Friday, September 1, 2023

Gary Bauer: Return to Normal?

Many GOP elites desperately believe that Donald Trump is the aberration in American politics; that he's the cause of all the discord roiling the country today, and if only he would just go away everything would go back to normal. They couldn't be more wrong.


Just think about the really crazy things we're dealing with right now. Culturally, it's the insane transgender movement that denies reality. Well, we're finding out now that this insanity was taking root in the medical establishment and teaching universities many years ago. 


The medical associations and pediatric associations didn't just latch onto this latest craze overnight. They were taken over by the left years ago. The CIA started actively recruiting transgender individuals in 2016. (Let that sink in for a moment.) 


What about critical race theory? It was developed in the 1970s as an academic theory largely relegated to law schools. But it didn't take long for radical activists to incorporate it into public school curricula. 


Now the 1619 Project, which falsely teaches that America was founded in 1619 with slavery and not in 1776 with freedom, is being taught in thousands of schools across the country.


Remember the horrendous battle that erupted when Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? Well, that was nothing new. Democrats smeared Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas years before Trump nominated Kavanaugh. 


Some people suggested that the riots of 2020 were so vicious because they were a reaction to Donald Trump's presidency. But there were horrible riots in 1968 and 1992. Rep. Maxine Waters proudly defended the Los Angeles riots, in which dozens of people were killed, as "an insurrection." (Jack Smith, call your office!)


So, don't buy into the idea that everything will go back to normal if Donald Trump is locked up or drops out and goes away. The neo-Marxist left isn't going away.


What is abnormal or unusual is that Donald Trump fought back! The "normalcy" that Beltway elites desire is going back to an era when the left still did all this outrageous stuff and far too many Republicans were too clueless to resist.


Here's something else to think about.


I believe the left cheated in 2016, just not enough. I believe it cheated in 2020 and I believe it will cheat again.  


They have abused the impeachment process. They censored the truth. They are committed to destroying the independence of the Supreme Court, and to gutting our First and Second Amendment rights. 


Anytime you try to fight them, they play the "race card." This is how the left fights, and it gets more vicious with each passing day.


If Donald Trump gives up, why would the left quit? It would only prove that their outrageous tactics work!