No country for uncourageous men
Gavin Newsom’s landslide victory in California’s gubernatorial recall election this past Tuesday was a harsh reminder that Republicans have an uphill, mission impossible like battle to fight if they ever expect to change the course of the progressive insanity this country is headed in. It will take courage, grit, and a willingness to fight. With an exceptional few, these are characteristics sorely missed within the party. How else can it be explained that a state so burdened with homelessness, cost of living and crime be easily won by a man who preached to his constituents to stay home and mask up, only to show his true nature and do the exact opposite. It isn’t so much that the election should have been a slam dunk for the GOP, but the fact that it wasn’t even close tells us that a progressive leader has unlimited power, and their followers could care less about hypocrisy.
When Larry Elder was called the “black face” of white supremacy, you would think that Republican leaders would have put petty differences aside to protest this absurdity. But they can’t, and this has been a long time coming. During the 2012 Presidential campaign, Joe Biden called Mitt Romney a flat out racist when he accused him of wanting black Americans to return to chains. Arguably, there is no greater of an insult one can make. Yet Romney found more issue with President Trumps schoolyard taunts than he did with being called a white nationalist. So did John McCain. So did John Kasich. So did George W. Bush. Despite the years of demeaning slander thrown at these men from the Democratic Party and leftist press, they still attempted to take the higher road, as if this is a group of people interested in compromise. They’re not, and only submission will do. And now, the party is divided into two camps. Those that have finally stood up and demanded that their leaders show some guts, and the compromisers, continuously reaching out their hand for consensus, only to have it constantly cut off. Say what you will about progressives, but there is no doubt an undying loyalty that has to be admired. Republicans unfortunately, are not as brave. Though I was disheartened many times by President Trump’s bravado and poorly thought out tweets, I admired his willingness to get in the mud and fight for conservative principles, such as energy independence and focusing on America, rather than catering to the rest of the world. Despite this historically being conservative ideology, many Republicans turned their backs on him, saying they couldn’t vote for a man who didn’t act “presidential”. They chose style over substance, and now the cost of these decisions could haunt us for quite some time.
Hopefully, Republicans will finally learn that you don’t have to agree on everything to stand in unity. This is still possible. But it will take a party that understands this is no longer a country for uncourageous men.
Until next time.
JPN
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