I’ve expressed it aloud. You’ve definitely spoken it aloud. However, saying it aloud is a very different matter for a previous and most likely incoming US president than it is for a regular citizen like you or me.
In the open. Live on camera. This is for everyone on the planet to see and hear.
Speaking of it as lovely was also appropriate, and not simply because it was true.
During an occasionally heated news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, former President Donald Trump told reporters, “The presidency was stolen away from Joe Biden.”
For some months, Biden had been adamant about seeking a second term, and his party gave in to his demands, essentially stifling discussion and manipulating the primary election. Had Biden behaved like the man we saw at his ill-fated June debate with Trump and participated in even one discussion with a competitor such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Biden would never have been the nominee for 2024.
Furthermore, Kamala Harris, his vice president and likely successor, declined to comment. By the way, despite being the officially designated presidential contender for almost three weeks, Harris has not answered any questions from the media.
In July, on a Saturday night, something strange occurred in spite of Biden’s promises. Reports state that Biden yelled “Uncle!” after Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) virtually twisted him. The next day, Biden announced his withdrawal from the race via tweet.
Senior Democrats, whose names appear in these stories as well, drove their nominee—a sitting president, no less—off their ticket after concluding he was a loss. Undoubtedly, they selected Harris to succeed him with the intention of averting political turmoil and other undesirable elements of democracy. They are safeguarding democracy from Trump, as you are aware.
These facts are well known to everybody. And yet not a single person in Washington, especially in the D.C. news corps, has the courage to refer to it as a coup.
“I don’t know if [Biden is] delighted with that decision [to resign],” says Trump in full. Joe Biden lost the presidential election. I also don’t like Biden. But let me tell you something: they removed the presidency from both a constitutional and personal perspective.”
Let me add one more thing before you leave. Saying this out loud is important, even if few will.
Regardless of their party affiliation (Republican, MAGA, Democrat, progressive, NeverTrump, traditional neocon, or even a filthy communist), I don’t care.
Biden was more than just Trump’s opponent in politics. Over the course of the previous five years, this individual has worked to paint Trump and millions of Trump supporters as bigoted, homophobic, hateful, a potential dictator, an authoritarian, and worse. Now, however, since Biden is at the lowest point of any president since last week’s forced resignation of Richard Nixon fifty years ago, Trump has spoken the truth about what Biden’s own party did to him.
If someone can’t see their dignity, they’re a filthy communist, so I don’t care.
Author: Blake Ambrose
