By Douglas V. Gibbs
The Democrats have nothing remaining but violence. They have failed in their resistance against Trump who threw a stick in their spokes in 2016, and again in 2024. They are a minority, but then again, tyranny typically is. But that number has been growing. In the 1980s I suggested that the hard left collectivists were about 12% of the population. Since then the number has risen to at least 20%. Some might even suggest more than a quarter of America’s population are radical leftists. They are a mixture of foreign infiltrators and Americans who have been radicalized and conditioned beyond all reason or repair. Some of them operate deep inside the bureaucracy, media, entertainment industry, education system, or the other tendrils of institutional influence. Others are members of groups like Antifa, or Black Lives Matter – the shock troops of the overall Cultural Marxist Movement. They operate deep and out of sight, hiding in their bubble of propaganda and religious fervor for their leftist ideology. It is a hive mind, like the Borg of Star Trek – one mind. Deviation is not tolerated. Any disagreement is cut out like cancer. Individual rebellion is ostracized quickly. Critical thinking when it emerges, like Senator Fetterman has been infected with, is targeted and ultimately removed. Fetterman has dared to defy the political leftist establishment, trying to find common ground with President Trump, and now several prominent Democrats are being floated as possible primary challengers to Fetterman in 2028 when his seat is up for re-election.
Dissent inside the leftist collectivist machine will not be tolerated.
Historically, when tyranny claws its way into systems that would oppose it, as their numbers rise they change from protesters to agitators. Then, when the percentage rises again, the agitation turns out to be only the beginning. Domestic conflict then erupts. As the chaos increases those who are traditionally-minded give in to stop the violence, seeking shelter from the degeneracy of what is erupting in the streets by throwing their hands up in surrender, giving in to the bondage to keep the peace. But, not all of them. Some of those who oppose tyranny in history stand firm, and as a result, war and brutality follows until those who were wreaking havoc take full control and systematically eliminate anyone who stands against them.
In the early stages, before the violence increases to warlike levels, those seeking authoritarianism accuse their opposition of being the violent ones – even with no evidence. They project each of their own tyrannical characteristics upon their enemy as they wage economic sabotage and political violence.
Those who love liberty try to play by the rules. That is what the Founding Fathers did in the beginning. They sought to appease The Crown, or at least get their British overlords to treat them nominally the same as British subjects in the home country. Ultimately, the British pushed too far, sought to confiscate the guns and ammunition of the colonists, and war broke out. After victory, the Constitution was then written with checks and balances to guard against the rise of tyranny. They had their fill of tyranny, and did not wish for empirical tyranny to rise up inside the very soul of the country they were creating. But, were we given all of the tools necessary to deal with the kind of threat rising within today? Do we have constitutional tools to stand against the tyranny attempting to subvert the American System and send us into the same kind of bondage that has emerged time and time again throughout history?
America is somewhere in the midst of the leftwing process to change America into something the Founding Fathers never intended. The propaganda, mob violence, political violence, assassinations (and assassination attempts) and terror attacks against civilian targets have begun. Leftist politicians with their incendiary rhetoric have been actively encouraging mass hysteria and violence among the ranks of their minions in the streets while seeking to convince all of us that our eyes are lying to us and such violence and anti-American organizations do not exist. They project, calling their opposition violent and President Trump a wannabe dictator, but can only point to January 6 as an example – a production they manufactured through misdirection, deception and carefully planned agitation.
Which brings us to the government shutdown. The Democrats in office have either given in to the plan, or were the orchestrators of it all along, and now they are doing what they can to stand their ground on what little power they have remaining. They are activating another part of their army – those who are dependent upon the government’s teat. Americans who have become addicted to government benefits believe themselves to be entitled, and can be vicious if their free stuff is messed with – which makes them easy to manipulate and just as vicious as the agitators already committing violence in the streets. The Democrats want the shutdown because it triggers their next step – activating the part of their violent army who had not yet emerged on the warfront.
They can’t win elections if they don’t stop the rise of the MAGA Movement, and since they can’t win in the arena of ideas, and their “resistance” is stalling, according to Chuck Schumer what they have left is people “forcefully rising up against this.” According to Joy Reid, “Everybody needs to pick up a weapon – whether it’s a vote, a protest sign, or whatever it takes – because this isn’t just politics anymore; it’s survival.” According to Jasmine Crocket, “This is war…we need to arm ourselves with everything we’ve got.”
On social media the Democratic Party’s allies have been announcing they want anyone who supports Donald Trump dead. They celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination. They have been urging more assassination attempts against President Trump. They want Republicans dead and Trump eliminated. Then, they have proclaimed, when they get their power back, they will make sure conservatives pay a terrible price for daring to oppose them, and will do what they can to make sure the GOP never gains a foothold in government again.
Their foot soldiers are taking position. Zohran Mamdani is the most recognizable name associated with the radical path they are taking to regain power. And behind him, the Democrats are doubling down, not believing that their behavior had anything to do with them losing in 2024. They believe their narrative is the right one, and they will blindly charge forward and force it into place if they have to. They have been honest about their aim in their rhetoric. They seek to get revenge along their path to return to power and never allow anyone who questions them to hold any position of power ever again.
The violence is emerging, be it disruptions to the work ICE is attempting to accomplish, criminal behavior against government offices and private businesses, or the coming rising violence that will erupt over the loss of SNAP benefits. They are willing to go to whatever lengths are necessary. Violence. Death. This is what tyranny always does.
As a constitutionalist I have always argued that it is imperative that we use the process. Stand behind people like Donald Trump who has the ability to combat this insanity without us lowering ourselves to the radical left’s level of violence. Trust the original intent of the Constitution and work to get back to it. Grab the reins of the culture with biblical truth because the truth always wins. They are using violence and internal instability to attempt to get what they want, but the truth is self-evident and most Americans are still willing to stand on that truth. When members of the left become violent and violate the law, arrest them. When they are caught inducing a crisis, or attempting to push the rise of a domestic war, use what we have available to us legally to take down their actions. I know the argument: how do you stop cheaters by not cheating? We have to. Otherwise, we are no better than them. Understand, the communists of the twentieth century used the working class to fuel their revolutions – but Donald Trump has largely won over that group of people in America. This is not the same Marxist Revolution of old. This is America, and Americans understand what liberty truly is. The gatekeepers of the leftist Democrat’s socialist/commie movement don’t understand Americans because their narrative only understands using the working class and poor as tools to gain power and destroy their ideological enemies. In other places in history, that may have worked. Here in America? Not so much.
Americans know who the villains are, and while there are those out there who have fallen for their deceptions, we have the majority. Christian America recognizes that the True King is on His Throne in Heaven. We have truth on our side. We have God on our side. We don’t need to emulate their violence – we need simply to stand together and finish what the MAGA Movement has started; Make America Great Again. Success is the best weapon. Even some of the mindless automatons being used by the enemies of liberty will see it as prosperity continues to rise. When the tide rises, after all, all of the boats rise with it. We need to make sure there are consequences for the violent warriors of the left, but our primary aim must not be that as much as continuing the process that Trump began. Return to our foundational principles, return to a godly culture, and allow our success to win over the low-hanging fruit who have been voting Democrat, and perhaps even a few more.
Remember, the political pendulum swings, and its journey leftward has reached its completion. The next step of the leftwing Democrats is violence, but in America that kind of revolution is not tolerated. Not anymore. We took care of all of that 250 years ago. Now, while their next step is violence, ours is greatness – and that kind of success always kills tyranny in its tracks.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
