{"id":2152390,"date":"2024-01-18T06:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T11:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-promise-to-save-democracy-by-destroying-it\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T06:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T11:57:55","slug":"democrats-promise-to-save-democracy-by-destroying-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-promise-to-save-democracy-by-destroying-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats vow to protect democracy by dismantling it"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocrats-promise-to-save-democracy-by-destroying-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=2152390&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Is the Democrats&#8217; Focus on &#8220;Saving Democracy&#8221; Undermining Constitutional Governance?<\/h2>\n<p>Granted, I\u2019m not a professional political consultant,\u200d but\u2063 I\u2019m starting to get the sense that the Democrats\u2019 2024 focus on \u201csaving democracy\u201d suffers somewhat from their constant efforts to demolish every basic norm of constitutional governance.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, maybe we just need to define\u2062 our\u2062 terms, since \u201cdemocracy\u201d has been stripped of\u2062 any useful meaning. \u200bThe word \u200bcertainly doesn\u2019t signify \u200dadherence to\u2062 the Constitution \u2014 a document barely, if ever,\u200d mentioned by the contemporary left for\u200b obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Indeed,\u200c for the past eight or so years, many legal and traditional institutions of American governance \u2014 the Electoral College, the filibuster,\u200c two \u2064senators in every state, states, open discourse, the Supreme Court, and so on \u2014 have \u200bbeen \u2062framed as nemeses \u200dof \u201cdemocracy\u201d if they\u2064 happen to \u2063temporarily benefit Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually every political setback,\u200d in fact, has been transformed into an existential threat to the foundations of \u201cdemocracy.\u201d Anyone with conventional conservative views, especially social ones, has \u2063been\u2064 reimagined as MAGA extremists or \u201csemi-fascists\u201d or \u201cChristofascists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even when originalist justices, the most scrupulous devotees of American \u201cdemocracy\u201d in \u200cthe \u2063country, strengthen majoritarianism,\u200c as they did handing the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wants-a-filibuster-carve-out-but-only-for-democrats\/\" title=\"Biden Wants A Filibuster Carve-Out \u2014 But Only For Democrats\">abortion issue back<\/a> to voters\u2063 where\u200d it belonged, Democrats have \u200ba collective fainting spell over the\u200b future of \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are positive that asking someone to \u2064prove\u200d an\u2064 ID before voting portends the \u2062rise of the Fourth Reich, but they have no problem \u200bpressuring private \u2063companies to censor political speech, ignoring the Supreme Court,\u200d unilaterally breaking\u200d millions\u200b of private contracts to buy votes, using executive power \u200dto circumvent \u2062the \u200dwill of voters, and throwing the leading opposition candidate off ballots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If \u200cyou\u2019re \u200cconvinced \u200dthat George W.\u2064 Bush stole an election or \u200cthat Donald Trump was \u201cselected\u201d\u200c by a foreign dictator, your griping about \u201cdenialism\u201d holds \u200cno weight.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know what\u2019s definitely authoritarian, though? Plotting \u200dto undermine civilian control of the military. It\u2019s one of\u2063 the big ones.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-military-fears-rcna129159?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&#038;taid=65a3fdfdbfa495000187e4e9&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a> this week that \u201ca network of \u200bpublic interest\u200b groups and lawmakers, nervous about former \u2063President Trump\u2019s potential return to power, is quietly devising plans to foil any effort on his part to pressure the U.S. military to carry out \u200chis political agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dear \u200clord, voters elect\u200d the <em>commander-in-chief<\/em> because of a political agenda. It is literally the military\u2019s job to implement the democratic will \u200cof the people. It\u2019s right there in the Constitution. It\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Invading \u200bIraq was a <em>political<\/em> decision, not one made by a Star Chamber, but by the president and senators \u2062like Joe\u200d Biden. Leaving Afghanistan was a political decision, made by \u2064a president\u2064 who promised the\u200b public he\u200d would do so if elected. The decision to take the Houthis off \u200bthe global terror \u2064list was a political decision. As was the \u200cdecision\u2063 to grant Iran access to billions and to\u2064 send Palestinian terror groups hundreds of\u200d millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if voters are\u2062 unhappy with these \u2063decisions, they are free\u200c to support someone else the next time around. But \u2062if\u2062 a\u2062 bunch of\u200d unelected right-wing \u201cpublic interest groups\u201d and lawmakers, nervous about Biden\u2019s \u200bfailed \u2014 but completely legal \u2014 foreign\u2064 policy decisions, formed a cabal within the government to \u201cfoil\u201d him, it would\u200b not be strengthening \u201cdemocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then again, you \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/14\/treason-gen-milley-undermined-trump-white-house-with-secret-calls-promising-to-alert-china-of-potential-u-s-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remember<\/a> when Gen. Mark Milley made two\u2063 phone calls to our top geopolitical\u2063 foes \u2062in China and promised to give them a heads-up \u2064should\u200c the United States attack?\u2062 That was \u2063another clear-cut subversion of \u2064civilian authority over the military. Nothing about those calls comports \u2062with \u201cdemocracy.\u201d The \u2064opposite.\u200d Yet Milley is regarded as\u2064 a hero\u200c of the resistance.<\/p>\n<p>And you probably remember\u2063 \u201cAnonymous,\u201d \u2064as well. The \u201csenior Trump administration official\u201d who published that overwrought op-ed in The New\u200d York Times contending that senior\u200b staffers\u2062 secretly\u200b schemed to undercut Trump to protect\u2063 the American people.\u200d \u201cI work \u200cfor the president,\u201d wrote \u2062Miles Taylor, \u201cbut like-minded colleagues and I have vowed \u2062to thwart parts of his agenda and his \u200dworst inclinations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political appointees who join a shadow government to \u201cthwart\u201d the president\u2019s decisions \u2014 not because\u2062 he\u2019s\u200d been engaged in\u2062 any unconstitutional or illegal acts, but because they disagreed \u2064with him \u2014 are\u2063 definitely \u2064not the heroes of \u201cdemocracy\u201d they imagine themselves. \u200b(Taylor is on TV\u2063 these days <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-could-turn-off-internet-miles-taylor-1852774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warning<\/a> that Trump might \u201cturn off\u201d the internet\u2063 if\u2064 he\u2019s elected for a\u2063 second term. Joke\u2019s on him, though, since \u2064Trump already did so when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cato.org\/commentary\/no-scrapping-net-neutrality-laws-wont-kill-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overturned<\/a> net \u200cneutrality.)<\/p>\n<p>David Axelrod, who worked for a president who acted as if he were a\u2063 sovereign, \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1747605750443016669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contends<\/a> that\u2062 if Republican primary voters select Trump as the\u200d nominee, it \u201cwould be a stunning rebuke of the \u2063rules, norms, laws and institutions upon which our democracy is\u2064 founded and would\u200d have profound\u2063 implications for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, a lot of \u2064that sounds like projection to me. Sometimes, you get the sense that just\u2063 maybe all this \u201cdemocracy\u201d talk is\u200d a cynical strategy to hold onto\u2063 power.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200blet\u2019s say it\u2019s true. Every illiberal precedent Democrats set in their own alleged efforts to save our \u201cdemocracy\u201d from Trump will also have profound implications for the future.\u200b Trump will leave us one\u2063 day. Democrats\u2019 constant attacks on governing\u200c norms won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u2063some criticisms of the Democrats&#8217; approach to &#8220;saving\u200c democracy&#8221; as discussed in the op-ed?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Helming op-ed in The \u200cNew York Times about \u2062the\u200d internal resistance within the\u200d White House to counter President Trump&#8217;s agenda. This person, hiding \u2063behind \u2062anonymity, claimed to be \u200dpart of the\u200c &#8220;resistance&#8221; working to save democracy\u200b from Trump&#8217;s destructive \u200bactions.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s be \u2062clear: \u2063no one is denying that there are legitimate\u200b concerns to \u200caddress when it \u200bcomes to constitutional governance and the preservation of\u200b democracy. However, it is important to critically\u2064 examine \u2063the \u200cactions and \u200crhetoric of the Democrats in their so-called mission to &#8220;save democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the main\u200d issues with the\u200d Democrats&#8217; approach is their selective \u200cinterpretation\u200d of democracy. They conveniently label anything that\u2064 doesn&#8217;t\u200c align with their ideology as a threat\u200d to democracy, while ignoring their own \u200dtransgressions \u200bagainst constitutional norms.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the Democrats have consistently targeted\u2062 key institutions of American governance that\u2063 they perceive as \u2063impediments to their\u200d agenda. The Electoral College, the\u200c filibuster, and the Supreme Court have all been demonized as enemies of democracy simply because they may\u2063 temporarily favor Republicans. This narrow, self-serving definition of democracy undermines the very essence of constitutional governance, which \u2062relies \u2062on\u200d a system of \u2064checks and balances.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Democrats have shown a willingness to trample \u200bon the \u2062rights\u200b of individuals and disregard the rule of law in \u2063the\u200b name of &#8220;saving\u200d democracy.&#8221; They advocate for \u2062unbridled \u200bcensorship by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-it-now-biden-still-demanding-gas-station-owners-cut-prices\/\" title=\"\"Do it Now!\" - Biden Still Demanding Gas Station Owners Cut Prices\">pressuring private companies<\/a> to censor political speech,\u2063 ignore Supreme\u2062 Court decisions, and break private\u200d contracts to gain political support. These actions only serve to undermine the foundations of a \u2062democratic society.<\/p>\n<p>Another disturbing \u2063trend among Democrats is their attempts to delegitimize their political opponents by mischaracterizing \u200cthem \u2062as extremists or \u200cfascists.\u200d Instead of engaging\u2063 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-brings-in-birtherism-and-affair-conspiracies-against-haley-in-final-days-before-iowa-caucuses\/\" title=\"Trump revives birtherism and affair conspiracies against Haley ahead of Iowa caucuses\">substantive policy\u200d debates<\/a>, \u200dthey resort to name-calling and ad hominem attacks. This not only\u200b stifles open discourse and free exchange of \u2062ideas, but\u200d it also undermines the democratic principle of respecting differing viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps the most alarming example of the Democrats&#8217; undermining of constitutional governance \u200dis\u200b their willingness to undermine civilian\u2064 control of the military. The\u2062 recent\u2063 reports\u200c of efforts \u2062by certain groups and lawmakers to foil former President Trump&#8217;s potential return to power \u200bby manipulating\u200b the military is deeply concerning. The military&#8217;s role is \u2062to implement the\u200b democratic will of the people, not to be used as a political tool to further partisan agendas.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to underscore that democracy\u2062 is not a monolithic concept that\u200b can \u2062be molded and shaped to fit partisan interests. It is a system\u2064 that relies on the rule of law, respect for constitutional norms, and the protection of individual rights.\u2063 The Democrats&#8217; focus\u200d on &#8220;saving democracy&#8221; is only meaningful if it encompasses these\u2063 fundamental principles,\u200b rather than serving as a \u2063smokescreen\u200b for their \u2064own \u200dpower-hungry agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, while the\u2064 idea of &#8220;saving democracy&#8221; is noble and \u200cnecessary, it is crucial to scrutinize \u2063the\u2062 actions\u2062 and rhetoric of those claiming \u200bto champion this cause. The Democrats&#8217; constant efforts to demolish constitutional norms, selectively interpret democracy, and undermine their political opponents raise\u2064 serious questions\u200d about the true nature of their commitment to constitutional governance and the \u2064preservation of democracy. As citizens, it is our duty to hold all \u200dpolitical parties accountable for their actions\u200d and demand a genuine \u2063commitment to the principles that underpin\u200b our democratic system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I lack expertise as a political consultant, it appears that the Democrats&#8217; emphasis on &#8220;saving democracy&#8221; in 2024 contradicts their continuous attempts to undermine constitutional governance. Perhaps redefining our terms is necessary, as &#8220;democracy&#8221; has lost its practical significance due to these actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2152391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2152390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2152390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2152391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2152390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2152390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2152390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}