Now that a President has won in a landslide, can the USA hope to have peaceful transitions when Presidents are elected?
President Obama is at risk of losing his legacy, if not his freedom, as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has declassified files relating to his direct involvement in the Russia election intervention hoax following the election of Donald J. Trump in 2016.
Americans never want to believe their elected President would be so sinister, especially when his successor has already been duly elected. But Obama just couldn’t help himself. His chosen candidate, Hillary Clinton, was unable to overcome all of the doubt about her ethics, her health, and her ability to do the job of President. Obama’s act of revenge was to discredit President-Elect Trump with a hoax manufactured by Clinton and nurtured by Obama’s inner circle. Unlike his predecessors, he kept his mansion in Washington D.C. which has been a hub of anti-Trump activity to this day.
So how was this any worse than what transpired after the 2020 election?
While I was horrified by the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, it now makes sense how it got so out of control. Speaker Pelosi was offered enhanced security by outgoing President Trump, and she refused. Capitol Police were receiving mixed signals from leadership and realized very soon they had been set up.
Unfortunately, President Trump has fringe supporters like the so-called “Proud Boys” and other misguided militias who fall for these kinds of traps, letting their patriotism turn into violence and criminal acts. They played right into the Democrats’ plans, handing liberal politicians and left-wing media all the fodder they could hope for. They now had the footage they wanted to paint Trump and his supporters as crazed, violent, enemies of democracy.
I do not believe that President Trump wanted this to happen. He appreciated the intensity and concern expressed by the crowd at the rally, but he asked his supporters to go “peacefully” to the Capitol grounds to express their dissatisfaction. It’s ludicrous to think he would ask a hoard of unarmed supporters to attempt an insurrection. But we know that several hundred were not peaceful, and they added to the anxiety, challenging rally attendees to demonstrate their patriotism by storming the Capitol. This was so tragic and misguided, fueled by testosterone, with infiltrators egging them on. Many were swept up by law enforcement, simply because they were in the area, and too many endured hardships in prison that were disproportionate to the crimes commited.
So the key difference between 2021 and 2017 was intent.
It appears President Obama instructed his team to legitimize a false document and narrative, which then inspired riots and multiple lawsuits against President Trump. It is a miracle he achieved as much as he did during his tenure.
A whole other story is the origin of COVID-19, and I look forward to that intelligence seeing the light of day as millions of people were sacrificed, just to keep Trump from being re-elected. China knew that President Trump was going to stop their march to world dominance, and the deep state was complicit in this health crisis that tarnished the Trump administration.
All eyes are now on the documents released by DNI Gabbard. In a recent article by Matt Taibbi, he lays it all out.
“As has been rumored all week, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard began releasing documents this afternoon related to intelligence community shenanigans committed in the waning days of Barack Obama’s presidency, before and after the 2016 presidential election. It’s damning stuff that exposes the Trump-Russia hysteria as a complete and utter fake, and should obliterate the reputation of the commercial news media. There is no answer to these documents.
To take one example, intelligence officials on December 8th, 2016 were prepared to release a Presidential Daily Briefing concluding that “Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure”:
“That “did not impact” memo — exactly the opposite of what the Obama White House would claim a month later — never reached the public, thanks to the intervention of a senior official in Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s office:”
“On the following day, December 9th, 2016, members of Obama’s National Security Principals Committee — including Clapper, CIA director John Brennan, Susan Rice, John Kerry, Brian McKeon, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, and Avril Haines — gathered for a meeting, after which each received an email titled, “POTUS Tasking on Russia Election Meddling.” The email tasked the members with the creation of a new “assessment per the President’s request.”
“From that moment forward, intelligence officials began leaking “blatantly false” information about a nonexistent “secret assessment” that Russia intervened to influence the “outcome of the election.” This leaking continued unabated until January 6th, when a new, hastily-crafted Intelligence Community Assessment was released, triggering a series of developments that led to the publication of the Steele Dossier and an explosion of media stories linking Trump and Russia in an unprecedented scandal.”
While I don’t think it would be good for our country to put Obama behind bars, I do want him, and the “intelligence” community who carried the lies forward, to be held accountable. Hit them where it hurts – in the pocket book. Take away their security clearances, their ability to form, support and benefit from PACs, and forbid them from profiting off their service to the country e.g. no book deals or speaking fees. Make the Obama’s, the Biden’s and Clinton’s sell a few of their million dollar mansions to pay their legal fees. Make Comey pick up trash on the beach… Expose the truth and make sure voters know that they’re all Democrats who had the blessing of the Democrat National Committee. These former leaders are all corrupt to the core and will continue to conduct business this way if they are not exposed.
None of us were surprised by the information released by DNI Gabbard.
Corruption takes place at all levels of government and too often in other sectors of our lives. Humans let their ego’s, greed, and desire for attention steer them into selfish and sometimes dangerous acts. Perpetrators can be Republicans and Democrats, citizens and foreign adversaries. But most people just want to live their lives with a roof over their heads, food on the table, and a bright future for their kids. The average voter doesn’t care about politics or parties. But they do expect their elected leaders to put the good of the country ahead of their own interests, and to be held accountable for their actions.
We must work together to restore faith in our leaders, and our elections. We must lead by example in our communities and our capitals. We must share truthful information about the work of our elected officials. We can do better.