Below is my column in The Hill on the disgraceful Democratic attacks against Elon Musk over his status as a naturalized citizen. For years, some of us have raised concerns over the adoption of McCarthyite tactics and rhetoric by the left to demonize those with opposing viewpoints, including critics of the massive censorship system under the Biden Administration. Those attacks are now reaching a dangerous crescendo after the 2024 loss in the presidential election.
Here is the column:
This month, 75 years ago, Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wisc.) gave his infamous speech denouncing disloyal Americans working at the highest levels of our government. It was the defining moment for what became known as McCarthyism, which attacked citizens as dangerous and disloyal influences in government.
Some of us have criticized the rising “rage rhetoric” for years, including that of President Trump and Democratic leaders, denouncing opponents as traitors and enemies of the state.
In the 2024 election, the traditional red state-blue state firewalls again collapsed, as they had in 2016. The response among Democrats has been to unleash a type of new Red Scare, questioning the loyalty of those who are supporting or working with the Trump administration in carrying out his promised reforms.
Elon Musk is the designated disloyal American for many on the left. That rage has reached virtual hysteria on ABC’s “The View.” This is the same show before the election on which hosts warned that, if Trump were elected, journalists and homosexuals would be rounded up and “disappeared.”
After the election, democracy seemed to stubbornly hang on, so the hosts had to resort to attacking as disloyal anyone joining the government or supporting Trump’s policies.
This week, co-host Joy Behar followed many others in questioning Musk’s loyalty and attacking him over being a naturalized American citizen: “The guy was not born in this country, who was born under apartheid in South Africa. So, [he] has that mentality going on. He was pro-Apartheid, as I understand it.”
Behar was then forced, perhaps by panicked ABC lawyers, to walk back the comment — such retractions having become a regular feature on “The View“. What came out was the type of jumbled confusion that results when you interrupt a lunatic on the metro in mid-rave.
Behar stated: “I’m getting some flack because I said that Musk was pro-apartheid. I don’t really know for sure if he was … He was around at that time, but maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t—he might have been a young guy, too. So, don’t be suing me, okay Elon?”
This anti-immigrant attack on Musk, however, has worked its way into many Democrats’ talking points, even though their party had previously claimed to defend immigrants against racist Republicans seeking to close the Southern border and deport criminal illegal immigrants.
On Capitol Hill, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) launched a xenophobic tirade that should have shocked the conscience of the nation. She warned citizens that Musk could not be trusted because he is an immigrant who has been a citizen for only a couple of decades: “Mr. Musk has just been here just 22 years and he’s a citizen of three countries. I always ask myself the question: With the damage he’s doing here when push comes to shove, which country is he loyal to? South Africa, Canada, or the United States? And he’s only been a citizen, I’ll say again, 22 years.”
Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney was another joining in to attack Musk for being an immigrant. “You may be unfamiliar with that part of our history since you weren’t yet an American citizen,” she wrote on Musk’s social media platform, X.
These attacks are straight out of McCarthy’s playbook. It was McCarthy who insisted that “there are no degrees of loyalty in the United States — a man is either loyal or he’s disloyal…” Of course, McCarthy (and the earlier Red Scare) attacked government employees, writers and others on the left. It is now the left that is employing the same tactics, including censorship, blacklisting and public vilification.
Throughout the 2024 campaign, the Democrats, including President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, painted Republicans as either aspiring or actual fascists. That continued recently with Minnesota Gov. and former Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz (D), who referred to Republicans as “fascists and Nazis.”
Even journalists and civil libertarians have been reviled using the same terms. After a hearing on censorship two years ago, MSNBC contributor and former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) attacked journalists and members who had spoken in favor of free speech. She denounced the member witnesses (Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Ron Johnson and former Rep. Gabbard) as “Putin apologists” and Putin-lovers.
Stacey Plaskett, the Democratic delegate representing the Virgin Islands in the U.S. House, even suggested arresting respected journalist Matt Taibbi, who, along with Michael Shellenberger, testified on their investigation into a massive censorship system developed under the Biden administration.
The attack on Musk is particularly disgraceful, given his contributions to his adopted country. Ironically, filmmaker Michael Moore denounced the deportations of criminal illegal immigrants last week by noting that Trump was deporting someone who might cure cancer or be the next Steve Jobs. Well, this is a naturalized citizen who not only could be the next Elon Musk. He is Elon Musk.
As politicians and pundits question Musk’s loyalty, Space X is moving to rescue two astronauts stranded in space. Musk has volunteered his time and skills to achieving a record reduction in the size and waste in government. One can disagree with his priorities or the means he uses to achieve his goals, but he has nobly stepped forward to serve his country despite death threats from the left.
Musk is also facing such attacks in Canada, where thousands have signed petitions to strip him of his citizenship. The left did not seek to revoke the citizenship of figures who have eviscerated free speech and other individual rights in that country. It is Musk who is persona non grata.
This is nothing new for Musk, whom the left has targeted since he announced an intention to buy Twitter and restore free speech protections on that site.
The concern is not for Musk, who has the intestinal fortitude (and financial means) to stand up to a global mob. Moreover, with polls showing overwhelming support for reducing the size of government and the budget, the campaign to obstruct these efforts is unlikely to resonate with voters.
The danger is more acute for the country as disagreements over policy are transformed into attacks over loyalty. It is the most dangerous form of rage rhetoric, an effort not to debate but to demonize those with whom you disagree.
When you have members of Congress standing in front of the Capitol, denouncing naturalized citizens as untrustworthy after a mere 22 years as a citizen, it is a moment that would have made McCarthy blush.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.
Jonathan: When we say the Musk/DJT administration is in total chaos here is another data point. The DJT/Pete Hegseth trans military ban is having trouble defending itself in the courts.
In Talbott v. Trump plaintiffs brought a lawsuit challenging DJT’s EO transgender ban. Under Hegseth he claims transgenders pose a “threat to unit cohesion” and affirming care is a financial strain on the military budget. Lawyers for the government are having a hard time backing up those claims in court. In a Saturday filing with DC Judge Reyes government lawyers admitted they have no idea how many transgenders are actually in the military. They only relied on an outdated 2016 RAND report that estimated about anywhere between 1,300 to 6,630 trans military personnel. There are 2.1 million in the military. How could such a small number of transgender people pose a “threat to unit cohesion”? Then government lawyers said the military spent only $52 million over a decade on gender affirming care. That’s a tiny fraction of the military’s budget of $918.1 billion budget in FY 2024.
And there is another glaring omission in the government lawyers position in court. They failed to name any mental health condition–other than gender dysphoria–that would disqualify someone for “honesty, humility, and integrity” that the ban cites as a justification.
The failure of the Hegseth DOD to provide any data to support the transgender ban was best summarized by Lambda Legal CEO, Kevin Jennings, who said: “This is proof that the trans military ban is a solution in search of a problem. If trans people’s presence was somehow disruptive to the military, they would have the data to prove it–and they don’t. This proves that this order is motivated by animus rather than reason”. Further proceedings before Judge Reyes are set for March 12.
Mr. Stupid never stops.
Okay, Mr. Stupid, lets pretend that there are only 5,000 trannies in the military. What harm could they do? Well just one, that Bradey Manning, gave away a lot of secrets to wikileaks. Imagine a couple of thousand of him! Or, females going bananas from testosterone injections!
Trannies are mentally unstable people, and if in the military, then they might be around dangerous weapons. Imagine the Nashville shooter with an A-10 Warthog, or a big giant battle tank! What did just one jihadi do at Ft Hood???
My father was an Air Force pilot, and he always said the biggest danger from queers and trannies was they could have a bad hair day and go apesh!t, and kill a lot of people. Something like half of trannies are suicidal, and you really want them around flying planes and things???
4F
Squeeky,
Michael Jackson paid $50,000 to Mr. & Mrs. Stupid. Come on Squeeky, lets do the moon walk.
@Squeeky
I do not know if you are the same Squeeky from long ago (and newer posters may not recall), but your prejudice is precisely the reason I used to discount you. New or old, that hasn’t changed. It erases anything salient you might otherwise say, and I knew it was only a matter of time since you reappeared out of the blue, that this was the case again. Many of us are not on board with your hate; if you somehow think you are emboldened, then think again. i am not an absolutist, but it is an irrefutable fact: all people are human.
I have been the same “me” since maybe 2012. I was always “me” except right at first, when a relative thought it would be funny to use me as a sock puppet. As soon as I found out, I helped him, and then I just took “me” over. That was way before I ever posted here, though. So, yes it is the same me, just as prejudiced as evah!
I guess Nazis and MS-13 members are human beings, too, but it don’t mean I have to like them one bit. And I don’t! Hate is a really good emotion to have, when it’s called for!
“it is an irrefutable fact: all people are human.”
Perhaps you are pleading facts not in evidence. Exhibit 1:
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1896601516598800561
What a load of bigoted crap
Dennis McIntyre: Jonathan: Trump and Musk successfully deporting tens of thousands of Illegal Alien Guest Democrat Voters in a few short weeks and cutting tens of billions of taxpayer dollars being lost to criminality, corruption, waste and abuse is what an administration in total chaos looks to those of us who come here from the Soviet Democrat Borg! My job and payments under the table are at risk, dammit!
Oh Dennis… surely some taxpayers or victims of your criminal Illegal Aliens will tell you they feel your personal pain!
@Dennis
Really. Why do you even bother? Your boosheet doesn’t work on thinking people. You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but you do not present it as opinion. Nobody is listening. I pray that the likes of you are once again relegated to cardboard signs at intersections, because that is about the extent to which the rest of us are listening yo you. If I ever see you, I’ll put some pity quarters in your jar. Good luck with your ‘mission’. Nobody that actually has to live a real life cares, beyond the clinking of the coins, and again, that is pity.
Trump and Vance humiliated Zelensky like the Romans humiliated Jesus.
Zelensky is NOT Jesus and Zelensky had it coming, entering the Oval Office with that chip on his shoulder.
@Anonymous
That is a sad comparison. Zelensky was emboldened by an administration that had a vested personal interest in the dealings. nothing more or less. The rest is hyperbole. Zalensky is in charge of a country where, unlike the USA, there are still actual, card carrying Nazis. Though your desire to address the issue may be sincere, your blindness is hilarious. It is so much bigger than that.
I too wish the exchange had happened behind closed doors, that would have been better though I know the answer would have been the same; Zelensky is a petulant child playing games with people’s lives, and that is straight up bunk, he was revealed to be the clown he is.
Yes, Russia is bad, bad for everyone, always has been in the industrial age; but so is Ukraine, they are just as awful. We have a fight between two countries whose governments are equally a pox on humanity, and the people, who are innocent, be damned, but that sure isn’t our fault. We would all be more at peace if both were eradicated; that isn’t going to happen, so we must deal.
Now that it’s in Europe’s hands, they might be best off just telling Zelensky to piss off. Putin is not stupid, and he is not going to destroy territory he wants to annex. What we are doing is what the rest of Europe should have done at the beginning. It would have never spiraled in that case, but unfortunately we had the golbalist dems in charge. We are correcting that mistake, at least stateside.
“… not to debate but to demonize those with whom you disagree…” has been the tactic they have been using for years. Points of view that are difficult to debate are not debated, the primary authors of such points are simply vilified. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” is too hard to poke holes in, hence the decades long demonization of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson’s personal history is of no importance, they simply choose to attack the messenger in order to try to destroy the message.
I would have thought that the Democrats (and indeed all Americans) would be appreciative of DJT having such a close relationship to an African-American.
The AA’s skin isn’t dark enough for the Dems’ liking.
I really wish people like Turley would refrain from the term “McCarthyism.” After all, intercepts of Soviet messages showed that he was right in most instances. George Marshall WAS predispositioned toward Mao’s Communists as were others in government. There actually were a large number of Communists in the State Department although some had been dismissed by the time McCarthy made his infamous speech (which was not recorded and there is no record of what he actually said.
As for Democrats, they’re being Democrats. They’ve been upset ever since the Soviet Union fell apart.
Semcgowanjr,
Yes, it seems McCarthy was right about the State Department and, for that matter, Hollywood. They scarcely bother to hide it these days.
@sem
No, I disagree. When people are acting collectively as a regime, you call them a regime. McCarthyism is perfectly appropriate for our modern left. If they had power, they would be perfectly happy to eliminate not just dissenters, but people who simply disagree. If anything, ‘McCarthyism’ is far too mild. We escaped full on fascism by a hair’s breadth. If you do not agree, maybe examine your own personal bubble, though that is just my opinion. and if your life did not change one iota since 2008, then kudos, you are one of the privileged. The rest of us, who are the overwhelming majority, have not fared so well. And it is not because we are, ‘Stupid’.
I remember that a scholar on Soviet spying in America (it may have been the writer of the the Hiss-Chambers controversy, who was interviewed on C-Span) said that the problem with McCarthy is that he arrived too late. By the early ’50’s the cover of the Soviet spies had been blown and most had flown the coop.
The funniest thing I heard this morning was “the democrats were really pissed at DOGE and Musk because Adam and Eve were taken off Social Security and Medicare”.
Along with thousands of Revolutionary War veterans 😂
“Along with thousands of Revolutionary War veterans”
Even a few who fought for the British…
Jonathan: Wow! You call the attacks on Elon Musk “particularly disgraceful”. I think you need a reality check.
Musk is basically running the government. Yet, he was never been elected to office and has never been confirmed by the Senate. And the House MAGA Republicans refuse to call Musk to testify and justify his policies. That’s unaccountability on steroids! Musk has made it his mission to slash and burn government agencies authorized by Congress and fire thousands of workers. That’s a violation of many laws and courts around the country are the only ones holding him accountable. That’s because the servile MAGA congress won’t do anything to reign in Musk’s rampage.
And Musk is doing this while at the same time feathering his own nest by raking in billions in government contracts. He even wants the FAA to cancel an over $4 billion contract with Verizon to modernize the agency’s communications system and award the contract to Musk’s Starlink. Talk about brazenness! While at the same time Musk says SS is a giant “Ponzi scheme” the those who receive SS benefits are “parasites”, Musk is a walking, talking “parasite”, living off government contracts.
Next to DJT, Musk is the most hated person on the planet. Need proof? Look at the mass protests erupting over Musk’s policies. At Yosemite park this weekend thousands marched to protest Musk’s firing of park personnel. There have been mass protests at Tesla dealerships in lower Manhattan, Boston and Tucson–and even in Europe at Tesla plants. Protesters in NY shouted in unison “Don’t buy Swasticars!”. Even JD Vance couldn’t escape the protests. He tried take a ski vacation in Vermont. The streets were lined with protesters who shouted “Vance is a traitor. Go ski in Russia!”. According to Fox Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” and then left early. And there have been town hall protests around the country by voters who voted for DJT but now abhor his policies. The people have had enough! None of this has anything to do with “McCarthyism” by the Dems. The real “McCarthyism” is coming from DJT and Musk who are firing anyone in government who might criticize their policies.
Now that Musk, DJT and JD Vance have completely capitulated to Putin there is a revised edition coming out the “Art of the Deal”. The new version has a cover with DJT depicted on the cover on all fours, with Putin’s feet resting on DJT’s back. The title of the revised book reads “The Art of the Kneel”. A perfect depiction because DJT, his VP and Musk want the US to look like Putin’s Russia–a dictatorship of kleptocrats!
Mass protests LMaO
Dennis McInliar just makes up his own reality as he goes.
Dennis and all his pseudonyms ARE a crowd!
The best protests George Soro’s can buy.
Even with payment only a handful of people bother to show up.
Dennis! You write unadulterated hogwash.
Mr. Stupid strikes again! You know, if there was Truth in Advertising, then Mr. Stupid would change his name to Mr. Stupid, and anybody who reads his comments, would know what they are wasting their time on – the thoughts of someone named Mr. Stupid.
My BFF, Penelope Dreadful, Esq., enjoys watching videos of sovereign citizens, and they are pretty funny. Idiot people who live in their own little world, and act like they understand things that are far over their heads. Mr. Stupid seems a lot like that. He lives in his own little world. For example, does Mr. Stupid not know that these “mass” protests over Musk, Trump and Vance are paid-for, organized events???
SqueekyFromm-I had to sit in a jury box and listen to one explain why they did not have to adhere to traffic laws. Talk about bizarre
DennisMcIntyre-You should look for a padded room with a keeper.
What country is former DNC staffer Pablo Manriquez loyal to? He published advanced notice to illegal aliens with judicial warrants about ICE raids, putting the good men and women of ICE in physical danger, not to mention hindering their legal operations.
UpchuckFarmer, can I get you to concede that Putin has done anything wrong at all? Anything illegal ? Anything? Jaywalking? Speeding? Loitering? Driving through a red light? Anything? The answer is…..No. You’re a just as bad as a Holocaust denier. Nothing you type should be given any serious consideration by anyone. It’s all so terribly wrong and fallacious and ignorant.
Crybaby loser pedophile ^^^
Actually anonymoron, I have in the past stated that Putin is a thug. I thought that was pretty much a given. But as it has been pointed out, foreign policy experts have written papers going back as far as a decade that if NATO continued it’s eastward expansion, we would wind up in the mess we have today. I am not a foreign policy expert and even I knew that. But here we are. The only logical and sane thing to do is get a ceasefire, and a peace deal. We have to stop this game of WWIII chicken which Biden brought us to. Currently there are talks about a EU army, or EU troops on the ground in the Ukraine. A NATO mission without the US. I would like to see it. I would like to see the EU finally police it’s own backyard without us having to do it for them. Let them play WWIII chicken. Let us see how that goes for them.
And my comments, have a lot more weight and respect than anything you type.
+1 for upstate and -1 for the name calling troll with nothing to say.
You need to get all of that lumber out of your own eye.
Everything pales into insignificance compared to preventing WWIII and possible nuclear war. All the Trump bashing, the Putin bashing, the Zelensky bashing, the EU’s tears, the moralizing, the silly Hitler-Putin comparisons … all of that is meaningless by comparison. It is time for realpolitik and bringing this thing to an end before it leads to something devastating to the human race.
OldManFromKS,
Well said and great comment. It seems our anonymoron thinks if we are not jumping up and down, shouting profanities at Putin, calling for American troops on the ground, we a pro-Putin. The reality of the situation never seems to enter anonymorons mind: The Ukraine does not have the manpower to win this war of attrition. And putting NATO or American troops on the ground would likely escalate the situation into a WWIII and as you aptly point out, nuclear war. No one wins. Any arguments about who started what and when are moot at this point and just dumb to argue.
No Americans to kill on the ground, democrats. You’d love that, huh?
Based off that nonsensical comment, looks like you are really drunk.
The EU better spend that war money on domestic natural gas supplies. How stupid is this.
Zelensky wants to raid the central bank now. 😂 can’t squeeze any more out of Trump.
Zelensky has 2 weeks left.
“The EU better spend that war money on domestic natural gas supplies. ”
That is pretty much what will happen. Starmer is a chump who seems to immediately believe whatever crap spontaneously issues from his orifice, but the other EU heads are both giving lip service, and making a last ditch (futile) effort to back Trump into a corner where he might feel compelled to continue to give material assistance and/or moral support to military confrontation with Russia on Ukraine’s behalf. That is not going to happen.
The Trump-Zelensky fracas in the White House – Gilbert Doctorow (interview transcript)
https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2025/03/01/the-trump-zelensky-fracas-in-the-white-house/
“Yesterday’s Trump-Zelensky press conference marks a historical turning point. We were all witnesses to the moment that Ukraine was ‘thown under the bus,’ meaning when Washington said it will not provide security guarantees to Ukraine and will not supply further arms. We all understood why this is happening”
UpstateFarmer-you are correct. The Russians are truly paranoid about invasion and I suppose that is because they have been invaded from both East and West on many occasions. It does not excuse their aggression but you can understand it. And NATO was warned not to go too far. This mess, as you stated, is not a surprise.
GEB,
Thank you. It seems if we are not shouting for war, we are accused of being a Russian asset. A Putin lover. What we need is a cease fire and then get everyone with a vested interest to the peace table and serious talks. No one will get everything they want. Both sides will have to give up something. But they need to come to an agreement they can live with and we stop playing this game of WWIII, nuclear chicken.
Oh, I have also stated in the past that I would like to see the Ukraine push Russian forces back to the pre-war borders. But that is not realistic. We can and have been sending them weapons and other war material but they have a manpower issue. If they do not have the men to shoulder the weapons, hold the line, make advances no amount of weapons and war material is going to matter. The Biden admin was pushing Zelensky to lower the draft age, which is very, very unpopular in the Ukraine. Then there are some seven million refugees in other countries of which 41% are male. Obviously not all of them are of military age, but there could be a substantial pool to recruit from. IIRC, Poland once entertained the idea of sending those military aged males back to the Ukraine for military service. I would like to see it happen. Again, not realistic. So the only logical and sane course of action is a ceasefire and a peace deal. Seems the only ones who want that are Trump, the Russians and the actual Ukrainian troops on the front lines. Everyone else, from Zelensky, to the EU, to Democrats and even you seem to want more war. More fighting. More dying.
#9. JT posits a good question. “Just what country is he loyal to?”
Perhaps it’s a good time to examine this a bit further with regards to the accusers, since they bear the burden of proof.
“Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy, Who Met with Zelensky Before WH Visit, Confirms the Ukrainian Leader Had Already Decided to Torpedo Trump’s Mineral Deal Before Meeting with Trump”
–by Jim Hᴏft Mar. 3, 2025 8:00 am
Gateway Pundit – (Can’t place more than 2 links – look it up if you want, or trust my copy).
“And now, thanks to Democrat Senator Chris Murphy, we have confirmation that Zelensky had already decided to sabotage the agreement after cozying up with anti-Trump lawmakers.”
“On Friday, Zelensky first met with a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators at the Hay Adams Hotel—mere steps away from the White House—where he was showered with praise from deep-state warmongers.”
“This elite gathering included usual suspects like:
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Chris Murphy (D-CT) – (Well now looky here, Why it’s none other than the accuser).
Peter Welch (D-VT)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Additionally, RINOs Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Charles Grassley (R-IA) were present at this closed-door gathering.”
So why would anyone want to sabotage the American President and our international foreign relationships, and perhaps risk a much larger war that no one, including the United States is in any manner prepared for?
Oh wait…!
“Is it okay for a Senator serving on the Foreign Relations Committee to employ an aide who is a member of the Communist Party USA? What could be the security implications of such a relationship? For several years, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy employed Communist Party USA member Maxwell Goldman in a variety of positions.”
“After college, Goldman worked as Field Organizer for Dan Malloy for Governor, followed by a stint with the heavily Communist Party USA-influenced Connecticut SEIU.”
“In June 2014 (while employed by Senator Murphy), Maxwell Goldman served as a Connecticut delegate to the Communist Party USA National Convention in Chicago.”
https://www.trevorloudon.com/2017/07/security-risk-senator-chris-murphys-long-time-communist-staffer/
And from the good Senator’s own state:
https://www.ctra.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/MURPHY-EXPLAIN-1.pdf
Zelly wants to be a movie star.
Donald better not rub Stone Cold Steve Austin the wrong way
The next oval office meeting with Zelensky needs a referee.
WWE and The View and MSM all have one thing in common: They are fake.
Its all fake
Thunderlips, the ultimate male explains. “If I can’t break your spirit then I’ll break your back.”
Little known fact, Actor Sylvester Stallone was actually injured and required back surgery. Roll the video.
8 million dollars of whoopass 🤭.
I’ve never seen DJT angry before Zelensky meeting.
He looked a little angry when they pierced his ear! The attempts to kill Trump should speak volumes to any normal person with a brain. Fuggem
Full Steam Ahead, start stacking them up with the evidence and America will support it!
Does Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) believe that those protesting with Mexican flags in US land not loyal to America?
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Hotel? Trivago
Jonathan, all of the Red-Flag McCarthy Alarmist you mentioned would not spend 1-minute at the Front line of a War with a rifle in their hand. But they would gladly send our Boys into the fight so they can pocket money for their lives. These simple truths should be self-evident.
#9. Personally I’m enjoying watching the leftists thrash about like a fish just reeled into the bottom of the boat. The more of the same old worn out hyperbole they vomit up that failed to work before, the more likely they are to be completely eradicated in the mid-terms. They can’t admit they’ve been rejected by the country, they can’t admit they are wrong, they can’t offer a single plan that speaks to a better future, or speaks to fixing the Nation’s problems, or speaks to hope. Malcontents that have nothing at all to offer the country.
What is Trump’s “plan?” I haven’t seen one yet. Maybe you have and can share.
Trump is playing it by “ear”.
Yes, the one with the bullet hole in it!
Project 2025.
Blue Anon conspiracy theory. Trump and the GOP stated their agenda: https://prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf?_gl=1*i2rz5x*_gcl_au*MTE0NTAzNzczNy4xNzQxMDI0ODQ0
#9. Personally I’m enjoying watching the leftists thrash about like a fish just reeled into the bottom of the boat. The more of the same old worn out hyperbole they vomit up that failed to work before, the more likely they are to be completely eradicated in the mid-terms. They can’t admit they’ve been rejected by the country, they can’t admit they are wrong, they can’t offer a single plan that speaks to a better future, or speaks to fixing the Nation’s problems, or speaks to hope. Malcontents that have nothing at all to offer the country.
Musk is looting America. He does not give one hoot about making the government better. As for Trump, he is a Russian asset. Notice how Turley’s post is rich in criticizing the reaction to Musk and Trump without mentioning any of the actual things they are doing to deserve it.
No. He is not. You are just lying because Trump, Musk and DOGE are doing what the majority of Americans voted for. The majority of Americans to include Democrats want fraud, waste and abuse in the government cut.
The majority of voters voted against Trump. Also they have found very little if any improper spending. What they are doing is cutting funding to stuff they don’t like. And trashing federal law and the Constitution to do it.
Reality is calling: Trump won both the popular vote and the electoral vote. Trump is in the WH. Trump is president. Economist says DOGE checks are ‘exactly the right thing to incentivize Washington to find waste’
“Top economic advisor Steve Moore is on board with DOGE $5,000 checks, clearing it of inflationary impact, and says that democrats’ resistance makes their party “champions of waste.”
https://justthenews.com/government/economist-says-doge-checks-are-exactly-right-thing-incentivize-washington-find-waste
Quoting a MAGA rag is not persuasive.
It is not meant to be persuasive. It is highlighting the fact that DOGE is effective at cutting waste, fraud and abuse from the government. The majority of Americans support cutting waste, fraud and abuse from the government to include Democrats. The majority of Americans support the idea of getting a check from all the savings DOGE is making for the American taxpayers. The ones most likely against DOGE are the ones who benefit from the waste, fraud and abuse in the government. Would that be you?
USF – It’s GooGoo…
Franke is nothing but a crybaby loser.
Why is anyone responding to his gibberish?
here is a list of Congressional representatives/senators who are citizens due to naturalization should we consider them foreign agents and not trustworthy?
Masie Hirono Democrat
Bernie Moreno Republican
Salud Carbajal Democrat
Juan Ciscomani Democrat
Adriano Espaillat Democrat
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Democrat
Robert Garcia Democrat
Carlos A. Giminez Democrat
Pramila Jayapal Democrat
Young Kim Republican
Raja Krishnamoorthi Democrat
Ted Lieu Democrat
Ilhan Omar Democrat
Raul Ruiz Democrat
Victoria Spartz Republican
Shri Thanedar Democrat
Norma J. Torres Democrat
Eugene Vindman Democrat
Democrats 15
Republicans 3
Well the 15 Democrats perhaps… Just sayin.
Regular readers might be familiar with Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”. It is apparent that Democrats are using Alinsky rules (once again) because they lack real solutions, refuse to reflect on their failures and opt instead to attack which results in alienating voters. Let them.
Democrats are especially using the following Saul Alinsky “rules” but refer to the link above to read all of the 12 rules.
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”
RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.”
RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”
RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.”
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
The Bolen Report observes:
What is REALLY interesting is that Saul Alinsky died in 1972, almost 50 years ago…
What Alinsky, and his followers, failed to comprehend is that they created a whole generation of people who cannot see beyond screaming criticism and offer any modern day solutions to social problems beyond a social shift to the hungry and dreary world of socialism/communism – something they definitely do not actually want to happen.
The counter reaction to this situation has been the rise of the humongous populist movement that elected Donald Trump. This group doesn’t put up with Alinsky-like nonsense. They outnumber the Alinski-ites 100,000 to 1.
https://bolenreport.com/saul-alinskys-12-rules-radicals/
Amy Klobuchar, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, every Democrat in Congress, the MSM, all of them appear crazy but they do not care. They are sticking to their script, even if it is dated 50+ years, because it is all they have.
This is a good thing for all to remember and when the left gets nasty, use their rules against them.
Always remember rule 12: RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
“Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)”
Sometimes one needs to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
Estovir,
Well said and they do appear crazy.
What country is he loyal to? I’d think it would be the country he has invested and made billions of US $$$$$ in!