A Nation on the Brink

A Nation on the Brink

Last week’s fatal shooting of a left-wing protester in Minneapolis by a federal I.C.E. agent and its subsequent fallout is further evidence of a nation on the brink of civil war. As to who one blames for the tragedy depends on one’s political philosophy. Citizens have a constitutional right to PEACEFULLY protest, what they don’t have a right to do is impede law enforcement. That appears to be what 37-year-old Renee Macklin Good was up to when she was shot at close range by a federal immigration official. Using your vehicle as a weapon is an act of domestic terrorism. Immigration officials have been targeted on numerous occasions. In Florida and twice in Chicago, ICE officers were deliberately rammed by vehicles during enforcement operations. Federal officials have had Molotov cocktails and rocks tossed at them. One suspect fired his assault rifle into a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas.

It was unclear from the initial videos of the confrontation whether the shooting was in self-defense as the federal government is claiming, or if the agent over-reacted. Since the incident it has been reported that Goode was among several paid agitators seeking to disrupt law enforcement efforts.

Democrats and their surrogates are ramping up the rhetoric in an attempt to derail President Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, and Minneapolis is ground zero in this battle. Mayor Jacob Frey’s incendiary response for I.C.E. to “get the f- - k out of Minneapolis” isn’t soothing tensions – it wasn’t meant to. The Left is trying to use this shooting to incite more violence in hopes of winning the public relations battle against the president’s war on illegal immigration. They want another martyr, a George Floyd 2.0, to try and shift the focus away from the incompetence and corruption of their state’s leaders. If Frey and Governor Tim Walz, enforced the law, federal agents wouldn’t have to be there.

As the Daily Trigger recently posted: “If Good were killed by an illegal alien, no one would have ever heard about it.”

ADIOUS MADURO

Why are democrats bemoaning the arrest and removal of Nicholas Maduro, a narco-terrorist? They care more about the rights of a drug trafficker than they do about the 300,000 lives cut short by the fentanyl he’s helped to send across our borders. When will Americans wake up to the fact that the Democrat Party and its fellow-travelling affiliates are the enemy within.

What are they protesting? The end of a communist dictatorship in Latin America? If Maduro was a legitimate leader with the support of his countryman, Venezuelan refugees wouldn’t be celebrating in the streets his demise. As one social media post observed: “It would appear in Maduro, democrats have finally found an illegal alien they don’t want in the United States.” It is many of these same anti-Trumpers carrying “No Kings” signs who are defending an unelected dictator who refers to his son as a “prince.”

Democrats led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are trying to block President Trump from taking any further action in Venezuela by invoking the War Powers Act. But Maduro’s removal was not an act of war, it was a law enforcement action. It does not require congressional approval. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, perhaps the only democrat with any common sense, reminded his Party colleagues: “Democrats, years ago wanted to eliminate Maduro, and why have a bounty of $25 million if we didn’t want him gone.”

Removing dictators is tricky business and not something in which America should not be engaged. The lessons of Iraq and Libya are just two examples of what can happen when America over-reaches and attempts to nation build.

Much of President Trump’s impetus for removing Maduro may be centered around Russia’s recent alliance with Venezuela. Last May Putin and Maduro formed a strategic pact enabling the two nations to share military equipment, mining, and oil and gas technology. Putin has provided Venezuela with fighter jets, air defense systems and technical support, with Venezuela even proposing access to military bases.

This partnership provides Russia a foothold in Latin America and helps Venezuela bypass U.S. sanctions, not something anyone concerned with America’s security should welcome.