Coordinated Insurrection- the #Resist Movement Against President Trump
Monday, February 20th is unofficially known as Presidents Day, a day in which the nation pauses to honor the forty-four men who have served as the chief executive of the United States. An outgrowth of what used to be a national holiday to exclusively honor the first president, George Washington, on the occasion of his February 22nd birthday, and in conjunction with many state holidays which honor the February 12th birthday of its sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, the day became fixed as an annual holiday to be observed on the third Monday of February, beginning in 1971. Prior to then, Washington’s Birthday, as it is still officially known, was celebrated on the 22nd of February, each year.
Monday, February 20th also marks the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency. In that first month, Senate Democrats have intentionally stalled the completion of his cabinet for no other reason than to spite and to thwart the new president in any way they can. Such posturing is not the norm, as recent presidents have entered their second month with their cabinets largely in place, regardless of party. Thanks to the Democrats’ prior leader, Harry Reid, a simple majority is only needed to confirm a presidential appointee, where once a sixty vote approval was necessary to prevent a filibuster against any single nominee. No matter and despite the lower threshold, the new president is forced to pursue his presidency without a full cabinet- a hindrance not shared by any of his predecessors. In short, Democrats who don’t get their way in a national election get nasty to a degree never seen when it was Republicans who found themselves in the minority, as they did following Barack Obama’s election in 2008.
If that wasn’t bad enough, four liberal judges- selected for their predisposition against the new president, have erected the first hurdle in front of President Trump, by halting his executive order to temporarily delay the entry of people from seven countries which are unable or unwilling to document their travelers. Despite the fact that at least three of his predecessors, on occasion, did the same thing, these judges have suddenly found reason to block Trump where they did not see such reason to block his predecessors, before.
In the wake of National Security Advisor Mike Flynn’s forced resignation, it has now come to light that there were at least nine illegal and unauthorized leaks detailing a private telephone conversation he had with the Russian ambassador that were released to the press. While the sources of these leaks have yet to be precisely determined, it is obvious that down-level apparatchiks retained from the Obama administration released this information, in a further attempt to sabotage the new administration. This is not the only time that this has happened since Donald Trump won the November election and became president on January 20th. Nevertheless, this has caused House and Senate Democrats, as well as several #NeverTrump Republicans, to smell the blood of scandal in the new administration, and they are drooling at the prospects of further investigation- all in an effort to bring down the presidency of a man who they hate beyond reason.
This effort is by no means limited to the halls of Congress. There is a concerted, well-financed and well-coordinated effort to sew discord amongst the voters and encourage vehement and sometimes violent resistance to the Trump administration, and the agenda of the Republicans, on a slew of initiatives. Republican House members, holding town hall meetings back in their home districts across the country, are being routinely disrupted by recruited and paid protesters, brought in from outside their districts, who seek to silence free speech that is not in lockstep with liberal dogma. Their attempts to recruit trainees in the art of disruption have even infested meetup invitations, such as the following we received just in the past few days, under the header and text that reads as follows:
“For Education #Resist-
Meetup has always served as an organizing platform for a wide range of political views, welcoming everyone from the Howard Dean-iacs to the Tea Party. Meetup will always welcome people with different beliefs. But after the recent executive order aimed to block people on the basis of nationality and religion (a lie), a line was crossed. At a time when core democratic ideals feel under attack, we feel a duty to spark more civic participation. Last week, we created 1,000+ #Resist Meetup Groups to act as local hubs for actions on behalf of democracy, equality, human rights, social justice, and sustainability. Already 50,000+ people have joined. These #Resist Meetups are open to anyone who want to create a bright future that’s rich with opportunity and freedom for all. Meetup exists to connect people so they create opportunity and make the world they want. We hope members take these Meetups forward to be powerful together.”
Such efforts to disrupt the Trump administration include such groups such as Organizing for America, the brainchild of former President Barack Obama, who created the group following his election in 2008. Willfully encouraged by Obama to organize resistance against his successor’s presidency, it marks the first time in United States history, that an outgoing president is actively encouraging insurrection and revolt against his successor. Couple this with the actions of Obama’s apparatchiks who remain in government service, and who seek to bring down his successor’s presidency, and the makings of sedition and insurrection within government thus pose a threat to national security, as well.
This is how civil wars begin. This is how the left wants to overturn the results of a free and fair election and, in so doing, destroy the country.
Be wary. The rats are in the cornfield and they threaten our survival.
-Drew Nickell, 15 February 2017
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