{"id":2287228,"date":"2024-07-01T13:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-democracy-democrats-mean-a-shadow-government\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:18:00","slug":"by-democracy-democrats-mean-a-shadow-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/by-democracy-democrats-mean-a-shadow-government\/","title":{"rendered":"By &#8216;Democracy,&#8217; Democrats Mean A Shadow Government"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fby-democracy-democrats-mean-a-shadow-government%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=2287228&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>The summary discusses the\u2062 recent events \u2064surrounding President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline \u2063and the reactions from his supporters and critics. It highlights the concern about who is truly running the country if Biden is unfit for office and questions the integrity of those who have been\u2064 aware of his condition\u2064 but stayed silent. The summary \u2064also mentions the defense and support Biden has received from key figures like Barack Obama and the Clintons, despite his obvious cognitive impairments\u200b displayed during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-dakota-gov-signs-bill-banning-critical-race-theory-from-public-schools\/\" title=\"North Dakota Gov Signs Bill Banning Critical Race Theory From Public Schools\">recent debate<\/a>. Additionally, it mentions Biden&#8217;s attempts to portray himself as a truth-teller and a champion of ordinary \u2063people, despite his documented lies and inconsistencies. The summary concludes by \u200bpointing\u2064 out the \u2063hypocrisy in the portrayal of Biden as a truthful\u200c leader, given \u2064the inaccuracies and deceptions he has \u2062been caught in.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Within a span of 24 hours, every sector of the American privileged class \u2014 from politics to punditry, from activism to academia \u2014 exposed their utter disdain for self-government. <\/p>\n<p>The power-first reveal initially exploded on an Atlanta stage when in real time the country witnessed our commander-in-chief confirm through his cognitively impaired performance that he is not running our country and that a vote for Joe Biden will be tallied for some unnamed other.<\/p>\n<p>All the talk about supposedly \u201csaving democracy\u201d means nothing: Joe Biden\u2019s backers care not a whit about voters beyond whether they can manipulate the American people enough to retain power. <\/p>\n<p>For years, the evidence of President Biden\u2019s serious cognitive decline was minimized and those raising questions ostracized. Even as proof of his current incompetence mounted, those pulling the strings pivoted to pushing a \u201ccheap fake\u201d narrative to paint the visual evidence as concocted.<\/p>\n<p>For those Americans still relying on the propaganda press for their news, Thursday\u2019s debate hit hard. Within minutes, Joe Biden\u2019s incapacity was on full display for America \u2026 and her enemies. So obvious was the president\u2019s impairment that even his most ardent advocates finally acknowledged Biden\u2019s unfitness for office.<\/p>\n<p>Yet those closest to the president \u2014 his cabinet, advisers, campaign staff, and Democrat-trusted members of the press \u2014 knew this reality for years. They were content to keep quiet so long as they could hide the truth from Americans: that they, not the commander-in-chief elected by voters, would run the country.<\/p>\n<p>Pray tell, how is that defending \u201cdemocracy\u201d?\u00a0We don\u2019t even know who the \u201cthey\u201d are to demand accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Friday provided a hint, however, with former President Barack Obama publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1806758633230709017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defending<\/a> his former vice president, by framing Joe Biden\u2019s senility as merely a \u201cbad debate.\u201d The Clintons likewise both <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4747593-bill-clinton-joe-biden-debate-aftermath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> their backing of the current president. Key cabinet members, such as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bidens-cabinet-few-words-biden-fitness-concerns-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affirmed<\/a> their support for Biden following Thursday\u2019s fiasco, telling Fox News Digital they stood by their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-investigating-chaplain-who-said-transgender-people-unqualified-to-serve\/\" title=\"Army Investigating Chaplain Who Said Transgender People \u2018Unqualified To Serve\u2019\">recent comments<\/a> concerning the president\u2019s supposed command of his faculties. <\/p>\n<p>Merrick Garland\u2019s actions spoke the loudest of all, with the attorney general remaining firm in his refusal to provide the House the audio tape of Special Counsel Robert Hur\u2019s interview of Joe Biden \u2014 an interview that led the special counsel to conclude no charges should be brought against the president because he <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/08\/prosecutors-decline-to-charge-elderly-biden-over-poor-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">would<\/a> \u201clikely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet those rushing to resurrect Joe Biden\u2019s campaign know the jig is up: The whole country now realizes the president is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non_compos_mentis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non compos mentis<\/a><\/em>. Thus, every phony defense of Biden\u2019s dead-man-walking debate performance further justified a vote for the Democrat by claiming at least <em>this<\/em> president is a good and honest man. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his entire life and someone who only cares about himself. Between someone who tells the truth; who knows right from wrong and will give it to the American people straight \u2014 and someone who lies through his teeth for his own benefit,\u201d Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1806758633230709017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pontificated<\/a> on X. <\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s handlers fed similar prose to the president\u2019s teleprompter on Friday, when he appeared at a North Carolina campaign rally. \u201cI don\u2019t walk as easy as I used to. I don\u2019t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don\u2019t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong,\u201d the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/28\/biden-campaign-rally-2024-debate-00165799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> supporters distraught by his debate performance.<\/p>\n<p>The portrayal of Biden as Thursday night\u2019s truth teller is laughable. The Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/28\/here-are-the-20-biggest-whoppers-biden-told-during-his-debate-with-trump\/\">dropped<\/a> whoppers left and right between his vacant stares. From his lie that the Border Patrol union endorsed him \u2014 something fact-checked in real time by the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BPUnion\/status\/1806501048724430943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">union<\/a> itself on X \u2014 to Biden\u2019s fabrications about inflation and military deaths, to his continued lie that Trump had called Nazi\u2019s very fine people, framing Biden as honest fares no better than portraying the president as of sound mind.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t care, though. Biden and everyone else coming to his defense since Thursday\u2019s debate have proved the president cannot govern and confirmed voters\u2019 franchise means nothing. They know a ballot cast for Joe Biden is not a vote for the man, but a vote for the elitists running the country in his stead.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling class has a problem, though, as the legacy media had a miscue on Thursday night and began running the \u201creplace Biden on the ticket\u201d narrative before Obama and his cadre intervened. And that schizophrenic messaging may prove even more fatal to Biden\u2019s reelection than the president\u2019s dementia-infused display at the first debate.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Margot Cleveland is an investigative journalist and legal analyst and serves as The Federalist\u2019s senior legal correspondent. Margot\u2019s work has been published at The Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, the New Criterion, National Review Online, Townhall.com, the Daily Signal, USA Today, and the Detroit Free Press.     She is also a regular guest on nationally syndicated radio programs and on Fox News, Fox Business, and Newsmax. Cleveland is a lawyer and a graduate of the Notre Dame Law School, where she earned the Hoynes Prize\u2014the law school\u2019s highest honor. She later served for nearly 25 years as a permanent law clerk for a federal appellate judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.      Cleveland is a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-media-lies-about-the-latest-special-counsel-revelations\/\" title=\"5 Media Lies About The Latest Special Counsel Revelations\">full-time university faculty member<\/a> and now teaches as an adjunct from time to time. Cleveland is also of counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance.       Cleveland is on Twitter at @ProfMJCleveland where you can read more about her greatest accomplishments\u2014her dear husband and dear son. The views expressed here are those of Cleveland in her private capacity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 24-hour period, various members of the American elite class, including politicians, pundits, activists, and academics, displayed their disregard for democracy. The president&#8217;s cognitive decline was evident during a debate, leading to questions about who is truly running the country. Despite evidence of his incompetence, Biden&#8217;s supporters continue to push a false narrative. Even those closest to the president knew of his decline but chose to remain silent. Former President Obama and other prominent figures have come to Biden&#8217;s defense, downplaying his cognitive issues. The attorney general refused to release an audio tape that could potentially incriminate Biden. Despite the obvious signs of Biden&#8217;s decline, his supporters continue to defend him, claiming he is a truthful and honest man. The portrayal of Biden as a truth-teller is contradicted by his numerous lies during the debate. It is clear that a vote for Biden is not a vote for the man himself, but for the elites who are truly in control. The media&#8217;s mixed messaging about replacing Biden may further harm his chances of reelection. Margot Cleveland, an investigative journalist and legal analyst, provides her insights on the situation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":2287229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/President-Biden-Speech.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5521,3685,33514],"class_list":["post-2287228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democracy","tag-democrats","tag-shadow-government"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/President-Biden-Speech.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287228","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\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}