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September 17, 2023

Democrat politicians endlessly warn us about the “threat to our democracy” posed by Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans.  Of course, that claim is patently absurd on two fronts.

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First of all, as most Americans know, we live under a constitutional republic, not a democracy.  But, putting that technicality aside, presumably they’re talking about “democracy” in general terms, as opposed to a monarchy, oligarchy, or dictatorship.  They’re claiming that MAGA Republicans somehow threaten our democratic way of life and all the benefits associated with it, including the precious right to freely elect our leaders.

From that perspective, do Trump and his supporters really pose a threat to our democracy?

Democrats inevitably point to the incident at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.  They’ve managed to hype it as an armed insurrection, an attempt to overthrow our government, led by Donald Trump himself.  But during that so-called insurrection, only one shot rang out.  It came from a panicked Capitol Police officer who shot and killed an unarmed female protester, an Air Force vet.

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Rational minds have always known that the incident was no insurrection.  It was a protest by passionate Americans, outraged by the unresolved voting irregularities witnessed in the 2020 election.  Those irregularities were caused by last-minute, unconstitutional changes to voting laws introduced by Democrats.

And in the months after the protest, other underhanded Democrat maneuvers, aimed at affecting the election results, were exposed.  There was that letter signed by 51 former intelligence officers, all committed to Trump’s defeat.  It was intended to help Joe Biden’s campaign by discrediting evidence of his corruption.  After the election, one of the signatories of the letter confessed that it was conceived and orchestrated by Antony Blinken, Joe Biden’s campaign advisor at the time.

There was more evidence of censorship.  The contempt for President Trump at the upper echelon of the FBI was made crystal-clear by Peter Strzok and others.  So it was no surprise to learn that the bureau abused its power by enlisting social media to help suppress the evidence against Biden’s corruption.

It all suggests that, by and large, those involved in the January 6 incident were not insurrectionists threatening our democracy, but simply protesters defending the democratic concept of free and fair elections.  

What about the four years of Trump’s presidency?  Did any of his policies somehow threaten our democracy?  On the contrary, his “America First” agenda made our country stronger.  It was manifested through secure borders, energy independence, and a robust economy.

Now consider Joe Biden and the Democrats.