It is time to throw the bullsh*t flag!
Today, we were awakened to the headline in Maryland Matters: “Citing Jan. 6 Actions, Progressive Groups Urge Elections Board Inquiry of Dan Cox”. The piece goes on to tell us - Leaders of several progressive organizations urged state elections officials on Monday to consider blocking Republican gubernatorial hopeful Daniel L. Cox from the ballot, arguing that his actions on Jan. 6 might make him ineligible to run for office ever again.
I get it – the left does not like Dan Cox. They don’t like that he has been endorsed by Trump and they don’t like the fact that he participated in a lawful assembly on January 6th in support of Trump. They don’t like the fact that he is anti-vax. I get it! But I also get that these groups of far-left socialists are attempting to deny the citizens of Maryland the right to vote for the candidate of their choice by taking this type of action against a declared candidate for the office of Governor. Some might call it Voter Suppression!
What exactly is their premise for pulling this stunt regarding Cox’s presence at the Jan.6th rally? They don’t accuse him of anything other than being there and in their minds that somehow disqualifies him from running for and holding office in the State of Maryland. Our Revolution, one of the groups leading the charge stated: “We’re not saying for certain that Dan Cox is an insurrectionist, but there’s much more than enough evidence to conduct a full-scale investigation,” said Hal Ginsberg, national coordinator for the group Our Revolution. “This is a crucial issue for our democracy.” So, they lack the courage of their own convictions by not coming out and saying what they truly believe – that somehow, Dan Cox is an insurrectionist and he tried to overthrow the United States Government. They don’t come right out and say it because they know that it is not true. So, the “Bernie Bros” want the election commission to do their dirty work for them. And notice, they have the talking points down --- “This is a crucial issue for our democracy.”
The very real crucial issue here is the attempt by these groups to suppress the will of the voters. I don’t know who will emerge as the Republican candidate in November as a result of the primaries. But what I do know is that I don’t want a bunch of left-wing socialist ideologs, Marxist Wanna-Be’s, telling us who can and cannot hold public office in the State of Maryland.
In their letter to the Election Board, they cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which bars those who “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the nation from serving in state or federal office. None of the Bernie Bros were alive when it happened. If they would put down their copy of the Communist Manifesto and read some US history, they would know that the last and only insurrection that occurred in the United States was on April 12, 1861, when over 3,000 rounds of cannon fire were shot at the Federal Fort Sumpter in South Carolina. That was an insurrection…
Jan 6th was a riot. It should not have happened, but it did.
However, I think I can say, with a great deal of certainty, that Dan Cox and any other politician against whom they plan to pull similar action … and make no mistake about it - this is just the opening salvo … did not act to overthrow the Government of the United States. The Civil War was an insurrection. Jan 6th has become, to borrow a phrase from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” The same Amendment to the Constitution, Section 1 tells us - All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. After all, isn’t this exactly what the Bernie Bros are attempting to subvert?
Let me make my personal position clear. I don’t have a horse in the Maryland Governor’s race at this time. What I do have is a love of country and a sense that we need to be fair in the actions that we take when we are dealing with our laws, our politics and … dare I say, our democracy.
These left wing progressives will not stop with one scalp. If the State of Maryland allows this action to occur, they will not stop with Cox. Anyone who attended the lawful rally that day will also be on their hit list. And make no mistake about it, it is a HIT LIST! Let’s not further disenfranchise a group of voters who are already suffering from a lack of representation at all levels of government in Maryland.
One can only hope that cooler heads will prevail at the Board of Elections – until then, I’m throwing the bullsh*t flag.