{"id":1630548,"date":"2022-09-02T07:32:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1630548"},"modified":"2022-09-02T07:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T11:33:40","slug":"bidens-democracy-lecture-reminded-americans-how-relentlessly-democrats-undermine-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-democracy-lecture-reminded-americans-how-relentlessly-democrats-undermine-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s \u2018Democracy\u2019 Lecture Reminded Americans How Relentlessly Democrats Undermine It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fbidens-democracy-lecture-reminded-americans-how-relentlessly-democrats-undermine-it%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=1630548&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--><p>In a prime-time speech explicitly designed to demonize half of the country and criminalize the conservative agenda ahead of the November midterms, President Joe Biden, positioned in front of a hellish background of red lights, accused former President Donald Trump and \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d of being <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1565492666120523778?s=20&amp;t=88uSW0yxSoGsw4y6VU0Btw\">\u201ca threat to the very soul of this country.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>But it\u2019s Biden and Democrats, not the more than 74 million Americans who voted for Trump in 2020, who are guilty of violating the Constitution, democracy, the rule of law, and the will of the people.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018This Is a Nation That Respects Free and Fair Elections.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Mere months after Biden said the 2022 midterms could <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/20\/so-its-ok-to-question-election-legitimacy-now-as-long-as-youre-not-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ceasily be illegitimate,\u201d<\/a> he claimed on Thursday, \u201cWe honor the will of the people. We do not deny it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tell that to the other Democrats, including Biden\u2019s current press secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/05\/09\/bidens-new-press-secretary-is-a-stolen-election-conspiracy-theorist-who-called-trump-an-illegitimate-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a>, who explicitly rejected the will of nearly 63 million people in 2016 when they realized that will was for Trump to run the White House. <\/p>\n<p>Blue politicians in Congress not only tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/31\/dems-call-hawleys-election-concerns-coup-attempt-after-objecting-to-every-gop-certification-this-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">block the certification<\/a> of Trump\u2019s election and every GOP election this century, something they <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1565493522886807558?s=20&amp;t=88uSW0yxSoGsw4y6VU0Btw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lambaste Republicans for doing in 2020<\/a>, but they campaigned on and continue to campaign on the delusion that Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/sunday-talk-shows\/432371-schiff-cites-2016-trump-tower-meeting-as-direct-evidence-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cstole\u201d the election<\/a> and was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton-trump-is-an-illegitimate-president\/2019\/09\/26\/29195d5a-e099-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cillegitimate\u201d president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"7GUcHEVwpelDnI9oTM1MxLY7OtUWR883b3asByqvIHsAqOgp0GyVjSdCL04EXFKN2ugZnKhRmue69Q2zoWSY5X6rj\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, Joe Biden said, &#8220;This is a nation that respects free and fair elections. We honor the will of the people. We do not deny it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s 10 minutes of Democrats denying election results:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I0oUumk68d\">pic.twitter.com\/I0oUumk68d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1565493427357323264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>More Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/06\/poll-more-democrats-denied-trump-won-where-were-democracy-fears-then\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> that Trump won the 2016 election than people who claimed Biden wasn\u2019t legitimately elected in 2020. One in three House Democrats\u00a0boycotted Trump\u2019s inauguration celebrations in 2017. <\/p>\n<p>But according to Biden, it\u2019s Republicans with \u201cblind loyalty to a single leader and a willingness to engage in political violence\u201d that will deliver the final blow to the nation\u2019s integrity. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018You Can\u2019t Love Your Country Only When You Win.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Tell that to all the Democrats who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/30\/leftists-abandoned-the-fourth-of-july-long-before-the-dobbs-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abandoned celebrating the Fourth of July<\/a> this year over the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. Or the leftists who abandoned it far before that because, according to them and their mouthpieces in the corporate media, celebrating America\u2019s founding is racist and obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>Also, who said Republicans don\u2019t love their country? Americans who vote with the GOP are <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/were-divided-on-patriotism-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">far more likely<\/a> to express patriotism for and loyalty to the United States than any other political party. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018There Is No Place for Political Violence in America. Period. None. Ever.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Where was this belief just two months ago when radical abortion activists violently attacked <a href=\"http:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=JWas9RdPX-2Fr-2BTPIsd3jWHILRT05yn4jwKrDsiAIQNpD-2FXMUjydPmbuQx-2BbeHoD7kLqj2z6gBiv-2BoSWvs7YV40YXVcHNZbCjzKMf9HMmXzsho9L4YVUqYLMsaIaFK0H-2Fz5mY-2BIL07-2FPq7fagmeFEaE-2BKEhr7yaL9zQESfXCKNpNA-3DZHFZ_t6rNZH6dypDIrJB92PWRvtA-2F5MJYWMaRe6pspVK6Cmby8E-2FM34eSP7m71xtiQztHob5H0gypRLAoqs52BAXDBtmbDyKZKYROpPu45s7Pvi8wLKS4QlnPSBgLXPGty2h6Ajz7JNJS8jJnAMjV-2BHvmjqnl-2F-2F7ZNgRpn3gNZaUONcQ53EltxCuRMMhd7NHhYfx2nkMYTWWxdcEuRoGhyvLHUaCANPFc6BPWtjVQDXtn73tOMcq-2FD-2FDhemsDAG-2BiwQDuXo4S4hD6B70h2xzxM4gqij4XbkmBYSNSricgRKSJeIP5YRLCWZC6zB7bjh7ISvD-2FJmozEeHey8ZMKmDAfqPQtjg0vbVPYmu-2B8sZ3uUJCMO3oduMhBB0MJtEiIS6EYEgjgbtd2erPoJTLqepR4gPs0A-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 80<\/a> churches and life-saving pregnancy centers and threatened to harm Republican-nominated justices following the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Dobbs v. Jackson<\/em> decision?<\/p>\n<p>Where was this energy when climate rioters <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/15\/can-you-spot-the-difference-between-these-two-insurrection-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">led an insurrection<\/a> at the Department of the Interior\u00a0in October 2021?<\/p>\n<p>Where was this plea for peace in 2020 when rioters, looters, and vandals inflicted billions of dollars of damage on the nation\u2019s cities? It took Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/joebiden.com\/2020\/08\/30\/statement-by-vice-president-joe-biden-on-the-deadly-violence-in-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">months<\/a> to condemn those attacks. In the meantime, his VP pick Kamala Harris raised money for a fund that paid to bail out those rioters and eventually <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/30\/kamala-harris-backed-fund-bailed-out-a-repeat-felon-three-weeks-later-he-was-charged-with-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murderous felons<\/a> to walk the streets again. <\/p>\n<p>Where was this exhortation when Democrats such as Hillary Clinton, Cory Booker, and Maxine Waters repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/08\/10-times-democrats-urged-violence-against-trump-and-his-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called for violence<\/a> against Trump and his supporters?<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans Represent an Extremism That Threatens the Very Foundations of Our Republic.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s Democrats and their henchmen in the FBI and DOJ who regularly advance extreme, unpopular agendas and actions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/18\/these-vulnerable-dems-wont-say-if-they-support-unpopular-unfettered-abortion-but-theyve-backed-it-before\/\">unlimited abortion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/01\/john-fetterman-thinks-only-rich-white-americans-know-how-to-acquire-voter-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banning voter ID<\/a>, colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/541234-hawley-presses-wray-on-use-of-geolocation-data-to-track-capitol-rioters\">targeting<\/a> Jan. 6 protesters, and raiding the former president\u2019s home without giving a clear or legitimate explanation. <\/p>\n<p>But sure, blame the baby-loving, pro-election security, freedom of speech Republicans for the downfall of the nation. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018MAGA Republicans Do Not Respect the Constitution. They Do Not Believe in the Rule of Law.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Deep-state actors and Democrats like to use \u201cno one is above the law\u201d to justify their targeting of Trump and Republicans, but that schtick is all a lie and <a href=\"https:\/\/conventionofstates.com\/voters-say-federal-bureaucracy-too-big-focused-on-pushing-political-agenda-rather-than-serving-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a majority of Americans<\/a>\u00a0know it. <\/p>\n<p>If Democrats and their bureaucrat buddies<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/17\/democrats-say-no-one-is-above-the-law-but-this-list-of-their-corrupt-allies-proves-otherwise\/\"> cared about the rule of law<\/a>, Biden, his son Hunter, and the rest of his family would be properly scrutinized for their financial ties to foreign oligarchs. Hillary Clinton and her staff would have had to pay for their 91 security violations for mishandling highly classified information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illegal border crossers<\/a> would be punished for violating the law. Election law-breakers would do time for meddling. All of the Russia hoaxers would be fired, charged, and possibly imprisoned for lying about and spying on Trump. <\/p>\n<p>But they aren\u2019t, because Democrats like Biden have deemed those people \u201cabove the law\u201d and unworthy of proper investigation and possible prosecution.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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