Skepticism is fine. Negativity is destructive.
I’m glad you donated. I did too, although I don’t think the money was necessarily well used, since the GOP obviously dropped the ball on the elections. Everybody knew were going to be seriously corrupt, since the Dems were taking advantage of these Covid shutdowns to run roughshod over law and the Constitution. But the GOP had no plan.
I usually volunteer to work the elections as a polling place monitor, but unfortunately this year I had a family situation that prevented me from doing it. Florida had good elections, thanks to hard work by DeSantis, so it probably didn’t make a difference.
However, you can see how important that humble job is when you see how hard the Dems fought to keep GOP observers out of the polling places or to conduct business while the observers were out of the room. The GOP at the very least should have been trying to get more polling place workers and observers, they should have been monitoring the balloting procedures and changes, they should have been challenging, they should have been filing lawsuits. So their inertia is definitely deserving of massive, angry criticism.
But what really makes me angry is the people who declare their hatred of the do nothing GOP on the one hand, and then on the other boast about not having voted for years because they’re too “pure” to vote, or who never ever do even the minimum things like write to their congressmen, write to the WH, write to their governor, send a few bucks to their candidate, etc. They do nothing but bluster and spew negativity and anger on social media.
I was shocked when I saw an article about the MAGA march in DC where a large number of people interviewed actually hadn’t even bothered to vote. Trump is not magic and he can’t win without real support, which means that people have to stop complaining and start working. End of rant...LOL! It’s just that I get so sick of this “all is lost” mantra.
But the GOP had no plan.
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Far worse, they had a plan, to assist the Democrats to steal the election.
GA: GOP Gov, SOS, AG, Lt Gov and legislature
AZ: GOP Gov, AG, legislature and GOP control over the problematic county, Maricopa
PA: GOP legislature
MI: GOP legislature
WI: GOP legislature
I donated generously to Trump in 2020. Felt that I owed it to him for all that he endured and accomplished. I also supported his run in 2016.
His “loss” was a major blow to the country. Its hard to be optimistic when the Left controls virtually every institution in society and the entirely of government. My view is that we’re in for a prolonged period of oppression by forces who want to exercise absolute control. Like most bad things that happen the effects can trigger a destructive sequence of events that can take a very long time to play out. Examples of this phenomena abound.
I hope I’m wrong and we can somehow get out of the deep hole we’ve dug for ourselves. It may all hinge on Trump’s ability to energize and lead us once again. He can do the impossible.