Opinion by Allen West
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- In the military, we have a saying, “never get in your enemy’s way when they are self-destructing.” I cannot think of a better adage when it comes to the insidious, absurd, and, yes, stupid, things emanating from the progressive socialist left . . . the folks who have taken control of the Democrat Party.
It is somewhat like the movie, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Some alien life form has taken over the bodies of these Democrats, and the insane screeching noise from their mouths is non-nonsensical. As always. There were some great contestants for this week’s Old School Patriot “Stuck on Stupid Saturday” recognition, including the chuckleheads who undermined thousands of new high paying jobs coming to NYC. But, in the end, there was one clear-cut choice, and I think you will agree.
This week’s recipient of the “Stuck on Stupid Saturday” award is none other than Ms. “We have to pass the bill in order to find out what is in it,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday issued a warning to Republicans poised to support President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border: the next Democratic president, she said, could do the same on guns.
“A Democratic president can declare emergencies, as well,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. “So the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans.” Pelosi noted that Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 students and faculty dead. She argued that the real national emergency is not illegal border crossings, but gun violence in the U.S.
“Let’s talk about today: The one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America,” Pelosi said. “That’s a national emergency. Why don’t you declare that emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would.”
“But a Democratic president can do that.” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) also shared a tweet calling several issues championed by Democrats, such as climate change and income inequality, a “national emergency.”
Oh boy, the progressive socialist left just let us in on something. They believe that non-compliance with their ideological agenda qualifies as a national emergency. Rep. Cleaver reiterated that gun violence, and even access to healthcare, are real national emergencies. Border security is not, as he asserted in his Twitter post. There is no way that Speaker Pelosi can delete what she said, we have video evidence forever.
It is quite disconcerting, disturbing, that the left, under a Democrat president would use their ideological agenda as the basis for declaring a national emergency. For Speaker Pelosi to hint that an individual act of violence presents grounds for a Democrat president to enact a national emergency is Constitutionally dangerous. I must ask, Ms. Pelosi, what would be the specific details of a national emergency on “gun violence?” Does this mean that by way of an executive order, action, the left will erase the Second Amendment? Part of our Constitution’s individual Bill of Rights? Does this mean that a Democrat president would authorize a violation of the Fourth Amendment and nationally violate due process criminalize millions of innocent Americans by way of firearms confiscation . . . forcibly?
Does this mean that a Democrat president would declare income inequality a national emergency and by executive order force wealth redistribution? Will we be forced only to purchase certain types of cars and forcibly be made, by national emergency executive mandate, to make our houses “green?” Don’t laugh. Already in California, they passed a law that all newly built houses must have solar panels.
I have stated before and will say so again, the progressive socialist left bases what is lawful, and now what will constitute an emergency, based upon their ideological agenda.
So what does this mean? It’s simple, Barack Obama said that he had a pen and a phone and the Democrats cheered. Now, Nancy Pelosi has told us exactly what will happen if We the People are stupid enough to vote in Democrat president — they will declare national emergencies to enact their ideological agenda.
The first objective would be gun control, disarming the American people. This is what I mean by not getting in their way as they declare to us exactly what their plan is . . . and they are triple dog daring us to stop them. They do not believe that we can, or will. Just think about the shooting yesterday in Aurora, Illinois. Yep, before the details and evidence are released, here comes the national emergency.
Why are we awarding Nancy Pelosi the “Stuck on Stupid Saturday” recognition? Because, only someone so stupid would make such a declaration, in an official and public manner.
Going forward into the 2020 presidential election the question to every Democrat candidate is, “Would you declare a national emergency on gun violence, income inequality, climate change, and access to healthcare?”
If they say no, then who is the liar, them or Pelosi? If they say yes — which the progressive socialist base will demand — then will have shown their hand. They are not running to govern, but to rule, and the dictatorship will have begun, and America will be unrecognizable. This is who the left is in America, they seek ideological domination, and will use any aspect of power to assure that vision.
To the left, Americans being killed by illegal immigrants is not a national emergency. Americans dying at the hands of illicit drugs flowing across our border is not a national emergency. Criminal illegal immigrant gangs thriving in America is not a national emergency. American taxpayers surrendering their resources to pay for social welfare benefits for illegal immigrants is not a national emergency.
But, disarming the American people? That is worthy of being declared a national emergency by a Democrat president.
Thanks so very much, Nancy, for being so stupid as to let the American people know what your plan is for America if a Democrat president is sworn into office in January 2021. You are indeed deserving of the “Stuck on Stupid Saturday” award, and we thank you for being such a dunce. We are now forewarned . . . and we shall forever be forearmed!
Allen West is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. Mr. West is a Senior Fellow at the Media Research Center to support its mission to expose and neutralize liberal media bias and is an author of the book from Brown Books Publishing Group, “Hold Texas, Hold the Nation: Victory or Death” available on Amazon.
Bring it Democrats, you will die.
Barack 0bama declared 12 National Emergencies. If any democrat were to have used this to abuse the 2nd Amendment it would have been him.
Nice try! But Nancy just threw that out to scare the easily baited among us.
Congress passed legislation enabling such presidential declarations of emergency in 1976, Since then, 60 emergencies have been declared. Every president has declared (at least two of) them – 17 by Clinton. Over half of them are STILL in effect. Declarations that occur at the rate of 1-1/2 per year over a four-decade period are absolutely NOT “rare.” But how the hell can any Democrat (even the worst sufferers of Eye-dee-ten-tee – ID IO T – Syndrome) possibly conclude that a 61st occurrence [of ANYTHING, in fact] can possibly set a “precedent”? And to conclude that such a mythical precedent is,… Read more »
If Trump declared a national emergency because of gun violence Giuliani could help him implement nationwide stop and frisk that was so effective in NYC that the left had to get rid of it. Preemptive strike. Thanks for your thoughts colonel.
Nasty Nancy’s plastic surgeon needs to design her a new face—one without a mouth.
She also gave us a damn good warning of the consequences of running a country by emergency decree instead of obeying the Constitution.
Caesar’s ideas weren’t bad. His rule of Rome by decree, something else.
It is time to use the (RED FLAG LAWS) against them, THEY AREA THREAT TO THEMSELVES AND OTHER”S, so now is the time and don’t waste any of that, just do it!!!!!!!! All Demo-Rats/Rhino’s/Progressives/Lay Back Liberals/ time to be Committed !!!!!!!!!!! That would be their worst choice, a real call to ARMS !!!!!! From My Cold Dead Fingers !!!!!!!!
The only good Democrat is a dead one. Communists have been conspiring with Democrats in this country for more than a hundred years. FDR helped put many communist platforms into law. No wonder that things have degraded to the current great wall of political divide. The idiots may truly believe that confiscation orders would not result in the bloodiest civil strife this country would know. Such a move on their part could be a blessing in disguise since it would remove most of this commie cancer from our country for at least another hundred years.
President Trump fire Nancy Pelosi and send her back to commie- fornia to take care of her 35 cats, and no federal pension for her either. But i suppose she doesn’t need a pension, as she is a multi- millionaire. With all the problems facing America and the world, all the demon-craps focus on is banning guns in America. 75000 people die from drugs every year, a million die from cancer, a million die from. heart disease. Our highways are wearing out, cities are crumbly and we have homeless veterans living on the streets. But Pelosi says we must have… Read more »
@ Patriot Guy You seem to misunderstand how this all works. Pres. Trump did not hire Pelosi and can not hire her. She was elected by the people of the district she serves and they are the only ones that can fire her and that is a complicated matter.
What they don’t understand is if they start a revolution, we will be coming for them.
Yup. Nancy just proved that she has a death wish. Do not take this as a threat to her safety by me, personally. I have no intention of killing anyone, especially with a firearm. That would simply make a martyr out of Nancy and be “cause celeb” for the anti-gunners. That would be a very bad thing for those of us that value our Constitutional rights. Nancy needs to shut her pie hole and retreat back to Commiefornia and spread her venom there, where it will never be noticed again by those of us here in the real world. Phil… Read more »
Crazy 1;
She has already had so many face lifts that she has a goatee.
@subguy I have heard that she has had so many facelifts that if you kiss her on the cheek, you are actually kissing her a$$.
I can already hear a hundred million voices chanting together, molon labe, molon labe…
We have a national Moron emergency. Idiots are allowed to vote (with the corrupt electoral Federal system it doesn’t really matter is suppose), crooks and immoral people are placed in office in Washington D.C. from states where morons have already screwed themselves into the ground and are making laws for the rest of the nation, once in office and amassing power these immoral corrupt “politicians” stay for life and nothing is done and the public is so stupid (semi-retarded) and/or apathetic it’ll only be a matter of time before the cattle cars are pulling into the stations to start loading… Read more »
If we had some of these politicians convicted and hanged for treason, we might not be in this situation. Too many do not follow their sworn oath and do not face any repercussions for their acts and statements. Just about every politician in DC needs to go. Unfortunately, without penalties for not abiding by their oath, we will get the same type of trash back into those same offices.
Thank you Allen West. I just wish Ms Pelosi could meet, and be invited to one of the gangs machete parties out in the desert and forever change her attitude and maybe even get a free face lift.
The National Emergency would come after such a declaration. Beware, that is truly what they want! Their main focus is to destroy this country as we know it. Disarm the American Citizens, open borders, weaken the military, legalize dope, government ran healthcare. Don;t you see, it all adds up!
The sign says it all. They don’t need an emergency to try to take our guns and any good court that would allow such a thing (taking away constitutional rights) is not worth the seat they sit on!
As was once said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” It still holds true today.
And you’re surprised that she is that stupid? She is famous for her stupidity, speaks to the level of intelligence amongst her supporters doesn’t it.
These people are just clueless, and they are just trying to march this country into a second revolution with there actions. The stupidity is strong in the democrats and it appears to just continue to get stronger. They will ruin themselves so they can just keep talking out there a$$!
This from the fine people that only want “common-sense” gun controls. But the first thing she thinks of is taking guns from legal citizens and allow more criminals across the border. Where did the adults and common-sense go to, in the Dem-Socialist-Communist party ? Will the “un-biased” news challenge these ideas the same way they have challenged our President ? We all know they won’t because they are in sync with this stupidity. Disgusting. Enemy in the wire !
Common sense is very uncommon today. But, that is merely their mantra. They have to have something that they can say. They can’t just come right out and say……as Fienstein actually did,……hand all your guns in. They are working up to that. Once actually said and implementation is set to begin, they will shut down pro-gun people financial means…..credit cards, bank accounts, investment accounts,etc. in order to implement the “Big Operation Choke Point.” It has been in Beta testing with Bank of America under Obummer; Citi and other banks are beginning to put pressure on the gun industry testing the… Read more »
She would be wrong as would be president Trump,only congress writes law.
If she gets her way she would start an armed rebellion. We can breath easy as the second amendment would get in the POTUS way. It would have to be voted on by a majority of states to be repealed I believe. For this woman to make such a statement reinforces the fact that she is astonishingly stupid.
Declare away, Demon-crats….WE WILL NOT COMPLY!
“It’s better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!”
-Emiliano Zapata Salazar 1910