Our elections are rigged!

 After President Joe Biden won the election in 2020 most right-wing news and political organizations began the idea that the election had been rigged.  Then came the events of Jan 6, 2021.  On the left the narrative became "Donald Trump was complicit in the insurrection on the Capital that day!"  On the right the narrative was "Trump never incited violence."  So who is correct?  In his speech on that day the following statement was made by Donald Trump:

"Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us. And if he doesn’t, that will be a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our Constitution. Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down -- and I’ll be there with you -- we’re going to walk down. We’re going to walk down any one you want, but I think right here. We’re going walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. And we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country."

Let's take a look a what each side pointed to to justify their positions.  The left cut and highlighted this "We’re going walk down to the Capitol......you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing.....I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building" Now what was left out was this "and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women. And we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard."  And that is what the right points to as evidence he was not demanding they storm the Capital.  The left has since agreed he didn't "specifically" say to do it but he "knew his followers well enough to know there would be violence."  Is that how we want things to go?  Speculation, interpreting words aka saying they meant something they do not?  And this is the point when it comes to the elections of that year.  Both sides digging their heels in and not looking at the facts.  So here are some of the factual things from that election:

1. Donald Trump lost by 7 million votes.  He got 74,223,369 votes in 2020 as compared to the 81,282,916 Biden received. in 2016 he received 62,984,828 votes and Clinton got 65,853,514.  Trump increased his votes by 11,238,541.  Biden added 15,429,402 on the Democratic side.

2. We have begun to see reports about the Hunter Biden laptop that state "On the subject of the 2020 election, 79% overall said it was "very" or "somewhat" likely that "a truthful interpretation of the laptop" would have resulted in the reelection of President Donald Trump.  And nearly 4 in 5 that have followed the laptop story say they believe that "truthful" coverage would have changed the outcome.  That is a lot.

3. Many people have traced down addresses of voter registration and found the location did not exist, were empty buildings or lot or simply did not have the "voter" living there.

4. Many "key" states changed their voting regulations and rules to accommodate "Covid-19" and prevent people from having to vote in person.

With those things in mind let's look at 3 things: Covid-19, Laws and media coverage.  When it comes to Covid we all lived in an unknown world and did the best we could to protect ourselves and others (but that will be a future blog!).  Some states took that opportunity to not only change the way votes were cast and tallied but did so without following proper legalities within the state constitutions.  So why would the people in power within the state allow this?  Simple, to get the votes to go their way.  That goes for blue and red states.  But what I really want to look at it the media and how the stories are manipulated to meet political ends.  

The media covered up the Hunter Biden laptop and it has been proven they deliberately did so to keep it "hidden" until after the election.  They have tried to convince us that voter ID laws and voting in person is racist.  They say it is because minorities are unable or do not know how to obtain said ID, doesn't it seem racist a little bit to say an entire group of people is too stupid to figure it out?  They shadow banned or outright banned candidates from posting to social media platforms and being able to share their message, see the "Twitter files."  Elon Musk exposed Twitter and the policies that were in place to shut out conservative voices.  Once he did the media began calling him a "fascist", "white supremacist" and many other terrible things.  Why would they do that?  He exposed the media and its bias against certain views.  He began allowing ALL speech on a free speech platform and the narrative became "Elon musk is a threat to free speech by allowing all speech on Twitter."  So, allowing all speech is a threat to free speech?  Yes, some people can say awful things on the platform, they have the right to do so as long as it is not directing others to be violent or incite violence.  But even that is something all platforms allow for the leaders of Iranian, Palestinian and other governments who consistently post demands as to the destruction of Israel and committing violent genocide against certain ethnic groups.  But those comments and posts are left alone while a sitting President is banned for demanding accountability in our elections.  Please don't get me wrong Trump needed someone to vet his tweets and keep him from saying dumb stuff.  To me the biggest threat to our voting system isn't the politicians, it is the media who is being used by the politicians for political gain. 

So how can we stop this from happening?  I am going to suggest some things that will not only prevent "rigged" elections but also prevent lifelong politicians from feeling the need to use the media for political gain.

1. Enact term limits for all elected offices.  2 terms for all elected officials.  This will prevent lifelong politicians and allow a greater diversity in our seats of power.  

2. Restrict the amount of money any candidate can spend on a campaign.  The amount of money spent is ridiculous!

3. Demand at least 3 debates between the candidates during the election year and ensure they are all complete before the first mail-in ballots are sent.

4. Limit mail-in voting.  Ensure everyone coming to vote is identified and their votes are counted on election day.  It has become election weeks and that is ridiculous.

5. Voter ID.  Make it free and make it easily attained.  I recommend when someone comes in for a driver's license add something to their ID for voting, like we do with organ donation.  If they don't have a license issue a state ID for free that is used for welfare benefits, identification and voting.

6. Stop the officials who certify the election from being a candidate.  This happened in AZ and there are many here who believe it was not right.

So there it is, do I think the election in 2020 was "rigged", no I do not.  Do I think more regulation and oversight is needed?  Yes I do.  The Democrats are proposing a bill allowing 16 year olds to vote, why?  Simple, they know at that age no one cares and is easily manipulated so votes will be easier to get, see class president election in high school.  In those many promise longer lunches and less time in class to get votes.  That is what will happen if we allow that.  

In conclusion I think our system is broken.  It has been taken over by extremists on both sides and will eventually be our downfall.  This is the greatest country to have ever exist on the planet Earth.  We are the beacon for abused and enslaved people around the world.  That is why so many people want to come here.  I heard today that a large percentage of our 2 youngest generations think America is a terrible country and hate it.  The classrooms, media and left are telling them constantly America was founded in racism (See the 1619 project), America is hated by the rest of the world (not true as more and more immigrants want in) and that Socialism is the way to go (More on that in a future blog).  If you made it this far, I appreciate it.  Leave a comment, let me know any topics you would like me to research and provide some thoughts on and share with your friends!  Civil discourse can only be achieved by civilized people.