We are, at the moment, enjoying a pretty interesting time in American history. If you're reading these virtual pages, you probably favored President Trump over Kamala Harris in the last presidential election. You probably are glad to have (albeit narrow) Republican majorities in the House and Senate. And, you're probably cautiously optimistic about Republican chances to keep House and Senate in the midterms, especially since the Democrats seem to be getting more and more daffy with each passing day.
But what happens in 2032? In 2036? Ten years after that? That's a good question, and while the American political calendar tends to run in a four-year cycle between presidential elections, it may be time to start thinking in the longer term.
Why? Because, sooner or later, that pendulum will swing back the other way. Sooner or later, the Democrats will have an advantage again, and if there are two things we know about Democrats today, it's that 1) When they get power, they use it, and 2) They're nuts.
Oh, they'll overstep. They always do. They already are. And that's the right's best argument against them, but we have to be more specific than "they're nuts," even though that is completely and totally accurate. We have to be prepared to explain why they're nuts. How? Just look at their reactions to, among other things, the recent flooding in Texas, as my colleague Bonchie recently chronicled an example.
Bonchie writes:
It takes a truly rotten soul to handwave away the deaths of children as the deserved outcome of daring to vote for Donald Trump and Greg Abbott. Further, as I wrote in a prior piece, there is no evidence that budget cuts at the National Weather Service (NWS) played a role in the forecasting of this event. There was a 12-hour early flood watch in effect, and a 3-hour early flash flood warning was issued.
Yet, the idea that the NWS was "gutted" and led to this outcome is becoming a predominant theme among Democrats.
That's right, it takes a truly rotten soul, but it takes only five minutes on X or Facebook to apprise yourself of how many truly rotten souls there are on the left.
Also, when Democrats these days talk, they talk about control, about censorship, about lawfare. RedState's own Mike Miller recently gave us an example.
Mike writes:
While past efforts to establish an inspector general overseeing the Office of the President have been unsuccessful, Schiff and his comrades insist the need for a new executive branch watchdog is suddenly urgent with Trump back in the White House. Why do tell.
If the Democrats, especially the nutcase wing that includes the likes of AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Adam Schiff and Ilhan Omar have anything to say about it, we'll see the legal proscription of "hate speech" and "misinformation," which will be used to silence the right. Make no mistake about this; they will be only following the European left, where even in the United Kingdom one can be jailed for a tweet.
And finally, most concerning of all, the rank-and-file left is more and more favoring violence to further their goals. My colleague Nick Arama has an example.
Nick writes:
The tweet said, “I wanna see a few dead ICE agents Los Angeles! Don’t let me down.”
The account was allegedly a man who formerly ran for city council in San Antonio and lost, Matthew Gauna.
That's just one example. There are more.
These people. Must. Not. Gain. Control.
The problem is that the left is collectivist-minded. Give them credit where credit is due; they stick together. Not all the efforts of the GOP leadership were able to corral every single Republican vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill, although they did manage to get it passed. But the Dems never wavered. They stuck together while Mike Johnson and John Thune were herding cats. That's one lesson we would do well to take from them, and not just our elected officials but us, the voters.
Every election from here on out will be vital. Every midterm, every presidential election, every local election, from governors and mayors to third assistant dogcatcher. We have to vote. We can have either 80 percent of what we want or zero. If it's between 80 percent and what the Democrats are offering, every election, every vote will be vital. If a candidate isn't perfect, consider the alternative. Bite your tongue if you have to, because the alternative will be worse, and that's the choice we have. We can either hang together or we can hang separately. We must ensure that when that pendulum swings again, it's halted just short of the "crazy" marking on the left.
There is no other choice.