By Adam Manley
The people who participated in the “No Kings” rally demonstrated that they wish to Make America Great Again.
Let us discuss the issues that our neighbors put on display:
1) “I hate Trump”
I’m sorry about that. I didn’t like his predecessor much, myself. However, Trump was elected President of the United States of America by both the Electoral College and by popular vote. If you don’t trust the results of your local elections, you should get involved and start to ask questions about where those ballots are coming from and where those computer counting machines came from.
2) Trump is a King/Trump is a Dictator
I don’t think so, but he is pushing the limits of the executive branch. In many people’s opinion, it is Congress that has overstepped its boundaries in recent decades by creating bureaucratic branches of government that have not been properly overseen by any elected leader. They have operated unchecked, and have implemented spending and control policies that are not in the best interests of the well-being of the citizens.
As enshrined in the Constitution of the USA, there should be a balance of power between the three branches of government. The President is the Executor, and rightly has full oversight over the bureaucracy.
The biggest pushback against Trump’s crackdown on unchecked government bureaucracy seems to be coming from the people who were being paid by those unconstitutional branches of government. Are you one of them?
3) Immigration
I did a search on Google’s AI for “what is the etymology and history of the term reimigration”
Answer: “The term emigration has a complex history and two distinct, often conflicting, usages. Its etymology comes from the Latin remigrate, meaning “to return home,” and it has long been used in a neutral, academic sense to describe the act of moving back to a place of origin. In recent years, however, far-right groups in Europe and North America have co-opted the term to serve as a euphemism for forced deportations and ethnic cleansing. “
Aside: please note that the sources cited for this summary are well-known “Left Leaning” websites, such as wikipedia. Also notice the bias exhibited in the AI response where it claims that “far-right groups…have co-opted the term”. Although I hang out with right and far right people and sources, I have never heard the term used except by the far Left.
Many people are concerned about the welfare and human rights of those being deported by ICE. That’s fair enough, and as someone with a Christian heritage, I might be concerned about the welfare of my fellow mankind. However, the fears about deportations are not well-founded.
For starters, very few law-abiding people have been deported. By all accounts I have heard so far, ICE has been spending vast amounts of time and resources in identifying only criminal and terrorist elements that came into our country illegally.
Secondly, can anyone point to a nation in the world today that has open borders? I can not find one. There is strong evidence to suggest that the entire program implemented by the Biden administration, and paid for by US Tax Dollars, was dreamed up by Globalist players in the UN and World Bank. Those players include delegates from our adversaries, such as Russia and China. Those same players may also be behind the propaganda that has caused so many people on main stream social media to blindly support open border policies.
Finally, there are tangible benefits to closing the borders and deporting the terrorists, criminals, and gang members. Huge amounts of narcotics that have been making our people sick are being blocked and taken off the streets. As far as the human trafficking I can only hope it comes to an end. In our community, I see far too many recent immigrants working without benefits or a voice of any kind. We can only hope that the 100’s of thousands of children who came here without protection and went missing have found safe haven. At least the bleeding has stopped for now.
4) Another message I saw repeatedly was about Health Care. It is abundantly clear that socialized health care was a miserable failure. The only people it benefited were government workers. Non-government insurance premiums more than quadrupled since “Affordable Health Care” was enacted. Also since those regulations were put into effect, our choices for health care providers has almost vanished. Practically the only health care provider left standing in Chittenden County is the government supported Fletcher Allen network. This is a direct result of government control. So, yes, I absolutely agree we need health care reform: We need to get government out of our health care system and allow free enterprise based health care again!
If laws needs to be reformed, and I might agree they do, then our leaders should reform the laws. We can not operate lawlessly, and we can not allow foreign nations to dictate to us what our laws are.
Yes, I believe these folks that showed up want to Make America Great Again. We just need to tell them it’s ok to love again.
And by the by, I will continue to bite my tounge about my belief that there is only one true King.