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Alas! Joe Biden Doesn’t Understand Why 74 Million Americans Have No Interest In His Unity Facade
The Federalist ^
| 01/12/2021
| Kylee Zempel
Posted on 01/12/2021 6:55:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In just a few short days, Joe Biden will address the nation at his inauguration, themed “America United.” This unity message, the Presidential Inaugural Committee declared, “reflects the beginning of a new national journey that restores the soul of America, brings the country together, and creates a path to a brighter future.”
The announcement of this bipartisan theme seemed apropos following a week of turbulence and destruction perpetrated by Trump supporters at our nation’s Capitol, the seat of American self-government— upheaval that serious figures on both the left and the right have categorically and correctly condemned. After Biden’s speech on Jan. 20, he and his wife, along with soon-to-be-Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, accompanied by Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and the former first ladies.
If you ask Biden and the inaugural committee, this display of bipartisanship aims to reorient the nation, binding us across ideological lines and uniting us all. At the conclusion of the ceremony, echoes of “Kumbayah” will undoubtedly rise from America’s heartland as the right-thinkers and the deplorables join hands in glorious oneness.
This, of course, is all a facade. On its surface, Biden’s call for unity is a slimy display of partisan gaslighting. Deep down, however, it represents a profound misunderstanding of who America is and, worse, a perverse denial of the left’s leading role in inflicting the deep and deadly wounds that threaten to torture America the Beautiful beyond the point of recognition.
Half of America Is Irredeemable, but Let’s Have Unity
The fact is, no speech, no theme, no assembly of presidents past can “restore the soul of America, bring the country back together, and create a path to a brighter future” so long as the commander in chief and his No. 2 consider half the electorate to be irredeemably racist, sexist, homophobic, and bigoted insurrectionists and seditionists — or at the very least, complicit in all these sins.
Further, 74 million Americans just voted to re-elected an anti-establishment outsider and a cultural matador, whose very existence in the political realm offers a direct rebuke to the political realities wrapped up in all that Obama, Clinton, and even Bush represent. The symbolic presidential reunion Biden has organized is no olive branch to the new Republican Party, which is tired of funding detestable institutions, weary of political correctness and corrupt elitist claims of decorum, and sick of endless wars.
There’s a little something about unity Biden doesn’t understand. In games of winners and losers, sincere unifiers value harmony when they lose, not just when they get their way. Americans lose interest in unity when the people calling for it were so recently hostile to their values and livelihoods.
After all, the Democratic Party that now holds the power of the presidency and both branches of Congress is the same one that spent four whole years trying to undo the loss they suffered in 2016, including a despicable special counsel investigation, based on Democratic National Committee-funded oppo research, that came at a $32 million price tag to American taxpayers.
Democrats led a no-holds-barred crusade against the commander in chief, pledging to “impeach the motherf-cker.” When that didn’t work, they settled for canceling conservatives online and in classrooms for questioning leftist gender orthodoxy, maligning pro-life advocates as science-deniers, and smearing champions of due process as rape apologists.
They dragged Christians through the mud and into the courts, upending the life of a cake artist and trying to force nuns to pay for abortifacients. When conservatives doubled down on their Second Amendment rights, Biden told gun owners he would take their “AR-14s,” even telling one concerned working-class man he was “full of sh-t” and partnering with hell-yes-we’ll-take-your-guns Beto O’Rourke.
For the past 10 months, Democrats and their corporate media friends have smeared faithful churchgoers, mask critics, and lockdown detractors as grandma-killers. They’ve shouted online that boys are girls and in the streets that silence is violence.
When law-abiding Americans took offense at the rioting and looting that plagued America’s cities for months, the left downplayed the violence, with the incoming vice president even working to help bail out dangerous criminals, including a suspect who shot at police, a woman charged with second-degree murder for stabbing her friend to death, and a twice-convicted sex offender. Now Biden will lay a wreath in Arlington National Cemetery with the woman who called voters who wanted to Make America Great Again “deplorables” — and we’re calling it “America United”?
Save Your Unity Speech
Democrats’ interest in unity is a new one — and harmony can’t be manufactured with a presidential publicity stunt and empty words read off a teleprompter. Speechwriters can type their little fingers to the bone, crafting flowery language and hopeful imagery, but how on earth are those who really want to make America great again, not as a political slogan but as a principled return to America’s founding ideals, ever supposed to reconcile with a party whose figureheads have maintained that America was never really that great? How can we hope for unity when conservatives are being purged from social media and when right-wing retailers, by mere association with Trump, are being de-platformed?
If Trump has taught us anything — and he’s taught us many things — it’s that we’re better off actively engaging in the raging culture war as we wrestle with our country’s ills than to fake a veneer of civility and unison and watch as our deeply cherished beliefs go to hell in the name of decorum. If we really want to “restore the soul of America,” we must grapple with all the ways we’ve strayed from our convictions — without taking the easy and deceitful path of pinning them all on Trump.
Trump was a symptom of our sins and in some ways even a repudiation of them. He wasn’t the origin, and we’ll never have unity again until our political betters are honest about that fact. Unity would be great, but our divisions can’t be cured with ignorance or obstinance about what the real problems are — and unity most certainly isn’t possible if our solutions involve deep-seated malice toward our opponents, glossed over with a simple speech.
If Biden really wanted America to be unified, he’d stop mischaracterizing the 74 million Americans who believe differently than he does — but his feelings about irredeemable America didn’t change overnight just because he eked out an election.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020election; 80millionamericans; camelfaceharris; culture; culturewar; donaldtrump; facade; inauguralspeech; inauguration; joebiden; politics; racism; riots; unity
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To: SeekAndFind
If Biden really wanted “unity” he would have declined to participate in the coup.
Instead he is charged with “wrapping up the USA” and delivering with a pretty bow
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posted on
01/12/2021 6:57:09 AM PST
by
mo
("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
To: SeekAndFind
The Dems have tried to kill the soul of America.
They expect to reverse the killing of what....millions of babies?
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/12/2021 6:58:05 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
To: SeekAndFind
To angry old China Joe, unity simply means compliance.
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posted on
01/12/2021 6:58:33 AM PST
by
brownsfan
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
To: All
Just wait....Biden’ll find out.....the hard way.
As Biden’s (gag) inauguration gets closer, DC is preparing for more of the citizenry’s displeasure,
after last Wednesday’s show of disapproval by an aggrieved citizenry who were disenfranchised Nov 3,
who feel they have no voice in their own govt........
And if Biden had won the election HONESTLY, there would NO NEED for all this rigamarole.
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posted on
01/12/2021 6:58:56 AM PST
by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
To: Liz
My friends we should have just enough interest to keep Kamala out of the Oval office.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:01:08 AM PST
by
DIRTYSECRET
(/developement)
To: All
INEXPLICABLE LEFTY THINKING: Madonna threatened to blow up the White House and let loose a volley of expletives
when Trump got elected (Jan 23, 2017)
Later, Kamala Harris annonced "If you’re able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for protesters."
https://t.co/t8LXowKIbw— (@KamalaHarris) June 1, 2020.
Sap-happy Democrats want to Classify peaceable MAGA Rallies of tax-paying Americans As "Domestic Terrorist Activity."
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:02:47 AM PST
by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
To: SeekAndFind
The left has spent years describing how much they hate us and how horrible we are. I won’t forget.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:03:11 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(If the meanings in the Constitution can change, why did they bother writing it down?)
To: SeekAndFind
Well-none of us are getting his ‘message’. We’re all out shopping for the biggest jar of Vaseline available... .sorry Joe
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:03:13 AM PST
by
SMARTY
(“If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.” Winston Churchill)
To: All
Things are getting ugly really fast......as the left veers it’s (gag) "tolerant and compassionate" gaze from the world’s misfits....onto working class Americans.
The Left w/ power is a satanic monster, creating its own reality. Yes, they have taken power.....for a while......but it wont last forever.
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Bad News for Progressive Lefties: It's Still a Conservative Country
Townhall.com ^ | December 1, 2020 | Stephen Moore / FR Posted by Kaslin
EXCERPT No one expected it, least of all the media and pollsters. But that promised 2020 big blue wave of Democratic victories across the country turned into a red tidal wave from coast to coast.
Most progressive ballot issues in the states -- from tax increases to racial preferences -- also came crashing down.
A big reason for this turnaround in the election was the massive turnout for President Donald Trump on Election Day. Trump's coattails pulled hundreds of Republicans over the goal line------
So, how deep were the losses for the Democrats? In the U.S. House, Nancy Pelosi thought her troops would gain 10 to 12 seats. Instead, they lost, at last count, nine.
But the real carnage was in the state houses. Hold on to your hats; here is the latest from our allies at the American Legislative Exchange Council. The GOP gained a total of 192 House and 40 Senate seats. Republicans flipped control of three chambers. As a result of these big and improbable wins, Republicans now have majority control in both House and Senate chambers in 31 of 50 states. Democrats have control in only 18 states. That's a map of the USA that looks awfully red throughout middle America, with only the rusting Northeast and the West Coast colored blue.
What is truly stunning about this story is that Democrats and liberal/progressive donors (Michael Bloomberg, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg, et al.) poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the states to take over legislatures with unprecedented spending in Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania. The American Legislative Exchange Council president, Lisa Nelson, estimates that Democrats outspent Republicans "at least 3-to-1 in the states." And all they got was a lousy T-shirt.
Money just doesn't buy you love with voters.
Speaking of money, voters don't want politicians taking more of it from them. In Illinois, Colorado and California, major tax hikes lost, and tax cuts were approved by voters. Racial preferences, rent control and pro-union measures went down in flames in California -- the cradle of progressive wacko ideas.
Even Democrats admit that their party's embrace of socialism was a major turnoff to voters. Rep. Abigail Spanberger from Virginia won her race, but she isn't a happy camper. "We need to not ever use the words 'socialist' or 'socialism' ever again," she says. Democrats, she angrily continued, "lost good members because of that."
If the Democrats govern as the party of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, they can expect even deeper losses in 2022. They may even suffer their ultimate nightmare, a return to the White House by Trump in 2024.
Trumpism and putting America first are still alive and well.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:03:56 AM PST
by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
To: mo
His definition of “united” is a term do define all citizens being in one class, and Government the other which rules over them. Remember how Hillary said the Govt has to take things away from citizens because it is good for them. One stepping stone on the path to Socialism. If anyone is not familiar with Cloward-Piven strategy, please take the time to read and understand.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:04:34 AM PST
by
freebird5850
(The only way I can treat this fever....More cowbell!)
To: SeekAndFind
Simple Joe. . . you cheated us, slandered us, encouraged Big Tech to silence us, and effectively told us to go to hell.
You are scheduled to become the THIEF IN CHIEF on 1/20. . . NOT MY PRESIDENT!!!!!!
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:05:09 AM PST
by
RatRipper
( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
To: SeekAndFind
Under the Harris/Obiden adminastration America is weak, and China knows it..!
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:06:23 AM PST
by
unread
(A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
To: SeekAndFind
The Wisconsin election was utterly corrupt. Wisconsin election commission and Democrat-controlled election board in Milwaukee completely rigged this election by keeping hundreds of thousands of invalid names on voter roles, removing 3rd party candidates, and keeping back results until the very end of the night, and of course, papering the state with mail-in ballots
Illegal vote-fixing and ballot-harvesting schemes were funded with money coming directly from Mark Zuckerberg
And the courts did nothing about it.
https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2020/11/how-the-wisconsin-elections-commission-destroyed-fair-elections-in-wisconsin/
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:06:31 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: SeekAndFind
All well and good, but the fact is, there is no way to shame communists with calls of hypocrisy, or appeal to fair play.
They are implacable enemies, and we need representatives who will label them as such.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:06:47 AM PST
by
ecomcon
To: DIRTYSECRET
The Left’s definition of “terrorism” keeps expanding to include any activity that annoys the lefty political class.
This statement should preface all our remarks so that the lefty political class is reminded
they are part of the problem and a significant reason why citizens feel compelled to storm the Congress.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:08:07 AM PST
by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:13:35 AM PST
by
Varsity Flight
("Ed "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
To: All
Biden is about as transpatrent as a bay window.......
These opportunistic election thieves denounced the protesters breaching their chamber.
The claim..... that protesters are a threat to ‘our’ democracy, a threat to ‘our’ founders and a
threat to ‘our’ principles, ‘our’ history, ‘our’ elections and ‘our’ sacred capitol.......is laughable.
What Biden and his comrades are really talking about is THEIR private Elective Club.
It’s all about Their Interests. Their power. Their safety and security.
That is what they want to preserve.
Not our country, our freedom, our families’ safety and security.
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posted on
01/12/2021 7:13:44 AM PST
by
Liz
(Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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