Article by John Dempsey in "Townhall":
The COVID-19 virus pandemic is unprecedented. It has
brought new challenges to the federal government, governors of states,
local-level politicians, and us as individuals. Democrat governors were
expecting President Trump to take care of the problem. Instead, he
rightfully put the onus back on the governors, as he should have since
they are directly responsible for their citizens. However, some
politicians have seized the opportunity of added control then topped the
newfound capability with a little extra tyranny.
Gretchen
Whitmer is the governor for the state of Michigan – she is a Democrat.
Michigan has been hit with the COVID-19 virus-like all the other states.
Whitmer enacted the social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines
recommended by the Center for Disease Control in an attempt to slow down
further infections. Now, she has restricted
movement for citizens that want to move house-to-house, making it
punishable to visit family or friends unless you have a reason. Whitmer
has also declared from her throne that Michigan residents cannot go to
garden centers to buy seeds, so the state government can potentially
regulate your food, making self-sufficiency, not an option.
The governor of Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear, issued an edict
for Easter Sunday stating if church members attended a service held at
their place of worship that law enforcement would take their license
plate information. The parishioners would face a government forced
quarantine – never mind that the First Amendment exists. There is a
video on the internet of Kentucky State Police Officers walking around a
church and collecting license plate numbers, which has caused a
national outrage.
In Louisville, Kentucky, the mayor, Democrat Greg Fischer, attempted to ban
drive-in Easter Sunday services before a judge overruled him. The mayor
of Greenville, Mississippi, Democrat Errick Simmons, did through executive order. Examples are across the country.
Trump
made the right decision when he told the governors that they would need
to take care of their states, but the federal government will help them
when asked. Once again, he proved the media wrong in that he is not a
dictator.
Ironically, the Democratic Party has proven
itself the authoritarians, which is not surprising. As data emerges, we
see reasons to lessen restrictions. However, governors like Whitmer and
Beshear are maintaining their totalitarian lockdowns. Either they are
willfully ignorant to the numbers –which is highly unlikely – or they
are taking every advantage they can to exercise as much power as
possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our Founding
Fathers warned us about giving too much power back to a government.
Since the election of former President Barack Obama, there has been a
visible struggle of power between Washington D.C., specifically the
Democratic Party and liberal Republicans, and American citizens. Obama
signed the Affordable Healthcare Act into law in 2010. American’s who
did not want the government to have control of their healthcare
organized, bringing us the Tea Party and giving the House of
Representatives back to the Republican Party.
Now, we have the Democratic Party that is
trying to keep the panic and hysteria up as long as possible. Whitmer’s
executive order intends to lockdown Michigan residents even more.
Beshear is attacking worship services, our First Amendment rights.
Democrats are continually pushing the media’s virus narrative without
any perspective, such as the recovery rate. It is as if the media and
the Democratic Party are working in concert to maintain power over
Trump’s booming economy for as long as possible.
Democrats
are desperate for power. They have not been able to get over the loss
to Trump in 2016 and have done everything possible to obstruct his
America First agenda, including an attempt to impeach on purely partisan
lines. This is the chance to have as much power as possible, and they
intend to keep it as long as they can.
Do not think that
Democrats are just seizing the moment. Be one-hundred percent confident
they are taking notes. Can you imagine what it would be like with
Democrats entirely in charge? They must never get complete control of
Washington. Otherwise, America will change in such a way, and we would
never recognize it again.
The Founding Fathers understood what a genuinely
oppressive government was. They knew that citizens as people did not
matter to the Crown, but control over the group was vital. That is why
citizens are the central theme in the Bill of Rights and the
Constitution.
Democratic governors and mayors are
crippling individuals with no due regard as they continue to get their
paychecks. It’s highly immoral and unethical.
The
governors who are treating the citizens like mindless beings and
shredding the Constitution remind me of the character known as The
Governor on the television series The Walking Dead. He acted as he cared
about the people he was over, but in the end, it was all about
self-service and the exercise of power and control.
Democrats
are acting like they have their system of government, and individual
rights, freedoms, and liberties no longer matter.
“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as the abuses of power.” – James Madison