With so much good news, Republicans should be in good shape for
Election 2018.
Despite an unsettling special election loss last month, the GOP relished an
epic tax reform victory and gave everyone, including the Republican Congress
and President, a much-needed Christmas gift. The new year is ushering in glad
tidings because of that legislative victory. Businesses small and large are
handing out bonuses and pay raises. The individual mandate in Obamacare is
gone. The federal government is cracking down on illegal immigration, child
abuse, and gang violence like never before. The DHS Secretary is striking out
against sanctuary cities, AG Jeff Sessions is kicking butt. ISIS is defeated.
The stock market is hitting 26,000—1,000 points up in one week! This rally is
benefiting everyone, not just the politically-connected cronies of the Obama Administration.
Black unemployment is at its the lowest level ever, along with Hispanic
unemployment. Businesses are expanding even in blue states.
And yet …
Democrats are romping in special state and local elections right now.
Republican Congressmen are retiring in record numbers, not only because of
#MeToo allegations. Despite so much winning, Republicans seem to be losing. A
negative ambiance is hurting the GOP for Election 2018, with Democrats
currently enjoying a 10-point net favorable rating to win seats. Although those
numbers are down from a net +16 rating, why are voters favoring Democrats who
waged so much damage under Barack Obama? Democrats are energized, and
Republican voters are less than enthusiastic about their party, but why?
The corrupt media has gone into overdrive attack mode, savaging Republicans
and hiding their victories. It’s taking a toll on the GOP conference,
relentlessly battering the president’s image, dragging down the national
ticket. This negative ambiance is manifestly unfair, based on untrue reports:
Trump Derangement Syndrome on steroids. Yesterday, CNN’s obsessed over
President Trump’s press conference following his health evaluation. Trump
passed every metric with flying colors, even though the mainstream media
lambasted his cognitive capacities for a week straight. Nothing will happen,
and no reporters will lose their jobs.
The press fawns over incidental failures or flubs, then whines about their
battle between the excellent Press Secretary Sarah Sanders than the manifold accomplishments
of this Presidency. The press lashed out at Trump for eating only two flavors
of Starbursts. They have printed another set of baseless allegations of sexual
misconduct against the President—although nothing backs it up. Michael Wolff’s
coffee table book full of misspelled words, distortions, and outright lies
dominated the airwaves. All this time, the President has to contend on his own
with the contemptible, tabloid-like media. Add to this corruption the
back-stabbing comments of NeverTrumpers like Jeff Flake, who shamefully
compared the President to Communist megalomaniac Joseph Stalin, a threat to
free speech and a free society.
Is it any surprise that a general dour outlook is overshadowing the GOP
right now?
One incident particularly represents the corrupt media’s inordinate, still
lingering impact on the President and the GOP Congress: the dubious report that
Trump had called third world nations “shithole countries” in a discussion with
US Senators over a final immigration deal. This unsubstantiated report started
with Illinois US Senator Dick Durbin, who has a long history of lying about
private meetings, and himself represents a shithole state on the verge of
bankruptcy.
Whether these statements are true or not, the race card which followed has
perpetrated considerable damage, taking up national press space and talking
heads’ hateful banter. It’s unbelievable. I hate it, and it’s hurting our
country. The fight is real, folks, and we cannot expect Trump to fight the
press on his own. Trump defeated the media at their own game in 2016. Sadly,
party officials seem to think that because Trump body-slammed the press for his
election, everyone else will survive. Legislators state and federal cannot
depend on Trump’s populist charisma alone. The RNC has fundraised record
amounts of money of Trump’s winning streaks, but all that cash can’t win
elections on its own. Just ask Crooked Hillary. Wisconsin Republicans just lost
a state senate seat that went by double digits for Romney and Trump. The response
from the Wisconsin GOP: “Help us fight back and forge ahead with aggressive
efforts to show voters just how far we have come thanks to conservative
reforms.”
Voters simply don’t know the good which Republicans governance has
accomplished. How bad is the silence on Trump’s victories? It’s feeding doubt
into his supporters, diminishing their enthusiasm to turn out the vote. One
hard-core Trump supporter, with strong connections to black communities, told
me that Trump was selling out on DACA. She cited an article about the corrupt
San Francisco Federal district court striking down the President’s rescission
of DACA. I then showed her that the Department of Justice filed a fastrack
appeal on the case to the United States Supreme Court. She sent out a revised
eblast, but her reaction to the mainstream media demonstrates the larger
problem.
Recently, I met an immigrant from Thailand. He voted for Trump, and loves
Trump’s hardline stance on illegal immigration. He called me two days ago, with
a concern: “President Trump campaigned to get rid of illegals, but I don’t see
anything happening.” How could he not know? Reporters in center-right news
outlets like
The Daily Signal, Breitbart, and especially
Townhall.com
have documented the record deportations which have occurred. The Southern
California press, however, has printed more sob stories about “immigrants”
separated from their families and deported to their legal home countries. Other
reports about ICE crackdowns on major businesses as well as immigration sweeps
have appeared in the press, but they don’t get the same kind of attention.
President Trump was right about the Fake News Media. It’s hurting our
country, and if left unchecked, the shithole press will take down Republican
chances and slow down the reforms which President Trump campaigned on and is
bringing to pass. The corrupt information gap from the shithole press is real,
and we need to fight it!
