Rich Lowry provocatively titled a recent column, “Brace Yourself: If Donald Trump Beats Joe Biden, the Left Will Disturb the Country Again.” no kidding! For Trump's left-wing enemies, “saving democracy doesn't mean playing by the rules at all costs and letting voters decide elections and the fate of the next president,” Lowry said. No, that means stopping Trump by any means necessary, regardless of the impact on the rule of law, democratic politics, or faith in our system of government. ”
Lowry, who has made a name for himself in recent years by unabashedly bashing Trump, tried to be fair in his disdain. For example, he argues that the left “of course [Trump’s] We talked about his behavior after the 2020 election and how he's branding his return to politics a revenge trip. ” Lowry seemed upset by that, too. Robert Kagan's accusations The Washington Post said, “President Trump has brought the United States to the brink of dictatorship.''
Joe Biden's team is already trying to build a presidential campaign around the “January 6th insurrection,” ranting against the new Hitler who incited this supposed threat to American democracy .
Still, Lowry advised using “standard tools of political organization and persuasion” to defeat Trump. Taking any more drastic action does not sit well with this critic, at least for now.
Let me excerpt parts of Laurie's commentary that ring true to me. There is certainly a high possibility that the left will go crazy if Trump makes a screeching return to the presidency. Lowry is certainly right that “this response will make the pro-Hamas protests that disrupted campuses and disrupted transportation across the country seem small in comparison.” Consider the George Floyd riots. However, the scale is such that even that is dwarfed.
And the left will also organize across other hollowed-out former Western constitutional democracies (such as Germany and Canada) to channel dissatisfaction with American voters. I expect to see our cities go up in flames as race-baiting Democratic politicians incite mob violence.
As in the case of the George Floyd riots, the corporate media here and elsewhere in the Western world has justified the violence as “righteous indignation” and blamed “MAGA Republicans” for it when things really get out of hand. will be forced upon.
This organized violence would be justified on the basis Kagan cited: that Trump's victory would amount to a fascist takeover of “our democracy.” European leaders have been denouncing this danger for months, deploring the resurgence of populism on the continent.
Unfortunately, the right here and in Europe cannot match the weapons the left has, especially its control of education, mass media, and political administration. And the disadvantages that plague our side in this country also negatively affect the sympathies of other Western countries.
Most importantly, the left is convinced to launch violence and the media to justify their actions and blame it on “racists,” “homophobes,” and “right-wing populists.” It's possible.
The largely spontaneous violence of 2020's Summer of Love, the ongoing Portland riots, and the subsequent systematic attempts to intimidate and bully uncooperative politicians and Supreme Court justices. In this attempt, we will see the work of the left.
Joe Biden's team is already trying to build a presidential campaign around the “January 6th insurrection,” predictably launching a rant against the new Hitler who incited this supposed threat to American democracy. I'm vomiting. Of course, the far greater violence unleashed by the left has simply been covered up by the media and a fully weaponized Justice Department.
In this escalating conflict, the right (or non-left) is always at a disadvantage. Only the adversary is permitted to physically intimidate or use violence against the adversary, but any attempt by the targeted person to defend themselves in a similar manner is prohibited. , denounced as “racist” or “neo-Nazi” by the mass media and the permanent state. Police trying to protect victims of the politically incorrect know that they will not receive the same level of support as their leftist allies. Borders will remain open, allowing millions of illegal aliens into the country, and the left will co-opt them into the continued takeover.
The overthrow of this constitutional government by woke globalist capitalists, cultural radicals, and entrenched political management can only be described as bleak. But more importantly, find people who resist it. There is a significant populist backlash in the United States, and resistance is still possible, even leading to the election of a CEO worried that Mr. Lowry will go on a “revenge tour.”
Even if there is a “revenge tour,” no matter how destructive the left's actions and whatever forms of violence it engages in, it must be systematic and sustained. It is foolish to believe that our problems will be solved by waging an unholy war on norms by installing another interim Republican government that will finish its term before the left returns (assuming it eventually leaves). . Vivek Ramaswamy's proposal to fire three-quarters of the federal bureaucracy is a good start.
But purges and funding cuts have to go much further to have any meaning. And if leftists take to the streets as expected, the consequences will be dire.
