We’ve been kicking around a lot of pixels over the election, and as it grows nigh, there have been many discussions about what happens next – especially if Donald Trump wins. In 2016, there were protests. 2020’s “Summer of Love” riots, looting, arson, and yes, insurrection were another step towards establishing violence as an acceptable form of political discourse for the left. And yes, I said insurrection – not like the January 6th kerfuffle, which was, at most, hooliganism, but the actual takeover of a portion of an American city by an armed mob in defiance of established civil authority. That happened.
Now an editorial at Issues & Insights, one of my favorite opinion sites, is describing how, this year, things could be worse – than 2016, maybe than 2020:
Two months ago, as the Democrats were preparing for their national convention in Chicago, we were concerned that it would be a repeat of the party’s 1968 convention that was marred by riots. But sanity prevailed. It was a relatively quiet affair. Will the Democrats be just as quiet if Donald Trump wins next week’s election? It’s more likely that they will erupt with rage.
After all, there have been two failed attempts to assassinate Trump. Yes, the suspects in both cases appear to be disturbed. But it’s been the nonstop vilification of the former president from the left that likely motivated them. The prospect of another term for Trump is going to push many over the edge that they’ve been teetering on since the man announced in 2015 that he was running for president.
Of course, they are teetering, and Trump (possibly) winning the election next week would certainly set a lot of them off. They have tried everything – impeaching him didn’t work; prosecuting him didn’t work. Joe Biden has been figuratively shouting “Will no one rid me of this turbulent presidential candidate?” for four years now, and that didn’t work. Now, two nutjobs have tried to kill him, and the only thing that happened is that Donald Trump was handed one of the most powerful political images since Ronald Reagan thundered, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
The left has thrown everything at Trump but the kitchen sink and it would not be surprising to see that tried next, because, like a political Rasputin, Donald Trump just will not be removed from the game. Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump – his occasional careless comments, his flashes of boorishness, all that – the man has no quit in him. He just keeps coming back, and that’s not the worst trait in a politician, especially one who seems bent on being a bull in the Washington establishment’s china shop. […]
— Read More: redstate.com
