{"id":76081,"date":"2022-01-13T11:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76081"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:50:25","slug":"76081","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76081","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF:<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll leave you with a GOP strategist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganDobson\/status\/1481261412488036362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marveling<\/a>\u00a0at Biden choosing to expend evaporating political capital on this base-placation exercise. \u00a0Which seems destined to fail. \u00a0Which, in turn, will only inflame the base&#8217;s dissatisfaction. \u00a0Galaxy brain stuff.\u00a0 Americans do not generally view the right and ability to vote as under genuine threat. \u00a0They&#8217;re more worried about rising prices, various shortages, and other hardships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/01\/13\/desperate-demagogue-those-who-oppose-my-elections-power-grab-are-domestic-enemies-n2601751?utm_campaign=rightrailsticky1\">Desperate Demagogue: Those Who Oppose My Elections Power Grab Are &#8216;Domestic Enemies&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One more post on that nasty, mendacious speech delivered by a desperate, shrinking president. \u00a0Mitt Romney made\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1481037255120719873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some strong points<\/a>\u00a0in rebuttal on Tuesday, and we followed up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2022\/01\/12\/savage-romney-shames-biden-democrats-filibuster-hypocrisy-n2601729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a few additional arguments<\/a>\u00a0yesterday. \u00a0But we haven&#8217;t tackled this soundbyte yet, which was among the ugliest and laziest lines in the president&#8217;s extended expression of performative, impotent rage. \u00a0President Unity is really\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1481019222297923585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on a roll<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden says Americans who are opposed to his radical election overhaul bills are domestic enemies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lv31JYUk29\">pic.twitter.com\/Lv31JYUk29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1481019222297923585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s framing opponents of his scheme to repeal state laws and impose a partisan federal takeover of elections as not only segregationists, but also domestic enemies. \u00a0A lot of people were disturbed by the previous president labeling journalists the &#8216;enemy of the people.&#8217; \u00a0Here&#8217;s the guy who won on healing and normalcy slandering a majority of Americans (large majorities oppose things like eliminating photo ID and mandating ballot harvesting), and at least 52 US Senators, as enemies of the country. \u00a0Did the erstwhile rhetoric hand-wringers bat an eye? \u00a0Despite all his talk about reaching across the aisle, having\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2020\/11\/10\/biden-on-his-mandate-n2579711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cited cooperation and decency<\/a>\u00a0as part of his governing mandate, it&#8217;s not surprising to see Cranky Joe casually smearing the entire Republican Party. \u00a0If he was willing to tell a room full of black voters that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2012\/08\/24\/rangel-oh-you-bet-your-ass-biden-was-talking-about-slavery-with-chains-remark-n661351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wanted to re-enslave them<\/a>, he&#8217;ll say anything. \u00a0But tarring holdout Democrats &#8212; members of his own party, whose votes he needs on literally everything? \u00a0That&#8217;s a bold move.<\/p>\n<p>What struck me about the &#8216;domestic enemies&#8217; calumny is that Biden&#8217;s words and tone were much harsher than anything I can recall him saying about the Taliban, terrorists who murder Americans, brutalize dissidents, execute gays, and subjugate women and girls. \u00a0During his disgraceful Afghanistan withdrawal, Biden&#8217;s shambolic retreat featured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/08\/28\/taliban-takeover-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a reliance on the Taliban<\/a>, so maybe he felt compelled to keep any would-be barbs to himself &#8212; even after their &#8220;security&#8221; operation (run by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/terrorinfo\/sirajuddin-haqqani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wanted terrorist<\/a>) surrendered a deadly attack that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/08\/29\/1032044382\/what-we-know-about-the-13-u-s-service-members-killed-in-the-kabul-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killed 13 Americans<\/a>. \u00a0In response, the Biden administration accidentally droned some innocent kids to death, and the president\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/gregp-3534\/2021\/09\/17\/report-biden-was-briefed-on-the-kabul-drone-strike-before-heading-to-the-beach-and-he-still-hasnt-released-a-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fled to the beach<\/a>\u00a0as that grave error was publicly revealed. \u00a0After all, he&#8217;d already abandoned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2021\/10\/07\/afghan-refugees-released-americans-stuck-n2596939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thousands of Americans<\/a>\u00a0to the terrorist regime, breaking his word. \u00a0Perhaps his team&#8217;s mentality was that it would be best to cut his losses and hunker down.<\/p>\n<p>But on\u00a0<em>this<\/em>, he&#8217;s all riled up. \u00a0Biden is evincing much, much more anger that a majority of United States Senators won&#8217;t go along with a radical plan to blow up Senate rules in order to facilitate a 50\/50 nominal Democratic majority unilaterally re-writing the whole county&#8217;s election laws, all based on a phony &#8220;crisis&#8221; related to &#8220;voting rights.&#8221; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickRuffini\/status\/1481021775723089921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Americans<\/a>\u00a0are perfectly comfortable with recalibrating our elections processes to pre-pandemic norms, which does not qualify as &#8220;voter suppression&#8221; &#8212; even in places like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2021\/04\/07\/heh-georgia-republican-introduces-voter-suppression-bill-to-adopt-election-laws-from-joe-bidens-delaware-n2587474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delaware and New York<\/a>, where the &#8220;suppression&#8221; has been strangely inoffensive to Biden for decades:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1481021775723089921&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fguybenson%2F2022%2F01%2F13%2Fdesperate-demagogue-those-who-oppose-my-elections-power-grab-are-domestic-enemies-n2601751&amp;sessionId=3f906a4b9ee100c2bc6dcfcd096e400e750ae456&amp;siteScreenName=townhallcom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=86e9194f%3A1641882287124&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1481021775723089921\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In states like Georgia and Texas, the president&#8217;s designated bogeymen, lawmakers reverted back to pre-emergency rules, while incorporating some expansions of voting options, relative to the status quo prior to the pandemic. \u00a0That&#8217;s a mainstream, reasonable course of action. \u00a0Or as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/guybenson\/2021\/03\/26\/biden-the-filibuster-is-a-jim-crow-relic-and-gop-voter-suppression-laws-are-worse-than-jim-crow-n2586946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden would call it<\/a>,\u00a0<em>literally worse than Jim Crow. \u00a0<\/em>Fascinatingly, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/mar\/15\/first-thing-stacey-abrams-slams-jim-crow-voting-reforms-in-georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pioneer<\/a>\u00a0of the &#8216;Jim Crow 2.0&#8217; lie &#8212; a woman famous and indeed celebrated for her election lies &#8212; &#8220;couldn&#8217;t make it&#8221; to the Biden\/Harris tantrum this week. \u00a0Stacey Abrams had the President and Vice President of the United States, members of her party, in her state, addressing her signature &#8220;issue&#8221; &#8230;and she couldn&#8217;t be bothered to show up. \u00a0Scheduling conflict, you see. \u00a0Unless it was her own wedding or the funeral of a close relative (we have no indication it was anything of the sort), I cannot imagine what possibly could have stood in the way of her attendance. \u00a0The likelier truth is that Abrams didn&#8217;t want to cross leftist activists who were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/georgia-voting-rights-groups-boycott-bidens-atlanta-speech\/38738760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boycotting<\/a>\u00a0the event\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0didn&#8217;t want to be too closely associated with a president who is unpopular in the state in which she&#8217;s trying to win the governorship. \u00a0Odds are, her no-show was a self-interested political calculation, and it made Biden&#8217;s dumb, dishonest table-pounding look even weaker.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave you with a GOP strategist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganDobson\/status\/1481261412488036362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marveling<\/a>\u00a0at Biden choosing to expend evaporating political capital on this base-placation exercise. \u00a0Which seems destined to fail. \u00a0Which, in turn, will only inflame the base&#8217;s dissatisfaction. \u00a0Galaxy brain stuff.\u00a0 Americans do not generally view the right and ability to vote as under genuine threat. \u00a0They&#8217;re more worried about rising prices, various shortages, and other hardships.<\/p>\n<section id=\"article-body\">\u00a0<em>And yet:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1481261412488036362&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fguybenson%2F2022%2F01%2F13%2Fdesperate-demagogue-those-who-oppose-my-elections-power-grab-are-domestic-enemies-n2601751&amp;sessionId=3f906a4b9ee100c2bc6dcfcd096e400e750ae456&amp;siteScreenName=townhallcom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=86e9194f%3A1641882287124&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1481261412488036362\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This juxtaposition is jarring. What a fraud his unity\/decency\/cooperation pledge was:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1481324120428191748&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fguybenson%2F2022%2F01%2F13%2Fdesperate-demagogue-those-who-oppose-my-elections-power-grab-are-domestic-enemies-n2601751&amp;sessionId=3f906a4b9ee100c2bc6dcfcd096e400e750ae456&amp;siteScreenName=townhallcom&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=86e9194f%3A1641882287124&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1481324120428191748\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"thm-piano-promo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF: I&#8217;ll leave you with a GOP strategist\u00a0marveling\u00a0at Biden choosing to expend evaporating political capital on this base-placation exercise. \u00a0Which seems destined to fail. \u00a0Which, in turn, will only inflame the base&#8217;s dissatisfaction. \u00a0Galaxy brain stuff.\u00a0 Americans do not generally view the right and ability to vote as under genuine threat. \u00a0They&#8217;re more worried about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=76081\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crap-for-brains","category-enemies-foreign-domestic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76082,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76081\/revisions\/76082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}