Editor,
Congress wrote a bill to naturalize all DACA immigrants into citizens under Trump and could just as easily have included all noncitizen immigrants in such a bill. This is because the House has sole power over our naturalization laws. All that’s needed to pass such a bill is 60 votes in the Senate as occurred in passing Obamacare.
The Democrats’ increasingly frenzied control over the “message” in the media, press and cable news makes this even more likely now. The temptation for Democrats would be to gain permanent Electoral College wins by flooding Southwestern Republican states with immigrants grateful to Democrats. A 60-vote margin in the Senate would further afford Democrats a permanent grip on power by eliminating the filibuster and packing the Supreme Court. We would lose our freedoms and the checks and balances on government power that a two-party system provides. The United States would then become indistinguishable from the 80% of countries in the world with one party authoritarian governments.
Ed Kahl
Woodside
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(6) comments
Mr. Kahl,
Sorry to inform you about life in the real world, but what you describe is what Donald, the "dictator wannabe", and the off the rails GOP are trying to establish.
Hey, Tafhdyd
Hope this is a great day, buddy.
We have had a similar conversation before. The left likes to paint the Donald... BTW he's been out of office for 20 months... as someone with a totalitarian bent. Then, we'll hear comparisons made by the left to well known fascists.
A fascist regime will usually control the state police, the media, and academia while subjecting a marginalized group to horrific conditions. A fascist regime would also be quick to deploy its military to extend it's influence. That doesn't sound like what was happening between Barack's term in office and Joe's presidency.
Trump did not control the FBI or the media or media platforms or academia. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party exerted control over those things. Take a look at our inner cities. Black Americans living in horrible conditions. Conditions that have been allowed to continue for decades by Democratic Party officials. We now have a Democratic Party president who has publicly declared we will put boots on foreign soil. It kinda looks like the authoritarian threat to our country comes from the extreme left... not the person you describe as a "wannabe dictator."
It's awkward to say anything positive about a former game show host who found his way to the Oval Office. He was annoying and blustery... to the nth degree... and he lied (wait, what... Democratic Party office holders don't lie?), but he is not a fascist. And for all the attention he has directed toward his party, Republicans should still select someone else in 2024. And if they do... how long before the left starts calling that person a fascist?
Ray,
Thanks. Feeling a little better the past couple of days.
We have circled this bush before, (not GW) and yes DJT has been out of office for 20 months but he is still in the news everyday. I said before, when he is out of the news I will stop bringing him up. Lately he is more pertinent now than he was while in office. He is still pushing his phony election fraud conspiracy and has even helped some of the fringe minions get elected with the same mantra. They believe that regardless of the fact that they are out of touch with reality they think that if they don’t win their election it is because of fraud and won’t accept the results.
IMO this whole bunch of demented GOP conspirators sole purpose is to destroy democracy as we know it and subvert the Constitution. They know they cannot win on a platform or agenda because they have none. Oppose, disrupt and obstruct is their only objective.
As for some of your comments. I didn’t say he was a fascist but I still say he is a dictator wannabe. No he didn’t control the the FBI, the DOJ or the media but it was not for lack of trying. You do remember that the DOJ threatened to resign en masse when Trump considered naming Jeff Clark as AG in order to overturn the election.
It is not awkward to say something positive about DJT, just that there are so few to mention. The Middle East peace accord is one that he was involved with that is positive. We agree the Republicans should select someone else for 2024. If it is someone with a reasonable pedigree the nation may be able to get back on track to civility. If it is one of Trump’s fellow conspirators, expect more of the same.
Hey, amigo
You and I agree... the 2020 election is what it is... and it is over. However, I just don't understand why the left is still engaged with the Donald. What would happen if the left just ignored him?
Divisiveness was already in place when Citizen Trump become Candidate Trump. He didn't create the conditions that led to his election. Now, I don't like best and worst presidents list. Some on the right will say Joe is the worst president ever... no. That being said, has his performance... inflation, energy, crime, border, and foreign affairs... created conditions that will make a Republican candidate attractive to voters in 2024?
Taffy - if that were true they consigned the rails to the Biden cabal. That is clear as glass.
Mr. Kahl – thank you for informing us about life in the real world.
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