Democrats Promise to Be Violent, Sore Losers

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They aren’t even discreet about it. The threat is, vote for us or we will destroy you and burn your towns and cities.

Democrats Promise to Be Sore (and Violent) Losers

They know that the media, corporations, schools, and even churches will cheer them on.

By Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, September 17, 2020

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NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W riting in The Atlantic recently, the sober-minded commentator Shadi Hamid says, “I struggle to imagine how, beyond utter shock, millions of Democrats will process a Trump victory.” For Democrats, having failed to cope with the 2016 election, and believing the polls that show a solid Joe Biden lead, another shock Trump win would “provoke mass disillusion with electoral politics as a means of change — at a time when disillusion is already dangerously high.” And it would lead decent folks astray. They would seek remedies “outside the political process, including through nonpeaceful means,” though, “not necessarily out of hope but out of despair.”

Don’t notice the gleam in the arsonist’s eye, he’s really just heartbroken over the fate of the Biden-Harris ticket!

Given Hamid’s premises, why bother even having the election? Why not find a peaceful but extralegal procedure to make Joe Biden president right this second? We could relieve the whole nation of the suspense of what Democrats will do if once again they’ve nominated someone who can’t beat one of the most broadly unpopular political figures of modern times.

The Consequences of Biden

For what it’s worth, like Hamid, I’m worried about post-election violence. But my view of the causes is slightly different. Hamid says, “Losers of elections need to believe that they can win the next time around. Otherwise their incentives to play the spoiler increase.” Okay, true enough.

He also says that “the anxiety gripping the two parties is asymmetric.” Joe Biden is a moderate Democrat, he says, and therefore theoretically more acceptable to Republicans, whereas Donald Trump “represents the nativist wing of an already nativist Republican Party.” His conclusion: Biden should win for reasons of civic peace.

Video: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/2020-election-democrats-promise-to-be-sore-violent-losers/?jwsource=cl

Now leave aside the claims of leftists, including Obama, that Joe Biden has become much more progressive in his current campaign. And let’s leave aside the question of whether Donald Trump is actually a moderate or liberal Republican on issues such as federal welfare spending. Hamid fails in his analysis because he is unwilling or unable to see things from the other side. Maybe it’s time to practice empathy.

What if the anxiety gripping the parties was asymmetric in the other direction? Conservatives don’t see politics as just a matter of elective office, but of power generally. And they notice that the major corporations, Hollywood and pop culture, academia, what’s left of mainstream media, most local institutions, the leadership class of their own movements through the years, and even their own churches are substantially to their left politically. They also notice that progressives notch major political and cultural wins even from conservative elites, and even following conservative victories.

Hamid might have noticed that conservative activism was born over “despair” of the sort he describes. It was born of the observation that even winning elections wasn’t enough to secure political victories. Instead of the Electoral College or the Senate, conservatives had to face the more inscrutable Supreme Court, which for years overturned conservative legislation and enacted progressive victories that had no chance of receiving a democratic mandate. Conservatives’ response was to double down on electoral strategies, making an explicit case that they needed to win elections to reform the judiciary. Why didn’t conservatives simply pout and threaten to abandon the democratic process altogether, as Hamid admits liberals are wont to do?

Perhaps because conservatives then, as now, knew on which side of the divide the institutional and oligarchic power landed. Progressives feel secure in making all but open threats of violence and revolution because they know that the heads of domestic security agencies are on their side, they know that the most powerful voices in media and academia are at the ready to craft apologies for their violence. And they know that their reputations will be restored or even burnished after committing violence on behalf of their causes.

The modern American conservative movement was a populist and democratic movement because it had to be. The modern Left knows where its power lies as well — with the already powerful.

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Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
3 years ago

They are not in their Reich mind / sarc off

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

Oh yes they are. Antifa and BLM are today’s Brown and Black Shirts policy enforcers.

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago

Election day is too close to get this done anyway. The Senate can choose a new justice until Jan 20th. And if Trump wins in November, then there is no justification to delay. A new conservative Justice could prove helpful in resolving election disputes, and those are very likely.comment image

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago

Since SCOTUS is now minus one liberal member, the balance still shifts in favor of conservatives, no matter what the Dems do.comment image

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

No it doesn’t. John Roberts is the unpredictable one. Worst case is it will be TIE at the Supreme Court and the lower court decison would stand.

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Still, without Ginsburg, the balance has shifted in our favor.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Oh no, it’s doable.

Turtle vowed to make it happen. It also doesn’t take long to do an investigation on a nominee. Once it gets out of committee after their recomendation, then it goes to the Senate for a vote LIndsey heads the committee and we have a slim majority on it.

Judiciary, Chairman = Lindsey Graham!

The Committee on the Judiciary is responsible for overseeing the nominations process of all federal judges for the circuit and district courts as well as justices nominated to the Supreme Court. Other key areas of responsibility are immigration and naturalization, state and territory boundary lines and civil liberties. The Committee also oversees all federal courts, including civil and criminal courts. The Judiciary Committee has one of the broadest jurisdictions in the Senate, and covers areas ranging from criminal justice to antitrust and intellectual property law.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

That is becoming a big IF. Pa and Michigan just ruled AGAINST Trump on the mail in ballot issue. This is not good and must be taken further. Both have DEM governors and as you know, through mail in voting can EASILY steal the election.

Grassley should behave himself and stay with the party. It’s Romney, Murkowski and Collins that are the problematic ones.

Gretchen Esther Whitmer Michigan – she hates Trump!comment image

Tranny Levine and Gov. Wolf of PA.
The tranny is the Secretary of Health – LOL!

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DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I agree, it won’t be easy, and it might get rough. But it’s better to have a new conservative Justice on SCOTUS, if possible.

ed
ed
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Of those two….the tranny has b@lls…..Gov Wolf does NOT.

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago

Why are they called “progressives”? Socialist/Marxists/Communists yes, but why progressives? What is so progressive of being told what to think, what you are allowed to think and say, and to take from one person and give it to another and not call it theft?

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

Because ‘Democratic Socialists’ are inherently gradualists, dedicated to gradually implementing full socialism. That is the dictionary definition of democratic socialism. So they “Progressively” make things worse. It’s like progressive dementia.

Michael Garfinkel
Michael Garfinkel
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

They’re called “Progressives” because they want to be.

The term “Progressive” was in vogue at the turn of the Twentieth century – and it meant pretty much what the word implies. Progressive policies were influential in creating the laws that forbade child labor, enhancing safety in the workplace, etc. – policies that were beneficial at the time.

The modern left has appropriated the term – after all, it sounds a lot better than Stalinist, Communist, or Marxist – which is what they are.

turkeychoker
turkeychoker
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

Shame ! you sound like a racist,homophobe,islamaphobe,climate change denier,white supremeist,anti womens rights,right wing extremeist, wingnut. I`ll bet you even think you have rights. (HA ! says I.) You will bow down, you will become a slave to the state for the greater good.”From each according to his ability,to each,according to his need”. To bad I won`t be in the re-education camp with you, I`ll fight the leftists anyway they choose,and a few ways of my own. So, I don`t expect to live to make it to the camp.

volksnut
volksnut
3 years ago
Reply to  stephen5970

Started with woodrow wilson – father of the Federal Reserve as well as a major force in pushing for the failed ” league of Nations ” the forerunner of the current failure the UN after ” The War to end ALL WARS ” which was in and of itself an EGREGIOUS FAILURE if it was supposed to be the end of global conflgration – as it really just sowed the seeds of the next one 20 odd years later..

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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
3 years ago

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felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Just like they rigged the election for burnt out Biden, they will do the same for mail in voting!
Depending on the next level of court outcomes, the ballot issue may go to the Supreme Court.

For a quick vote, Mitch will need RINOs support. The three predictable unstable RINOS are Romney, Collins and Murkowski. They need to remember they are REPUBLICANS for a change. This is another fate decider for the U.S.! It’s more important than their over sized egos.

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

McConnell Says Senate Will Vote On Supreme Court Pick
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/18/mcconnell-says-senate-will-vote-supreme-court/
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he will force a vote on whomever President Trump nominates to fill the seat of Ginsburg.
There is a lot of blah-blah about the logic of this, but 2 issues prevail:
1. If the party situation was reversed, the Democrats would certainly proceed to pick a a new Justice ASAP. So their opinions on the logic are irrelevant, the Dems ignore logic.

2. McConnell is wasting energy explaining why he delayed a decision on Gorsuch until Trump took office, but he is now acting immediately on the Ginsburg replacement. The best answer it that the USA is nearing a constitutional crises, and SCOTUS must have all hands on deck.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

You can depend always depend on DEMS to be self serving over being logical. DEMS stand logic on its head.

Mitch isn’t going to waste time on this one – 45 days till the election – and I don’t think Lindsey will either. Lindsey is up for re-election and heads the Judiciary Committee.

Mitch explained it this way –

“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise,” McConnell continued. “Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.”

McConnell added that “by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary.”

Mitch is being accused of hypocrisy –

Speaking to Fox News last year, McConnell suggested his stance was not hypocritical — because in 2020, Republicans would control both the White House and the Senate, unlike Democrats in 2016, who controlled only the White House.

“You have to go back to 1880s to find the last time a Senate controlled by a party different from the president filled a vacancy on the Supreme Court that was created in the middle of a presidential election year,” McConnell told Fox News.

“Once again, we will keep our promise,” he said. “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-supreme-court-nominee-vote-floor

Senate Judicary members –

Republicans

1. Lindsey Graham (SC) Chairman
2. Chuck Grassley (IA)
3. John Cornyn (TX)
4. Michael S. Lee (UT
5. Ted Cruz (TX)
6. Ben Sasse (NE)
7. Joshua D. Hawley (MO)
8. Thom Tillis (NC)
9. Joni Ernst (IA)
10. Mike Crapo (ID)
11. John Kennedy (LA
12. Marsha Blackburn (TN)

Demoncrappers –

1. Dianne Feinstein
2. Patrick Leahy (VT)
3. Dick Durbin (IL)Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
4. Amy Klobuchar (MN)
5. Christopher A. Coons (DE)
6. Richard Blumenthal (CT)
7. Mazie Hirono (HI)
8. Cory Booker (NJ)
9. Kamala Harris (CA)

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Hey Felix, yes, I hope they get it done before November. But if not, we still have a good chance to get it done before Jan 20. As you know, it must be done by then, because the Dems will try to delay the count so long that the election is undecided by Jan20, so Pelosi can grab the Presidency. SCOTUS may well be called upon to enforce the Constitution before Jan 20, to prevent that take-over.

I tell you, Bolivia politics look very calm compared to this.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

If that is the case…the other side maybe feeling the same way after being pent up. Then the white gloves will start coming off. There has been extremem restraint shown to them. We can NOT have Harris or Biden as President!

The three RINOS, Romney, Collins and Murkowski need to remember they are REPUBLICANS for a change as Mitch puts a vote forward to replace her. This is another fate decider for the U.S.! It’s more important than their over sized egos.

DemocracyRules2
DemocracyRules2
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Romney says he will vote. Murkowksi, Grassley and Collins are holdouts. But once Trump wins in November, their resistance will eveaproate. And we need someone before Jan 20 so they can opine on Democrat election cheating maneuvers.

Kuffar
Kuffar
3 years ago

When the first brick was thrown, when the first match was lit, when the first statue was pulled down, they should have been STOPPED.

ed
ed
3 years ago
Reply to  Kuffar

You are ABSOLUTELY right !!

gfmucci .
gfmucci .
3 years ago

A slight modification to the “pawn shop in Chicago” song, aka “Golden Ring”…

In a pawn shop in Chicago
On a sunny summer day
A couple gazes at the many bricks
Near there on display

She smiles ‘n’ nods her head
As he says, “Honey that’s for you
It’s not much, but it’s the best
That I can do”

Heavy bricks, with one tiny little stone
Waiting there, for someone to help you throw real soon
By itself, it’s just a cold and heavy thing
Only hate can make us really want to fling

In a little commy building, later on that afternoon
An old Bill Ayers plays that old familiar tune
Tears roll down his cheeks and happy thoughts run through his head
As he whispers low, with this brick, do as I said.
_______________________

Anyway, I could go on, but you get the gist.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

It’s not a given we will keep the Senate!

Thirty-five of the 100 Senate seats are up for reelection. The GOP will have to defend more Senate seats than Democrats. As of now, there will be 23 Republican Senate seats on the line, while Democrats will only need to protect 12 seats. The winners of those seats will serve a six-year term from January 3, 2021, until January 3, 2027.

Republicans

Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia)
Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)
Steve Daines (R-Montana)
Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
Cory Gardner (R-Colorado)
Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)

Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) — Hyde-Smith was appointed by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Thad Cochran who resigned due to health issues. She competed in the 2018 special election to fill the term. CNN projects the race will go to a runoff. Hyde-Smith will compete against Democratic challenger Mike Espy since no candidate received 50% of the vote total. The contest will take place on Tuesday, November 27. A full six-year term election will be held in 2020.
James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma)

Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) — It is expected that there will be an open special election in 2020 for the seat because Kyl has said he will not run in 2020. A full six-year term election will take place in 2022.

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
David Perdue (R-GA)
Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota)
Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska)
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina)

Philip
Philip
3 years ago

They’re all for themselves. We’re all for each other.

RebelFred
RebelFred
3 years ago

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RebelFred
RebelFred
3 years ago

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ed
ed
3 years ago
Reply to  RebelFred

GOOD one, RebelFred !!

RebelFred
RebelFred
3 years ago
Reply to  ed

At this point I think this picture explains it all, are going to remain a Constitutional Republic or are we going to run by psychopaths?

Poetcomic1
Poetcomic1
3 years ago

“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.”

created4el
created4el
3 years ago

So a Lefty commentator says “because Biden is a moderate, Republicans should vote for him… to keep community harmony”

In other words, like all the other threats of terrorism by the Left if they loose, “vote for Biden or else”!

I’m thinking, bring it on! If you come to burn my house, I’ll be justified in defending it. I will not be intimidated into voting for a Leftist no matter how much you threaten me!

mtman2
mtman2
3 years ago

They’re low-info selfabsorbed thankless parasitic cry baby’s.
“We’ll die first” duh like they could even grasp life + death combat.

Richard Canary
Richard Canary
3 years ago

These fools act and talk like they never heard of the Rule of Reciprocity, which basically means that if you threaten my life, I must kill you or I will die. Anyone playing this game had better have ALL their cards in place.

Conservatives have tried the “Live & Let Live” concept of dealing with Leftists for decades now, and have found that the new leaders of the Left are already SECRETLY fighting a “war to the death”.

Now that the Left has made it clear, by their use of the Antifa and Islamic agents in the streets and forests, the Right is beginning to see that at least the leadership of the Left is hell-bent on closing the conflict between Right & Left with deadly force.

Real Americans NEVER do such things.

ed
ed
3 years ago

“Democrats Promise to Be Violent, Sore Losers”

They have been….for FOUR years, now….what makes anyone believe things will change ???

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