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The ruling class beat Trump. Now it's salting the earth.
American Thinker ^ | 10 Jan, 2021 | John Green

Posted on 01/10/2021 4:14:32 AM PST by MtnClimber

The message is clear: "challenge us again at your own peril."

Donald Trump has the distinction of being the first challenger to our political ruling class in my lifetime. This ruling class is not strictly party-related. It comprises a broad array of Democrats (almost all of them), Republicans (a significant number of them), the media (the propaganda ministry), and bureaucrats (those faceless government employees who formed the "resistance" against the will of the people).

The Donald challenged their power, and now they're exacting their revenge. Whether fairly or fraudulently, he's been defeated for re-election, but that's not enough. Now his legacy must be destroyed and his supporters crushed. The ruling class is determined to ensure that no form of Trumpism or any challenge to their authority ever rises again.

Ancient mythology holds that conquering armies would salt the earth of beaten civilizations. This salting was a curse to forestall any future re-habitation. It was meant to ensure that a beaten civilization would never again challenge the victor. The beaten were to stay beaten.

We've reached the "salt the earth" stage of the ruling class's victory over the Trump movement. Democrats are demanding that President Trump be removed from office, via impeachment or the 25th Amendment — just two weeks before the end of his term. Twitter has banned him for life. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) has even submitted legislation to prohibit federal buildings from ever being named after Donald Trump. It's not enough that he was defeated for re-election; he must also be humiliated.

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KEYWORDS: communism; insurrection
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To: MtnClimber

I really wish he’d release the list of sexual harassment settlements. That would be awesome!!!!


21 posted on 01/10/2021 5:00:50 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Nateman

Even the Georgia loss is only temporary. The black minister who beat the lady Senator is only serving a 2-year term.

And the GOP has more State legislatures than it did before. That means redistricting belongs to the Republicans.

Sure, the Dems will challenge in court. That takes time. You can accept Trump’s defeat without being defeatist.


22 posted on 01/10/2021 5:01:38 AM PST by RangerM
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To: MtnClimber

Trump should slash and burn. Declassify all Intel pertinent to the Russia investigation, Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton and others and declare the insurrection act and arrest EVERYBODY who maneuvered against America. Even if they turn it around and release everyone the optics would be priceless and earth shattering.


23 posted on 01/10/2021 5:06:43 AM PST by Rainwave ("Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling")
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To: Ann Archy

Scotus isn’t supposed to be partisan, but it is supposed to wield its power conservatively.

It’s now 6-3. I like our odds.


24 posted on 01/10/2021 5:08:36 AM PST by RangerM
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To: RoosterRedux
The ruling class should study what has always happened...purges for ideological purity (meaning power). And they may be in the way of those who want to be the ones wielding power, not just pulling the strings.
25 posted on 01/10/2021 5:09:05 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Our wonderful President DJT has many buildings with his name on them already.


26 posted on 01/10/2021 5:12:11 AM PST by stuckinloozeeana
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To: MtnClimber

The only way to deal with tyrants is to exterminate them


27 posted on 01/10/2021 5:15:28 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) America needs oprichnina against the progressive elite oppressors)
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To: RangerM

Why not? The Rats now control not only the house but the Senate as well.


28 posted on 01/10/2021 5:15:57 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

For the same reason(s) FDR couldn’t.


29 posted on 01/10/2021 5:18:14 AM PST by RangerM
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To: gcparent
Best mayor of NYC. He saved NYC after 9 11.

No wonder they hate him. They want to see America brought down. 9/11 was the most exciting day of a Leftist's life.

30 posted on 01/10/2021 5:18:37 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Altura Ct.

Give me liberty or give me death seems to apply to the moment. The words of the Declaration of Independence will be increasingly relevant.


31 posted on 01/10/2021 5:22:05 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: Nateman

They know their rule is illegitimate. They have to crush by any means anything, anyone brave enough to say it, or criticized it in public.


32 posted on 01/10/2021 5:22:30 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: MtnClimber

The events of 6 Jan are only a small taste of the power we the people wield, if we will be willing to do so.

There are more than 80 million of us, and those in our ranks who are armed dwarf the size of any standing army.

The swamp proceeds at its risk.


33 posted on 01/10/2021 5:22:41 AM PST by ScottinVA (Enough. Divide the country.. now.)
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To: MtnClimber

Absolutely.


34 posted on 01/10/2021 5:24:06 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: DeplorablePaul
I am patiently waiting for patriots to realize the only way out through state(s) secession.

"Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government, and the inalienable rights of the people of the States, will prevent any one from denying that each State is a Sovereign, and thus may reclaim the grants which it has made to any agent whomsoever."

-- Pres. Davis

35 posted on 01/10/2021 5:33:07 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Altura Ct.

Sadly, Altura Ct., you may well be correct.

The Uniparty, it appears, has allowed the myth of a ‘two party’ system to play in the American story because it served a more sinister purpose.

The America of the Founders has been dead for many decades, as we are now seeing.

Jefferson’s words ring truer with each passing day. My deep concern, now, is whether the American People have the stomach for the fight required to right this anti-American ship of state.


36 posted on 01/10/2021 5:33:30 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: MtnClimber

BS. Trump was a major force beating himself, aided by a herd of bots and idiots (e.g., Q morons and “Trump can do no wrong” sycophants). His twittering, lack of civility and humility didn’t sit well with a lot of folks, unfortunately, to an extent that overshadowed his many accomplishments. He should have wiped the floor with Biden so that voting fraud wouldn’t have mattered. Simply put, Trump lost to the worst candidate in this nation’s history because of very bad personnel choices coupled with the fact that he couldn’t or wouldn’t make some minor behavioral adjustments.


37 posted on 01/10/2021 5:45:02 AM PST by pt17
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To: RangerM

You need to look up “Normalcy Bias”. The rules have changed.


38 posted on 01/10/2021 5:47:29 AM PST by Turbo Pig (To close with and destroy....)
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To: MtnClimber
firey4
39 posted on 01/10/2021 5:49:16 AM PST by The Louiswu (Dylan is right once more...”The times, they are a changing”)
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To: The Louiswu

Just 4?


40 posted on 01/10/2021 5:49:49 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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