It was a prime time TV address to the nation, which the White House press secretary assured us would not be political. Except, it was totally political. And what was up with that dark red background? And why were two Marines standing behind Biden, flanking him on either side. It is not completely unprecedented to have a military presence at a presidential address, but it is quite rare when it is not a military related speech. Recall how the Dems and the media were apoplectic when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs appeared with Trump in Lafayette Park.
Notwithstanding the dozen or more times Biden mentioned "unity" and "together" in his inaugural address, this speech was the antithesis of his inaugural speech. But it should not have been surprising to anyone. The Democrats have been making an all out assault on the Republican Party this year. First, we have the made for TV prime time January 6 committee hearings. Second, we had the raid on Mar-a-lago. Third, we had the Dems spending 44 million dollars to support Republican candidates in various primaries. That's right, they are supporting MAGA Republicans, in the hope that they can be easily defeated. It would be rather ironic if their cynical and unprecedented ploy backfired on them, and they helped elect candidates they believe are a threat to the country. Fourth, we now have Biden's anti-Republican speech. All of these things have been coordinated with one end in mind - keeping the Democrats in power.
I don't care that Biden said that the majority of Republicans are not MAGA Republicans, because the overall tenor of the speech was to tell the country how bad all Republicans are. Biden did not define who the MAGA Republicans are. However, as one example, he mentioned abortion rights early on, and said the MAGA Republicans wanted to take our country backwards. But all those Republicans who voted for Trump in 2016, and helped him get elected, meant they also helped get three conservative Justices appointed to the Supreme Court. And those Justices were instrumental in overturning Roe v. Wade. So, to make my point, Biden was certainly implying that all Republicans who voted for Trump (tens of millions of Americans) are responsible for overturning Roe.
There were many times, and many ways, that Biden made it clear just how dangerous he thinks Republicans are to democracy and to the country. In other words, "keep us Democrats in power because we are the good guys." He said the MAGA Republicans are "extreme," and "embrace anger," and "thrive on chaos," and "are destroying American democracy." Here are a couple of my favorites. The MAGA Republicans "do not believe in the rule of law," and "they refuse to accept the results of a free election." I could write pages in rebuttal to all this nonsense. But I'll focus on the last two quotes.
MAGA Republicans do not believe in the rule of law? Do we not have laws regarding our territorial sovereignty? President Trump did everything in his power to protect our borders. And, upon taking office, President Biden did all that he could to reverse Trump's policies. He decided that America could easily deal with another couple million people. He said so during the campaign. But he doesn't make the laws. Congress does. His job is to enforce those laws. By intentionally ignoring the border issue, Biden has so far allowed nearly five million people to enter the country since he assumed office. Biden decided he would forgive a certain amount of student debt, which will cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars. Why isn't that a decision for Congress to make?
Who doesn't respect the rule of law? Remember when Speaker Pelosi referred to federal agents protecting federal buildings in Portland as "stormtroopers." It was so outrageous that Attorney General Barr said it was putting FBI agents at risk. The rule of law? Remember when Senator Schumer threatened Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. Chief Justice Roberts felt it necessary to make a rare rebuke of a politician, by calling Schumer's "threatening statements inappropriate," and added "they are dangerous." The rule of law? How about Maxine Waters saying "I will go and take Trump out tonight." The rule of law? Here is the Democrats' 2016 VP candidate, Tim Kaine, saying that "we've got to...fight in the streets." And where were the Dems during the rioting and looting and destruction in the summer of 2020? Apparently they did not care that much about the loss of life, the injuries and the two billion dollars in property damage, as the Dems stayed mostly silent. The rule of law was obviously not an issue for them.
Now let's focus on MAGA Republicans not accepting election results. Biden said this: "Democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election - either they win or they were cheated." Hillary Clinton never accepted that she lost the 2016 election. She called Trump an "illegitimate president." John Lewis called Trump an "illegitimate president." Nancy Pelosi said "our election was hijacked. There is no question." Over 60 House Democrats refused to attend Trump's inauguration because, you know, he was not a legitimate president.
Clinton, not accepting that she lost, said this: "I don't know that we'll ever know what happened," and then referred to the "many varying tactics they used, from voter suppression and voter purging to hacking to the false stories..." So many possibilities. Except for one - that she actually lost the election. What was that Biden said: "either they win or they were cheated." The Democrats never, and I mean never, accepted Trump as the President. Not simply by their words, but by the 2 1/2 years of the phony Russian collusion story, and the four years of non-stop harassment of a sitting president. And, at least one site reported that, while at a campaign stop, one woman said to Biden that Trump was an "illegitimate president in my mind." Biden was reported to have replied to the many things this woman said about Trump: "I absolutely agree."
I cannot imagine that anyone still believes that Biden is a unifier. Was Trump divisive? I said so in the blog. But, Biden has now become the divider in chief. The difference is, Biden promised to be a unifier. But that was just one of the many lies that have been told by Biden throughout his political career.
MAGA Mike
