Public reports – including in Axios and MSNBC – confirm Democrats, such as Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Joe Morelle (D-NY), are actually preparing not to certify a Trump victory. What does that tell you?
First, they have no respect for the constitutional process, whatever they may say. When those obsessed with impeaching Trump – to block his running again – completed that disgraceful, undemocratic process, damaging our Constitution, they got a big surprise. It did not matter.
“We the People” decide who we want – and have since the Republic’s start – not “they the rulers.” We make the decisions about who will run, who will be elected, and who will be certified – not they.
Next, this show of utter disrespect for the People and process, pre-election audacity to threaten us, is just a naked attack, a bold threat not to be lawful when that is required, not to accept losing if they lose, not to accept a democratic outcome, not to respect the core principles of the nation.
Their uncontested statements, which other Democrats find fine, tell you how little Democrats respect our Constitution. They see it – as with abusing impeachment – as means to an end, power.
Third, what does it tell you – in a way that no conservative voter could – when you hear this kind of attack, this preload for political defiance – so early in the process? Before early voting in many places, before ballots are cast, collected, counted, way before election day? The goal is to intimidate voters, set the table for political violence, preemptively delegitimize Donald Trump – all over again.
Despicable behavior is one phrase for it. Dark, disingenuous, dangerous, and anti-democratic is a better one. That leading Democrats, quietly supported by others, dare to push preemptive delegitimization is scary. They have allowed their respect for law to die, hate and power to win.
Fourth, the obvious question – beyond these Democrats’ lack of respect for our constitutional process, being the hypocrites they claim not to be, and this awkward attempt at public intimidation, sowing public fear, and preloading their agitating followers for anti-Trump violence – is this: Why?
The answer seems fairly obvious, but let’s say it: Democrats watched as every effort to stop Americans from being heard failed. The 2016 lies to stop Trump’s election failed, because he spoke to the American heart, spoke about individual liberty, national security, economy, families.
The mindbogglingly expensive and distracting Russia collusion allegations, which showed abuse of power by Justice, FBI, FISA, Clinton campaign, and Obama White House, roundly failed.
The two impeachments failed to slow the American people from trusting Trump – to reign in a runaway government – an open border, suppressed energy, socialist power-consolidation, heavy–handed mandates, attacks on free speech, worship, self-defense, morally indefensible attacks on parents, overspending, debt, inflation, major damage from illegal drugs to unaffordable housing.
The breathtaking abuse of power by the Democrat Department of Justice, going after the former president with false charges on documents and a speech, open violations of the 4th amendment, surging on his house with 30 armed intruders, trying to get him bankrupted, jailed, and somehow dirtied up enough to stop his election victory – even pushing illegal voting – are likely all to fail.
What is left? After two assassination attempts, which this former president miraculously survived, after trying to delegitimize everything about him, they are still left with the truth: People want him.
In short, The People have had it with this Democrat debacle, a hopefully fleeting experiment with Marxist-Maoist power concentration. They want their liberties back, their public safety, economic security, families, kids, schools, safe streets, place in the world, and lives back.
What this attack – preemptive threat not to certify Trump – really means can be put into one sentence: Trump is likely to win, possibly win big, ending the Marxist run – which terrifies them. Their last idea? One they invented to attack Trump: Go with the insurrection, don’t certify his win.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, attorney, and naval intelligence officer (USNR). He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (2018), and is National Spokesman for AMAC.
