{"id":1525553,"date":"2022-06-22T08:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T12:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525553"},"modified":"2022-06-22T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T12:20:00","slug":"america-wont-survive-if-only-the-left-is-playing-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/america-wont-survive-if-only-the-left-is-playing-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"America Won\u2019t Survive If Only The Left Is Playing To Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerica-wont-survive-if-only-the-left-is-playing-to-win%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/800px-MedalCeremony_1_011520_44_of_69_49396285057.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas for America\u2019s neo-Marxist left to reignite their full-fledged assault on the 2nd Amendment. <\/p>\n<p>Before the victims\u2019 families could even lay their loved ones to rest, calls were being made by some of the country\u2019s most notable Democrats to bar and confiscate certain types of firearms from the American public. Look no further than President Joe Biden, who, in addition to advocating for a ban on rifles like the AR-15, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-says-second-amendment-not-absolute-at-police-executive-order-signing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly stated<\/a> that the constitutional rights of Americans are \u201cnot absolute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said a .22-caliber bullet will lodge in the lung, and we can probably get it out \u2014 may be able to get it and save the life. A 9mm bullet blows the lung out of the body,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-9mm-guns-texas-uvalde-mass-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> last month. \u201cSo, the idea of these high-caliber weapons is, uh, there\u2019s simply no rational basis for it in terms of self-protection, hunting \u2026 Remember, the Constitution was never absolute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Ed Markey took his remarks a step further, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1529880827861008387?s=20&#038;t=d-4jt3IR9kApD1M1W99bIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arguing<\/a> that his party should pack the Supreme Court in order to \u201censure that when [Democrats] put gun safety laws on the books they are not override[n].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the glaringly obvious intentions to disarm the American citizenry through any means necessary, Senate Republican leadership was more than happy to jump in bed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his merry band of dystopian Democrats to negotiate a \u201ccompromise\u201d on gun control legislation. Released on Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornyn.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/bipartisan_safer_communities_act_text%20%281%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> provides increased funding to state mental health resources, as well as funding for states to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/08\/06\/red-flag-laws-not-good-solution-mass-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">red flag laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/13\/there-are-many-potential-problems-with-the-bipartisan-gun-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> by Federalist Senior Editor David Harsanyi, red flag laws are ripe for abuse, with authorities in states like California and Maryland being able to \u201cconfiscate weapons merely on the strength of an uncorroborated allegation by family members, coworkers, law enforcement officers, or others without any kind of genuine due process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans have since faced well-deserved backlash from conservative voters since the framework\u2019s release, with Texas Sen. John Cornyn\u2014who spearheaded the negotiations with Democrats\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/17\/sen-john-cornyn-booed-at-texas-gop-convention-over-willingness-to-surrender-to-democrats-on-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">getting booed<\/a> off the stage at the Texas GOP convention on Friday. In an attack on his own base, Cornyn proceeded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-sen-cornyn-booed-crowd-state-gop-convention-negotiating-gun-control-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retweet a journalist<\/a> that quoted the Texas senator as having referred to the upset crowd (many of whom likely voted for him in 2020) as a \u201cmob.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Surrender is a Republican Tradition<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019d think that with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/15\/texas-republican-mayra-flores-wins-special-election-defeating-democrat-dan-sanchez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent special election victories<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/2022-generic-congressional-vote-7361.html#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polls<\/a> indicating a red tsunami in the midterm elections, Republicans would be politically savvy enough to outright reject Democrats\u2019 assault on Americans\u2019 constitutional liberties. Such commonsense thinking, however, has always been absent from GOP leadership, who have routinely caved to the left on nearly every major policy issue and worked to stab their base in the back.<\/p>\n<p>Take, for instance, the subject of immigration. In March of last year, when illegal immigration along the U.S. southern border was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2021\/03\/10\/100k-migrants-apprehended-last-month-highest-feb-total-since-2006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beginning to skyrocket<\/a>, a group of congressional Republicans led by South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham and Florida Rep. Maria Salazar proposed legislation that would\u2019ve provided a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens living in the country. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/17\/lindsey-graham-house-republicans-promote-amnesty-for-illegal-aliens-amid-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a>, the plan would have provided \u201cgreen cards to illegal aliens enrolled and eligible for former President Obama\u2019s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and gives work visas to the roughly 11 to 22 million illegal aliens in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, the amnesty \u2014 dubbed the \u2018Dignity Proposal\u2019 \u2014 would give legal resident status to anywhere from 1.5 to 3.5 million illegal aliens who are enrolled and eligible for DACA. Eventually, these illegal aliens can apply for green cards and obtain American citizenship,\u201d the Breitbart report reads.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration is hardly the only issue where Republicans have ceded ground to Democrats.  In recent years, the GOP has been complicit in helping Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/06\/democrats-accept-republican-cave-debt-ceiling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raise<\/a> the debt ceiling, <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/katiepavlich\/2020\/12\/21\/rand-paul-eviscerates-congress-for-enabling-state-government-lockdowns-n2581931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fund<\/a> the moronic COVID-19 lockdowns, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/bidens-track-record-judicial-appointments-200038559.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJGtO2ulwBRNxD_xhnfJa4fzrc_HV0XyIajMQftOz6lR33RUx8X754UxvAwklH9EgLOCigtIqGlZH-8U1C0VvewhXoQYzs_KEO86gTf2Yz1TPPWJ3LYwcQNsCZvT9xNza0d6SAbyOBWBzmWQ4bosIQoaDLJtvHKZOehNtzJmGn4r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirm<\/a> Biden\u2019s radical, left-wing judicial nominees to the federal bench at a rate not seen since the presidency of Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than put up a fight for their voters, many congressional Republicans have instead fallen in line with Democrats, thus helping the latter advance their neo-Marxist agenda and bid to exert greater control over the American populace.<\/p>\n<h2>Weak Republicans Are Complicit in America\u2019s Downfall<\/h2>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s our politics or our culture, many conservatives often wonder how America could\u2019ve reached the point where multi-trillion spending packages and choosing your sex have become normalized. What ever happened to that shining city on the hill that Reagan talked about? How has the left taken so much ground in such a short period of time?<\/p>\n<p>The simple fact is that when only one side is playing to advance their values and ideology using the current framework, society tends to devolve pretty quickly. As a result of weak-kneed Republicans who have refused to fight for the ideals that have defined our country for generations, America has declined into the vapid and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/number-of-americans-who-believe-in-god-dips-to-new-low-gallup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasingly<\/a> Godless state we find her in today. <\/p>\n<p>Unlike President Bill Clinton, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/washingtonweek\/web-video\/era-big-government-over-clintons-1996-state-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> that \u201cthe era of big government is over\u201d after his party experienced tremendous losses in the 1994 midterms, don\u2019t expect today\u2019s Democrat Party to recant or move to the center on any major political or cultural issue when they get annihilated at the ballot box this November. For the left, election losses are seen as mere temporary setbacks. Democrats know that at the end of the day, the likelihood that Republicans will utilize any congressional majorities to advance or promote a pro-freedom agenda and reverse actions taken by their party is slim to none. <\/p>\n<p>If conservatives wish to reverse this trend, it is incumbent upon voters to either consistently pressure elected Republicans into advancing our principles or throw them out of office if they don\u2019t. Any form of complacency will only continue this vicious cycle, wherein Democrats slowly destroy the country while Republicans just sit and watch.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t take long after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas for America\u2019s neo-Marxist left to reignite their full-fledged assault on the 2nd Amendment. 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