gone that the left thinks it could get away with pulling off such a caper. Nevertheless, it would be wise to be wary, and watch events closely leading up to Jan. 20. These people have thrown everything they could at Trump for eight years, and he is, to their dismay, still standing. They’re not likely to give up now and sing the praises of a functional republic with a loyal opposition.
It’s depressing to think that our govt has descended into comical stunts reminiscent of Gomer Pyle running after Barney Fife while wagging his finger and shouting, “Citizen’s Arrest, Citizen’s Arrest!”
I would remind all involved that there is no such thing as American democracy.. America is a constitutional republic. Not the same thing. If the Left succeeds in convincing the right to get rid of the electoral college then America will be a democracy all future presidents will be elected by large population states and everyone else might as well stay home, e.g. N. Dakota..
A much needed article. There is clearly a dimension of the Democommunist Party that is composed of insidious manipulators. Do not — please— do not assume that there are no evil plots in play. Continue in thanksgiving for DJT’s election and in prayer for a dignified and timely taking of office.
The D-Bags will never give up their campaign against America. They’re the anti-American party of evil and revel in it.
Smash their faces whenever they mouth up. Don’t put up with them. They’re WEAK. We’re strong.
This is why I advocate that there should be no political “parties”. Every politician should run on his own merit, independently, clear down to the state level. And I don’t mean with aid from the “independent party”. I just said there should be no political parties.
The people who voted for Trump will go to Washington DC and force Congress to approve the Trump presidency.
And that will be labeled an insurrection and martial law will be invoked.
H1B Visas, Mike Johnson and his stupid bill, idiot 14th amendment plays, and the only thing missing is a latter day Russia Russia Hoax based on a phony document from Hillary.
It’s like Trump never left and the idiot demon Dems didn’t learn a thing. TDS is alive and well.
I HOPE THEY TRY! “TURN ON THE LIGHTS TO EXPOSE THE COCKROACHES AND THEN STEP ON THEM!”
Right this minute they are engaged in emptying the Treasury from billions of $ that it doesn’t have, issuing new rules and regulations and pardoning criminals on their side. Maybe they are trying to start WW3. They are doing their “best” to make sure that Trump cannot govern, or that there is nothing left to govern.
“They” should be careful not to incite a civil war. It has happened before. Not advocating that, but just an observation.
The Democrat Jackass us way too stupid to know they lot its just they don’t like being out of Power and out of office
IMO they don’t like being out of power because their corruption is so pervasive that most of them will end up in jail when its’s exposed. Congress and the deep state have become a collection of political open sores whose stench is so painfully obvious that all the MSM lies in the country could not convince the voters. From the Clinton suicide lists to Hunter’s stupid paintings to Burisma to the ChiComs to the open borders, it’s obvious that the needs of the citizens are not a high priority to these people. Neither are election laws for that matter.
sort of like what trump did in 2021…..jan. 6. right?
The 2020 Election was Stolen by the UN, CFR. Globalists. Rosebud
ah, but don’t forget the easter bunny and the tooth fairy, those diabolical forces secretly at work to undermine King Trump.
American is a Republic not a Monarchy. Bean Brain
With two terrorist attacks separated by hours, at least two links between the suspects and the FBI already engaged in narrative building, I’d keep an eye on Inauguration Day. If the left thinks they can use a televised terrorist attack to murder President-elect Trump, declare martial law and refuse to certify a new president, they absolutely will. I put nothing past the communist left.
These 2 ” attorneys” should stick with their favorite hobby, swapping spit in the shower arguing over whose turn it is to pick the soap.
Correction that is PICK UP the soap.
They have to bend over to pick up the soap, don’t they? That’s the whole idea for those bitches. They love to take it up the ass. “Soap me up, daddy!”