Later today the previous President and current Traitor, will hold a rally in Lorain, Ohio, a small town in northeastern Ohio, along the shores of Lake Erie. It is the kick-off of the Traitor’s run for re-election in 2024. This is a tacit acknowledgement that he did loose in 2020, though the Big Lie will be his message.
However, there is something else going on. Ever since the January 6th attack on the Capital, pressures have been increasing on the Traitor, his family, associates, and the Republican Party. In the coming weeks some of these people are likely to be charged with criminal activities, both financial and political. In the past, when pressure was applied to him, the Traitor reacted with a malicious contempt for our laws, constitution, and democracy, resulting in deadly consequences. The number of hate crimes, violence and deaths has steadily increased since he was elected in 2016.
Like a cornered beast, desperation drives the Traitor and Republicans to ever more extreme and destructive actions. They are, as Ezra Klein has written, “… Setting Off a ‘Doom Loop’ for Democracy.” Even if defeated in the short-term, they have infected our nation with long-term doubt that they can use for decades to come.
Just a few weeks ago, the media was wrapped around the axle because of statements made by the Traitor and his minions that he will be reinstated as President in August. But, there is no legal mechanism to do so. This is not a problem for the Traitor. In the past he has justified his illegal acts with a blizzard of lies and then ignored the fallout. He could do this because the Senate was controlled by Republicans lead by Mitch McConnell. They blocked any attempt to hold him accountable. Even now, with the Senate evenly split, McConnell is still able to exercise enough power to stymie many Democratic bills. Bills that are popular with a large bipartisan majority of Americans.
Audacity is the Traitor’s hallmark. His congressional foot soldiers have shown complete submission to his authority. Thus, nothing is out of the question as to what happens next.
There is nothing to stop the Traitor or the Republicans from convening an insurrectionist convention to declare the Traitor President and form an ad hoc counter government. Attended by current and former US Representatives, Senators, state Governors and Legislators, etc. they could gather to formally proclaim an alternate government based on the Big Lie; the Traitor lost the election due to voter fraud.
Couldn’t happen? It did on February 4, 1861, when US Congressmen representing the slave states gathered to form a Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America. For a short time, these congressmen held seats in both governments until expelled from the US Congress. There is nothing to stop today’s insurrectionist congresspeople from doing something similar. For instance, they could gather somewhere, such as, Montgomery, Alabama, the home of the Confederate Congress. They could declare that the Traitor is still President and demand that he be “reinstated.” This would appear to further legitimize his claims, while stoking greater outrage among the base. Also, it would further justify the need for violence to reinstall the Traitor.
Successful rebellions require that there be a quasi-government providing command and control of rebel forces in the field, spies, and saboteurs. This insurrectionist government would keep its civilian base mesmerized using lies, chaos, and the other distractions we are familiar with.
What is today’s rally a prelude to? We will hear the typical inflammatory, dehumanizing, racist, bombast that the Traitor’s base enthusiastically consumes. We will probably hear new memes that will set the stage for further insurrectionist actions. What can we expect afterwards? I am certain that future holds; obstruction, threats, more attacks against voting, increased violence against people of color, LGBTQ, political opponents, and lies, lots of lies.
The Cornered Beast is about to take the stage.