The left LOVES kings — the ones with (D) after the – Latest News
In Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, the ordinary “resistance” crowd managed to again show their rage at President Donald Trump and their fury at being out of energy; they could even have succeeded in mobilizing Democrats for the midterm elections — however in addition they broadcast the opposition’s full lack of any coherent political message.
Forget about the waving of Soviet flags and tributes to anti-American dictators at numerous rallies: The total “No Kings” conceit is a lie.
Democrats in opposition to “kings”? Hah! They love them — as long as the king has a (D) after his identify.
Not long in the past, Democrats applauded each abuse of govt energy by President Barack Obama.
From unconstitutional rewrites of the Affordable Care Act (a okay a ObamaCare), to immigration amnesty for “dreamers” (DACA) and their mother and father (DAPA); to unilaterally declaring the Senate to be in recess so he may pack the National Labor Relations Board with union lackeys, Obama was not shy about autocratic habits.
“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone,” he declared when Congress refused to bow to his will, vowing “to sign executive orders, and take executive actions and administrative actions.”
He did, and Democrats didn’t complain, however applauded.
Tom Friedman, The New York Times’ smug voice of liberal “wisdom,” fantasized of what Obama may obtain “if we could just be China for a day.”
Obama misplaced, usually at the Supreme Court. That didn’t stop him.
Nor did it stop President Joe Biden, who turned notorious for ignoring Supreme Court selections.
When the Supreme Court mentioned that extending a COVID-era moratorium on evictions can be unconstitutional, Biden simply did it anyway.
The similar when the Supremes informed Biden he lacked the energy to cancel tons of of billions of {dollars} in pupil loan debt.
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Democrats didn’t protest in opposition to Biden appearing like a king. In truth, they inspired him to go even additional.
Then there have been the coronavirus restrictions, imposed and prolonged by each Democratic governor.
Blue states shuttered companies and locked youngsters out of colleges — when Americans actually may’ve performed most conventional actions safely.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom even banned non secular worship in non-public houses; he’d ultimately lose in the Supreme Court — however Democrats had no downside with it.
So with regards to “no kings,” Dems aren’t simply accusing Trump — they’re falsifying their own historical past.
The fact is that Democrats cheer authoritarian habits — as long as they’re in charge.
Let them back into energy, and so they’ll show it as soon as again.
