I did not know there was anything more concerning than Trump's MAGA minions. They are, of course, also Republicans. But the frightening part is fifty-five percent of the American public cares less about MAGA's treasonist antics, like the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, than what they view is a Socialist left agenda threat. A new Harvard-CAPS Harris poll asked respondents...
“Are you more concerned about the Socialist left in America and the power they are gaining or more afraid of MAGA Republicans and the power they are getting?”
And more frightening, only 45 percent of respondents said they are more concerned with MAGA Republicans. As a matter of reference, many of these "Socialists" counted in the poll are actually Democratic Socialists. There is a big difference. A true Socialist believes in rebellion through violence. Democratic Socialists do not believe in violence, rather, accomplishing change through legislation with an emphasis on equality.
Biden: US democracy cannot survive threat of MAGA Republicans...
A majority of Americans believe the number of “dangerous MAGA Republicans” is “grossly exaggerated.” Again, referring to Jan. 6, with the violence resulting in death and the intimidation of the members of Congress. The MAGA gang threatened to hang Vice President Pence and Donald Trump gave his approval. Here's the scenario...
The poll was conducted September 7 and 8, one week after President Biden gave a speech in Philadelphia saying former president Donald Trump and the ‘MAGA Republicans’ represent “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
Brittany Bernstein, in Yahoo! News proclaimed, "not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans are MAGA Republicans,” also confirmed in Biden's remarks. The President also recounts his ability to work with mainstream Republicans but adds...
"the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans and that is a threat to this country.”
And that, folks, should be the concern of Americans if they don't want to lose their rights and democracy under a totalitarian government.
Here we go again. The January 6, 2021, insurrectionist rioting proved that a substantial portion of Americans--and I use the term "Americans" loosely--do not respect the U.S. Constitution. Leading Phoenix columnist E.J. Montini says it all in his headline, "Arizona's Jan. 6 insurrectionists should be barred from holding office." We have a gang of Republican lawmakers in this state that have taken it upon themselves to rewrite the laws of the state and the country.They are U.S representatives Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar along with former state Rep. Mark Finchem, now running for Arizona secretary of state, and former state Rep. Anthony Kern, now running for the state Senate. Montini reports...
"Finchem and Kern were at the Capitol that day.
"Biggs and Gosar gave more aid and comfort to those attempting to overturn the election and stage a coup than just about anyone in the country."
There is also the case of the moron from North Carolina running for reelection to the U.S. House, Madison Cawthorne, who has been challenged by the state's Board of Electors saying he "fails to comply with an amendment." Here is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment...
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Naturally, Republicans are ignoring this, focusing rather on the justification of the insurrectionists reported in this New York Times piece, "G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse.’" There is no explanation for this kind of attitude other than the intention to abolish American democracy. The GOP wants an autocratic government with a despot to be named from its ranks since Donald Trump has fallen from favor.
Montini isn't finished with the Arizona radical right...
"And then there is every member of the fake slate of Republican electors who filed paperwork to try to overturn the will of the people. None of them should be permitted to hold office. Ever."
Don't forget, it was Arizona's premiere Republican idiot, State Sen. President, Karen Fann who led the fight for the infamous audit on 2020 election results that cost the state millions with the results that Joe Biden did, in fact, win the election. Then Montini concludes...
"If we believed in oaths – believed that those who swear to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” must be held to that promise – then none of the insurrectionists from Jan. 6, and none of those who gave them aid or comfort, would be permitted to hold elected office."
I'm sorry but I believe that Republicans worship only one thing...POWER. Moscow Mitch McConnell has paved the way for the thirst for political influence. Now look at Kevin McCarthy, who would likely take over as Speaker if the GOP wins back the house. It is frightening for those of us who believe in democracy, and the thought of living under another Republican rule in the future is not only disheartening but very, very daunting.
