Against all odds, the fundamental transformation of the United States, envisioned by the radical Left and implemented by an all-too-willing Democratic Party, is underway. August is typically a quiet time in our nation’s capital with Congress out of session, but seismic events in the past two weeks have combined to make clear what Democrats have planned for this country.
President Joe Biden signed the ludicrously named Inflation Reduction Act into law this week, which was only possible because Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV), one of the only supposedly centrist Democrats left, finally gave into the liberal demands of his party. He did so because, contrary to the image of integrity he’s tried so hard to project, Manchin had a price, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-NY) agreed to pay it. And as a result, the public is going to be saddled with a boondoggle of a bill that analysts agree will not reduce inflation. It will, however, raise taxes on the middle class and subsidize green energy programs.
The bill will also dramatically expand the scope and size of the IRS. In fact, it increases IRS funding by $80 billion, nearly six times its current annual budget of $13.7 billion, and adds an army of 87,000 new auditors to its ranks. Given that the IRS has been stockpiling weapons in recent years, buying up $700,000 in ammunition this year alone, this truly gives new meaning to the phrase, “weaponization of U.S. institutions.”
But that was just the start. The FBI’s Gestapo-style raid on Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach residence, was the most egregious deed of all. It’s impossible to see how this raid wasn’t purely political in nature, given the fact Trump had already been cooperating with the FBI to return classified documents he brought with him from the White House, and the fact that the Justice Department has never before gone to such lengths to enforce a law that other politicians, including Hillary Clinton, have been accused of breaking. Add to this the fact that we are 90 days out from an election in which Republican candidates are expected to prevail, and it seems obvious the raid is yet another attempt by the federal government to put Trump in his place.
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s sanctimonious defense of the raid as evidence of the DOJ’s “faithful adherence to the rule of law” and his portrayal of FBI agents as “dedicated, patriotic public servants” were both insulting and disgraceful. And his department’s refusal to unseal the affidavit used to launch the raid is an outrage.
Lost in the media explosion sparked by the raid was the European Unoin’s submission of the final text of the dangerous, one-sided Iran nuclear agreement. President Joe Biden’s eagerness to revive this delusional deal was obvious in his muted response to the attempted murder of British American novelist Salman Rushdie by an attacker with pro-Iranian sympathies on Friday. Conspicuously missing from his statement on the attack against Rushdie was any condemnation of the murderous regime, the 33-year-old fatwa against the author of which inspired the attacker.
On all fronts, both domestic and foreign, Democrats are pushing this country into a downward spiral. The cumulative effect of 19 months of deliberately destructive, anti-American decisions has brought us to a perilous moment in history. If this continues, we won’t need to worry about Russia or China taking us down — we’ll have done that ourselves.
It’s not only the elected Democratic politicians we see and hear from every day who are responsible. The rot runs far deeper. Over the past decade, virtually every U.S. agency has become hopelessly corrupted. Once highly respected institutions such as the DOJ, the FBI, the CIA, and the State Department have been infested with liberal bureaucrats who work behind the scenes to advance and support a leftist agenda. Even the military under the leadership of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has lost its apolitical status.
Whatever you care to call this network of unelected career bureaucrats — the permanent government, the deep state, the administrative state — they’ve come to wield tremendous power, and we are now seeing the effects of their handiwork. The next Republican to occupy the White House must conduct a thorough purge of this army of worker drones who work with Democrats to undermine our freedoms systematically.
Unfortunately, judging from the results of a recent poll, much of the electorate doesn’t quite grasp the danger we face from the Democratic Party. A recent Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, for example, found that although job approval for Biden sits at 38%, more than 50% of respondents still said they would vote for a Democratic candidate in the midterm elections.
The Democratic candidates these people would help elect will vote for the Biden administration’s foolish agenda. Indeed, the most consequential congressional votes since Biden took office have mostly broken along party lines. Every Democrat in office is directly linked to Biden’s disastrous policies — Republicans need to make that clear.
The Democratic Party’s sharp turn to the Left has inflicted enormous damage on the country. Our chances of averting catastrophe are far better with Republicans in charge than Democrats. Voters must understand: A vote for a Democratic candidate is a vote for more of the corruption and failed governance that’s destroying the country.
Elizabeth Stauffer is a contributor to the Washington Examiner and the Western Journal. Her articles have appeared on many websites, including MSN, RedState, Newsmax, the Federalist, and RealClearPolitics. Please follow Elizabeth on Twitter or LinkedIn.
