The Mob

No, this is not a post about the Italian Mafia. Although, there are definite similarities with the threats and intimidation. A friend who is a retired police officer likens them to a criminal gang. However, having grown up in New Jersey, I believe "The Mob" is a more accurate description. We are already well past De Niro's "Fuck Trump" on live TV at the Tony Awards. We are past Samantha Bee and the "C" word. We are well past Hillary's "basket of deplorables."

We are past the name calling and cursing. Now, we are at incitement. Peter Fonda expressed that he would like to see "Barron Trump ripped from his mother's arms and put in a cage with pedophiles." Maxine Waters, Dem. Rep. from California, said this at a weekend rally in Los Angeles: "If you see anybody from that (Trump's) Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere." Not welcome anywhere? What does that mean? They need to leave the country? Maybe, they need to be dead?

Waters continued on MSNBC: "the people are going to turn on them, they're going to protest, they're going to absolutely harass them." Waters is not the only one to think this way. When DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson was dining out last week, a Mob accosted her, yelling "shame," and "if kids don't eat in peace, you don't eat in peace." On Friday, the Mob was outside her home yelling "no justice, no sleep." And: "Secretary Nielson and everyone else who has carried out these brutal and cold-blooded orders (at the border), to rip apart families should never be allowed to eat and drink in public again."

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave, with her family, from the Red Hen restaurant in Virginia, because the restaurant has "certain standards." Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had to leave a movie theater after a Mob shouted at her about immigration and health care. And, in case you have any doubt about what the Mob thinks of you, here's MSNBC commentator Donny Deutsch: "We can no longer say Trump's the bad guy. If you vote for Trump, you're the bad guy. If you vote for Trump, you are ripping children from parents' arms." Don't we lock up bad guys? Is that what they want for 63 million Trump voters?

The Mob has been upset for quite some time, most often when they have been unable to get their policies enacted through the democratic process. Like all Mobs, they really do not believe in democracy. So, when democracy did not work for them, they litigated. They sued, and tried to shut down businesses that did not adhere to their agenda. Now, we are past that. Now, we are at outright harassment and intimidation. I am inclined to say that ultimately these tactics will result in violence. When you get in someone's face, sooner or later they will push back.

However, we are even past the possibility of violence. Recall last year a Trump hater shot up a Congressional Republican baseball practice, nearly fatally wounding Rep. Steve Scalise, and also wounding two Capitol Police officers and other staffers. Here are some comments from the shooter's Facebook page. "Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy." "It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co."

And let's not forget, like the other Mob, this Mob hates the police also. Obama and his AG Eric Holder, had a war on cops. (By way of comparison, Trump has a war on criminal gangs.) Wikileaks has published the names of over 9000 former and current employees of ICE. I cannot see any legitimate reason for doing so. Do they want harm to come to the people who protect us? Democratic Congress members now want to eliminate one entire police force - ICE. They want to eliminate the agency that protects our borders, our safety and our sovereignty. (As an aside, "sovereignty" is a word you will never hear from democrats nor read in the mainstream media. They do not believe in national sovereignty.) The measure to eliminate ICE either has been or will be introduced by Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). So what if drugs, criminal gang members and terrorists get in to our country? It is the police who are the bad guys, as far as The Mob is concerned.

By now, I am sure you have figured out who The Mob is - it is the Democratic Party. They may not have hired hit men, but in every other way they resemble The Mob. The harassment. The intimidation. The threats. And the very real possibility of violence by both their actions and their war on police. I don't belong to The Mob. Do you?