In 2020, the Truth is on Trial

“Truth is a force of nature!” tweeted President Trump following Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s disastrous Capitol Hill testimony on July 24. As the 2020 election nears, Trump is building his campaign narrative around three truths. Each one is undeniable by the Democrats and, therefore, puts them on defense.

Those truths are as follows: (1) the booming economy, (2) law and order, which events along our southern border dramatically illustrate, and (3) properly branding the entire Democrat Party as comprised of progressive radicals incapable of governing. It is a brilliant strategy.

The Democrat’s response to Trump’s strategy is, so far, pathetic. The roaring economy is irrefutable. The stock market, jobs expansion (including minority employment), and even wage growth are all at or above historic highs. The Democrat response has been to either to deflect or downplay prosperity. Good luck with that.

Trump’s tireless efforts at our southern border are well known as is the Democrats’ irrational denial of the problem, plus their disdain for law enforcement, and offering free healthcare to illegal migrants.

An unsure Democrat Party is flailing in its attempt to unseat Trump.

The president has already made the leading progressives, a.k.a. The Squad, the face of the Democrat Party, and is now making our failed cities the focus of Democrat governance. Baltimore’s ongoing plight illustrates his point.

Nonsense and Nostalgia Won’t Win the Election

In search of a credible response, an unsure Democrat Party is flailing. Lower-tier issues that lack broad support, such as transgender rights and reparations, are being forced into the 2020 campaign. None of these issues, however, ignite voter passions enough to swing an election.

To fill the void, the Left is creating new definitions of “racism.” Some of the new definitions strain credulity.

….As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019 Archive.is

For example, in the Baltimore kerfuffle, Trump tweeted that the city was rat-infested, which is well documented. Function as usual as a Democrat spin machine, the mainstream media widely reported his comment as a “racial slur.” Seriously?

FLASHBACK: Fox 45 news report in September 2018 with Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh:



Mayor Pugh:



"What the hell? We should just take all this shit down.”



"Whoa, you can smell the rats." pic.twitter.com/BqhsL2Dsx7 — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 28, 2019 Archive.is

The overused racism charge has lost of its punch. The Left has switched to a nostalgic theme. This was a time when the world made sense, they held power, and President Barack Obama once boasted that “I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.”

To the Left, the good old days also includes Michelle Obama’s joyful rebuke of our history: “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country…”

Hilary Clinton and her plea for a “borderless world” are part of that history as well. Open borders may reflect the Democrat Party’s radical immigration policy, but it is only supported by 24 percent of registered voters according to polling data.

Fascism Masquerading as Liberalism

President Trump, like many of his supporters, displays his patriotism in big bold colors. During his Fourth of July salute to our country, Trump said, “Together, we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told — the story of America.” Trump added: “It is the epic tale of a great nation whose people have risked everything for what they know is right and what they know is true.”

Trump loves America and, unlike Obama, sincerely celebrates our exceptionalism. “What a great country” said the 45th president, before boldly declaring, “For Americans. nothing is impossible.” Ours is “the most exceptional nation in the history of the world,” he added in his speech.

Trump hears and reflects America’s heartbeat as no president has since Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan said, “The United States is mankind’s last best hope.” In his soaring farewell address, he said, “I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: it was [rather] the content.” That content, according to Reagan, “came from the heart of a great nation.”

A grateful nation called it the Reagan Revolution. He accepted their praise graciously but, in typical Reagan style, shared the glory with the country.

Reagan also declared that “For me it always seemed more like the Great Rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense.” President Reagan’s love for the country came with this warning, however, in a 1975 60 Minutes interview that has resonance today: “If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.”