OPINION: Trifecta of lies

'Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive'. — Sir Walter Scott 

Biden’s now infamous performance in the presidential debate was devastating to the media narrative and a shock to those they had brainwashed. Biden supporters were confronted with the fact that their media outlets had been lying to them for years and that Joe Biden was significantly cognitively compromised. Subsequent Biden-isms that could have been dismissed are now on full display as the supports and donors rush for the exits.

What is worse for the Democrats is the average voter is realizing that they are being lied to by the Democrat’s allies in the media. Joe voter has awakened to the gas-lighting about Biden and the many hoaxes the Democrats are responsible for creating. Russia collusion, drinking bleach, Hunter laptop, Steele Dossier, and perhaps the most pernicious, Fine People hoax, which was the cornerstone of the Biden campaign. We have seen behind the curtain and what is seen cannot be unseen.  

The Democrat operatives must have known the truth and that their only reasonable path to maintaining power would be to remove Trump through law-fare or to convince the voters Trump was more of the threat than Biden.  

There are the multiple attempts to stop Trump through litigation including then E. Jean Carroll case, the Mar-a-Lago classified documents raid, the New York business fraud lawsuit and the porn star hush money felony trial.  

None of these cases should survive, but their timing and the legal contortions needed to even bring them have deeply damaged the legal process itself. The public perception of these sham trials is reflected in the fact that Trump’s popularity continues to rise in spite of them. Many voters are now supporting Trump BECAUSE of the unfair treatment by the Biden justice system.   

The Democrats and their allies have been characterizing Trump as a Hitler-like persona to be feared. Fear is a powerful motivator, so convincing voters Trump is an existential threat to … well, everything became the mission of the media and Biden himself. 

From Biden’s official X feed; “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a threat to the very soul of our country,” “Trump is the greatest threat to our democracy,” “(Trump) is literally a threat to everything America stands for,” “If we lose, we lose everything,” and on July 8, “It is time to put Trump in the bullseye.” 

Remember the D-list actress holding the severed head of the president, the Broadway play depicting his assassination, the Lincoln Project founder, Rick Wilson’s call for donors to “put a bullet” into the president and dozens more veiled and direct calls for violence against Donald Trump. 

All of these elements feeding the ‘Trump is Hitler’ narrative are designed to have the listener infer the conclusion that Trump must be stopped at any cost and that ANY action toward those ends would be justified. After all, if you walked up to Hitler and put a bullet in his head, history would record you as a hero for saving countless lives. Don’t you want to be a hero? 

If you use the tools of mass propaganda and repetition on 50 million Biden supporters to persuade them that Trump is Hitler, you will get some percentage that believe it to be true. Some will be brainwashed so deeply that they take action. How many? It only takes one. 

Inciting someone to commit murder is a crime, but who do you isolate as the perpetrator? The mainstream media? Editors? Reporters? Who? It is the perfect crime. Expose enough people to your narrative and there is a high probability that at least one will act. And one did act.  

The failure of Democrat plans is now clear for all to see. The fiction of Biden competency has collapsed. The decline in his mental abilities is too severe to be masked and those promoting the fiction have been exposed as liars.  

The law-fare efforts have produced the opposite of the desired effect. Trump's popularity has soared among the common man who now sees Trump as one of them, oppressed by the government. 

The attempts to social engineer the assassination of Trump were successful to the extent that they came within an inch of succeeding. Trump's survival is now seen as an act of providence. 

At the Republican National Convention, I was within a few feet of President Trump the first time he entered the arena. I saw something in his eyes that I had never seen before, fear. This was the first time he was in a crowd since the attempt on his life. The atmosphere in the arena was electric and tremendously positive. By the time he climbed the stairs to his seat, that look of fear had dissipated.  

The three columns supporting Biden’s reelection, competency, law-fare and “Trump is Hitler,” have all collapsed. Biden promised to unite the country and bring order, but the reality is division and war. 

There is a high probability that Donald Trump will be the next president. The threat we now face is what desperate actions will the Democrats take in the remaining months they have power.  

It’s just common sense.

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Brent Regan is chairman of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.