The following editorial is written by a retired Chief of Police and current staff writer for Law Enforcement Today.
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GEORGIA- As important as the outcome of the presidential election is—and it is very important—the Senate race in Georgia is nearly just as important, even more so if President Trump is unable to prevail in his numerous election challenges, which should be a no-brainer but this is 2020 and he is Donald Trump. Facts do not matter.
Despite a tremendous job by congressional Republicans in getting very close in the House of Representatives, crazy Pelosi will in all likelihood still be Speaker of the House. Close, but no cigar (sorry Bill Clinton).
That is why despite the fact that Republicans held on to every one of their seats, despite the fact that they gained a minimum of 14 seats, and despite the fact that Republicans were able to flip two state legislatures, somehow we are supposed to believe that Trump lost.
The TWO senate seats in Georgia are vital. Yes, Republicans only need one. But do you trust Romney, Collins, and Murkowski to act as a roadblock to a potential Pelosi-Biden railroad job? We don’t.
So yes, the future of our country “hung in the balance” on November 3. That balancing job became all the more delicate when Gary Peters was able to steal Michigan from John James, in much the way Biden has apparently been able to steal Michigan from President Trump. That makes the Senate runoff in Georgia vital.
On January 5 (pending the failure of President Trump to prevail in his challenge) the future of our country DOES hang in the balance. Make no mistake about it.
Those Senate races will determine who controls the senate. If the two Republican candidates, Perdue and Loeffler prevail, the Senate balance will be 52-48. If they lose, it is 50-50 and a theoretical vice-president Kamala Harris would be the tie breaker.
For Democrats, it would be scorched earth, as they would control the entire federal government apparatus. The only possible hope is Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a Democrat in a red state, who at times can be counted to vote against his party.
Did you see Chuckie Schumer a couple of weeks ago when it appeared Biden won? He said something along the lines of “we take the Senate, we change America!” He was not kidding.
According to the Daily Wire, Schumer (D-NY), the Senate Minority Leader told Joy Reid on MSNBC:
“I’m not busting my chops to become majority leader to do very little or nothing. We are going to get a whole lot done. And as I’ve said, everything, everything is on the table.”
Reid asked Schumer if that meant that statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington, DC were on the table, to which Schumer replied, “I would—believe me, on D.C. and Puerto Rico, particularly if Puerto Rico votes for it, D.C. already has voted for it and wants it. I’d love to make them states.”
D.C. statehood however is problematic, since according to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, it grants Congress the power “to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, be cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States,” as reported in the Washington Examiner.
Really, that is beside the point. Merely adding Puerto Rico as a state would theoretically guarantee the Democrats at least one, probably two Senate seats and one Congressional seat. Why would Democrats want to do that? It’s all about power and keeping control of the Senate.
That’s not the worst of it, believe it or not. Biden has committed to opening up the path to citizenship for over 11 million illegal aliens in the United States, and told NBC’s Lester Holt that: “I will send [an] immigration bill to the United States Senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in America.”
What will that accomplish? Well it is easy to assume and quite probable that a good number of those 11 million would end up voting Democrat. Remember, it’s all about power for the Democrats.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Hispanic voters who are eligible to vote are 53%, or lean that way, while 39% are Republican or lean that way, according to a Pew Research poll from last year. In 2018, a survey of Asian voters showed that 58% were favorable toward the Democratic party, with 34% favoring Republicans, according to AAPI Data.
But wait! There’s more! Democrats are also talking about eliminating the filibuster and packing the Supreme Court. Schumer also admitted to that during a press conference with squad dingbat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, where he answered a question about the possibility, “If we win the majority, everything is on the table.”
Far-left loon Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) was far more direct, stating in a tweet:
“Mitch McConnell won’t back down and neither will we. We can defeat him if we mobilize and organize That is why we must make it absolutely clear that if McConnell attempts to fill this seat, we will abolish the filibuster and expand the court when we retake the Senate.”
If Trump and McConnell are allowed to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, they will install another far-right ideologue whose agenda is to dismantle our rights and liberties and lock in more power for Republicans and corporations.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) September 19, 2020
Markey was of course referring to filling the seat of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which the Republicans did indeed fill with Amy Coney Barrett.
Even former president and current narcissist in chief Barack Obama suggested ending the filibuster, where during an NPR interview he said:
“If all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American, then that’s what we should do.”
The filibuster is a process which give minority representatives the opportunity to have a say in legislation. Otherwise, it’s basically majority rule. Fortunately for our Republic, the filibuster is one area where Manchin may serve as an obstacle to Democrats.
The filibuster is a rule which encourages coalition building and helps to limit tyranny by one party. That’s fine with Democrats, as long as they’re the one’s committing the tyranny. And they call Trump a dictator.
By adding additional seats to the Supreme Court, Democrats would use the high court as a quasi-legislative body, where the Constitution plays second fiddle to political ideology. Unfortunately, that’s how Democrats act. Instead of playing within the rules, they try to change the rules to their benefit.
We have seen some Democrats come out and openly suggest some type of “retribution” for Trump supporters, or things along the lines of “truth and reconciliation” commissions. Think Nuremburg Trials after World War II in Germany. While Republicans have control of the senate, the possibility of such a process would be hard to implement.
However, Democrats are so far off the rails, would it honestly be a surprise that they wouldn’t actually implement such a program? Honestly, nothing this collection of far-left loons would be capable of doing is out of the realm of possibility.
That is why the Georgia runoff elections are so important for the future of our country. It cannot be overstated. Even for those who do not live in Georgia, chances are you know someone who does, or perhaps know someone who knows someone.
If not, perhaps a donation to one of the campaigns of either Perdue or Loeffler would be helpful. Democrats have indicated that they aren’t above cheating or even illegally moving to Georgia to vote for the two far-left candidates the Democrats are running in that state.
Hanging in the balance? Yes, our Republic is.
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