Special Opinion to the Mirror by Charles Landis: HR 1, the For the People Act, a reveal of the conceal and steal. A clear and imminent threat.
The 2016 and 2020 presidential elections portend to be the most consequential since the Civil War and indeed since the beginning of the great experiment. Half of the country refuse to accept the result of these elections and believe nefarious forces were responsible. Half of the country embraces the populist movement of Trump. Half of the country sub-scribes to the notional progressivism of identity politics and cancel culture procreated by Biden/Sanders/Warren et al. of left.
Hatred of Trump by Democrats and demand that he be removed from office began the moment he assumed office and has endured both as to Trump and the 75 million who support and identify. It must be understood and recognized that Trump is leading a populist movement, sharing the belief that the elitist Left will relentlessly continue its assault on the values and institutions that made American great and exceptional.
With the election of Biden, and Harris as Vice President deciding majority in the Senate, HR 1 became the quintessential legislative goal of the Socialist Democrat Party. Euphemistically titled the “For The People Act “, the intention is to federalize the election process; a blatant refutation of Art.2 Sec. 1 of the Constitution mandating state legislatures as sole authority in establishing election processes. The Act embraces all the corruption that divides and enabled the Bidenharris election .HR 1 federalizes and micro manages the election process which was decentralized as fundamental since our founding and as has been administered by the states. It takes away the decentralization of the American election process believed necessary by our founders in protecting our liberty and freedom.
Heritage Foundation succinctly concludes “HR 1 would usurp the role of the states, wipe out basic safety protocols, and mandates a set of rules that would severely damage the integrity of elections.” In part, with particularity, same day registration, third party ballot harvesting, and elimination of voter identification and verification as to both in person and write in ballots.
Perhaps, the most concerning dictate of HR 1 is that it reduces the Federal Election Commission to 5 members appointed by the President, 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans, .and 1 independent as determined by sole discretion of the President. Thus, the historical prerogative of state legislatures in deciding rules is usurped and an unelected partisan bureaucracy in Washington mandates. Also, false or misleading statements are forbidden to be published within 50 days of an election. The First amendment is shredded. Imagine a ministry of truth or a truth tsar appointed by Biden and handlers.
It should be noted HR1 was passed in the House without any Republican support and, as with 10 of 12 other resolutions ,there were no hearings. The fate of HR 1 in the Senate is yet to be determined but we know the agenda of the left and the priority of the socialist Democrats. This is why the Democrats want to eliminate the Senate filibuster rule; thus they would be able to pass any legislation by vote of VP Harris. Thus is established a tyranny of the majority. There will be Constitutional challenges and perhaps that will initiate their court packing scheme.
About the Author
With all due respect to the author, his premise that “(H)alf of the country refuse to accept the result of these elections and believe nefarious forces were responsible,” is not an accurate statement, at least according to a Reuters article on November 10, 2020 entitled “Nearly 80% of Americans say Biden won White House, ignoring Trump’s refusal to concede: Reuters/Ipsos poll” by Chris Kahn, to wit:
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly 80% of Americans, including more than half of Republicans, recognize President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov. 3 election after most media organizations called the race for the Democrat based on his leads in critical battleground states, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Similarly, the premise that “(H)alf of the country embraces the populist movement of Trump” does not seem true, at least according to a Gallup poll through Jan 4-15, 2021, where the question “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?” resulted in an answer of just 34%.
And the premise that “(H)alf of the country sub-scribes to the notional progressivism of identity politics and cancel culture procreated by Biden/Sanders/Warren et al. of left” similarly is questionable after this last election, at least according to an article in THE HILL entitled “Another reason to celebrate: The implosion of ‘woke,’ identity politics” by Marik von Rennenkampff on 11/10/20, where it is made fairly clear that the message of PURE HATE for Americans and especially white Americans and more specifically, white men, and white men who are police officers coming from the Biden-istas, and Joe Biden specifically, who was quoted in a Washington Examiner article “Biden now claims that Michael Brown was a victim of systemic racism” by Becket Adams, Commentary Writer, on August 10, 2020, thusly:
Joe Biden this weekend tied the 2014 shooting death of Ferguson, Missouri, resident Michael Brown to the need to tackle “systemic racism” and corrupt law enforcement.
It’s been six years since Michael Brown’s life was taken in Ferguson — reigniting a movement. We must continue the work of tackling systemic racism and reforming policing.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 9, 2020
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seems to be playing footsie with the popular and false assertion that led to the torching of Ferguson at the time — that Wilson had “murdered” Brown.
It is a lie, and a persistent one at that.
Other top-tier Democratic officials, including Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, have helped spread this bit of fake news, too.
And they know what they are doing when they spread it.
Harris said in August 2019, “Michael Brown’s murder forever changed Ferguson and America.”
“His tragic death sparked a desperately needed conversation and a nationwide movement.”
“We must fight for stronger accountability and racial equity in our justice system.”
Warren tweeted 35 minutes later, “5 years ago Michael Brown was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.”
“Michael was unarmed yet he was shot 6 times.”
“I stand with activists and organizers who continue the fight for justice for Michael.”
“We must confront systemic racism and police violence head on.”
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Talk about a message of PURE HATE being spread by the Democrats to stoke hatred in America to divide the nation further, there it is.
DO half of the people in America really embrace that message of HATRED being put out by the Democrats?
If that is in fact the case, then we are in HUGE trouble and yes, if so, the seeds of another Democrat civil war against the LOYAL AMERICAN CITIZENS who don’t engage in CULYS OF PERSONALITY for either Biden or Trump, have been surely been sown.
Regret that you did not understand my commentary was about the threat of H 1. Intro para not premises.
Whatever the article may have been about ultimately, the point remains that those statements were made and I took the opportunity to question them, independent of what may have come after, given that the intro I responded to establishes the context for what is to follow.
DO half of the people in America really embrace that message of HATRED being put out by the Democrats?
I would say so, myself.