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Ayloush let his mask slip, and showed the world what Hamas-tied CAIR is really all about. Remember this, because as the Trump administration gets going, we are going to see a lot more of it.
“CAIR Leader Calls For Overthrow Of U.S. Government,” Hannity, November 11, 2016:
The left-wing histrionics continue in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday. The latest example of over-the-top rhetoric comes from Hussam Ayloush, the head of the Council on American Islamic Relations’ Los Angeles office.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Ayloush suggests an Arab Spring-like overthrow of the United States Government.
Take a look:
According toDaniel Pipes of the Mideast Forum, “that second line is Arabic (“الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام”) for ‘The people wants to bring down the regime.'”
Not exactly subtle.
The slogan was first used during the Tunisian Revolution which kicked off the Arab Spring. It was also used frequently during the Egyptian revolution in which the regime of Hosni Mubarak was overthrown.
Despite Ayloush’s tweet, other CAIR leaders showed restraint in the face of Trump’s election.
According to The Daily Caller, Nihad Awad, the longtime CAIR executive director and Hamas sympathizer, struck a conciliatory tone.
“As citizens of this great nation, we accept the result of the democratic process that has bound us together as one nation,” Awad said. “Regardless of who won or lost yesterday’s election, American Muslims are here to stay. We are not going anywhere, and will not be intimidated or marginalized.
Donald Trump’s win of the White House was not just sending shock waves through the political world – it was also shaking up the Muslim community, where 75 percent or more had stood steadfastly in the camp of Hillary Clinton, in part because of her comparatively lax policies on border control and national security.
In a Wednesday morning tweet, the Council on American-Islamic Relations blasted at Trump’s win, warning Muslims of what’s to come.
The tweet read: “Trump has created a toxic environment for Muslims – Americans who oppose bigotry must act.”
The same account also tweeted: “Being a Muslim in Trump’s America is frightening. Here’s what we can do in response … the time has come to band together to preserve what makes America great.”
And another: “Muslim-Americans worry what message Trump’s win sends.”
Another, from CAIR-Chicago: “Trump’s Victory Has Muslim-Americans Feeling Anxious.”
And one more, from CAIR–LA: “Muslim Americans fearful of Trump presidency: ‘He sees us as less than human.'”
The fact is CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the nation’s largest funding trial. President Obama’s Department of Justice scuttle the prosecution – they are sitting on a “mountain of evidence.” President Trump’s Attorney General will move forward and these jihad operatives will be tried and punished.
The subversive organization known as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) continues to try to burnish its unsavory image and obscure knowledge of its true nature.
A Muslim nation with ties to 9-11 (Qatar) made a major endowment to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The Saudis have funded them with at least 50 million dollars. Post 9/11, they worked furiously to defeat the Patriot Act, and they continue to undermine counter-terror programs here at home.
ABOVE: Members of the Muslim community gathered in Detroit to mull Donald Trump’s win. (Credit: Twitter)
Christine Williams at Jihad Watch noted the Muslim community’s reaction to Trump’s win as well, with a headline that summed bluntly: “The preferred candidate of jihadists loses the U.S. presidential election.”
Ouch. What a slap-down to those who would seek to breach America’s borders for terrorist intent.
“Prior to Election Day, imams were out telling Muslims to vote, even launching a special campaign:
“‘October 7 is My Muslim Vote National Khutba Day a day meant to encourage American Muslims to get to the polls this November. During this week’s services, spiritual leaders will be ascending minbars, or pulpits, to preach a khutba, or sermon, that focuses on the importance of voting in this election.’
“The #MyMuslimVote campaign is led by the activist group MPower Change and the national Muslim Students Association.
“A CAIR survey predicted that 75% of Muslims will vote for Clinton. It is well known that:
“‘CAIR has been declared a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates and was named by federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas-funding operation.’
“The Muslim Students Association – a leader in the “MyMuslimVote” campaign — also has Muslim Brotherhood links.”
Meanwhile, Aljazeera had been out declaring Trump a racist and Clinton the better choice, based on the CAIR survey. And in the background, there were plenty of Pakistani American Muslims pushing for Clinton to take the high office.
“The United States no longer has the capacity to create Iranophobia and to create a consensus against Iran.”
Maybe not. And certainly the billions that Obama gave to them will go to jihad terrorist groups, and cannot be recovered. But Trump can move now to stop Iran’s nuclear program in all sorts of ways.
“Rouhani: Trump cannot reverse nuclear deal,” al-Arabiya, November 9, 2016:
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said there was “no possibility” of its nuclear deal with world powers being overturned by US president-elect Donald Trump despite his threat to rip it up.
“Iran’s understanding in the nuclear deal was that the accord was not concluded with one country or government but was approved by a resolution of the UN Security Council and there is no possibility that it can be changed by a single government,” Rouhani told his cabinet, according to state television.
Last year’s accord with world powers saw international sanctions on Iran lifted in exchange for guarantees that it would not pursue a nuclear weapons capability.
During the election campaign, Trump described the deal as “disastrous” and said it would be his “number one priority” to dismantle it.
Rouhani, a moderate who has pushed for closer ties with the West, said the United States’ standing in the world had been weakened due to its “wrong policies”.
“The United States no longer has the capacity to create Iranophobia and to create a consensus against Iran,” he said.
“The constructive engagement policies of Iran towards the world, and the fact that international sanctions have been lifted, have placed the Iranian economy on a road where there is no possibility of going backwards.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s foreign minister called Wednesday on Trump to stick to international agreements regarding the nuclear deal with Tehran.
“Every US president has to understand the realities of today’s world. The most important thing is that the future US president stick to agreements, to engagements undertaken,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Romania.
Tehran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and has so far met its obligations under the deal, but supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said he would happily “burn” the agreement if Trump decides to tear it up.
Some Iranians believe the US president-elect will not make good on his threat.
“The Trump of the campaign is different to Trump the president,” said Allaeddine Borujerdi, chairman of parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
“It is natural that the American president is constrained by international rules and must apply them, notably on the nuclear deal,” the ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said it was prepared for any eventuality.
“We have defined our nuclear program in such a way that we can continue in any situation,” spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi told the state broadcaster….
Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media looks at Donald Trump's tweets in reply to a Saudi prince who tried to pick a fight with him... MORE: http://www.therebel.media/trump_s_zin...
Washington, DC-(Ammoland.com)- It’s hard to overstate the crisis that was averted last night with the election of Donald Trump … the defeat of gun-grabbing Hillary Clinton … and the refusal to give Chuck Schumer control of the U.S. Senate.
If Hillary won, as most of the “experts” predicted, the Supreme Court would have been stacked against gun rights for a generation.
The push to ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty would have picked up steam.
A new ban on semi-automatic firearms would be on the table, as would an expansion of the rest of the Obama-Bloomberg-Clinton gun control agenda.
But in blue states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, gun owners came out in large numbers to defeat Hillary Clinton.
This is a triumph of gun rights advocates over those who would destroy the Second Amendment. In addition, many GOA-backed candidates were victorious in their congressional races.
So our task now is two-fold:
Make sure the Republicans leaders undo the damage done by Obama.
And secondly, to advance gun rights so that we can see some actual gains for all of our electoral efforts.
Republicans have rarely controlled both the Congress and White House in the past 100 years. So this election is extremely significant.
And this means we have some unique opportunities that will start even before President-elect Trump and the new Congress are sworn in.
Congress must pass spending bills during a lame-duck session.
Will the Republican leaders defund the anti-gun ObamaCare law and Obama’s anti-gun executive actions, or will they refuse to stand up to this president — as they have so often in the past?
Then in January, the real work begins.
Obama did a lot of damage to the Second Amendment with his “phone and his pen” through Executive Orders.
Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to repeal “every single Obama executive order,” which should start on day one.
GOA has already mailed postcards for our members to send to Trump urging him to do just that.
If you are not receiving GOA’s alerts — an essential part of our lobbying strategy that arms activists like yourself with postcards — you can start receiving them by going here.
The new administration should reverse the position of the Obama administration on the UN gun control treaty.
Republicans in the U.S. Senate will have to stand up to the new Minority Leader, New York’s Sen. Chuck Schumer, and confirm a Supreme Court Justice who will uphold the important Heller and McDonald decisions protecting the Second Amendment as an individual right.
The new Congress now will have no excuse not to pass a concealed carry reciprocity bill that supports Constitutional Carry. Your right to self-defense doesn’t end at the state line, but anti-gun states routinely deny you of that right when you travel.
So-called gun free zones laws should be repealed immediately. Such laws only create a safe environment for criminals and terrorists.
This is just the low-hanging fruit. Such bills should have been passed already, but weak leaders have used the excuse that Obama would only veto the legislation. That excuse is now gone.
GOA has an ambitious agenda for the new Congress, but it has to start with reversing the damage done by Obama.
Please stand with us. It will be an exciting ride!
Sincerely,
John Velleco Director of Operations
P.S. The nastiness of campaigning is over; now the hard work of governing begins.
GOA is encouraging President-elect Trump to repeal ALL of Obama’s anti-gun executive actions, for the Congress to put a constitutional carry-friendly reciprocity bill on the president’s desk, and to defund Obama’s gun control during the lame-duck session of Congress.
About Gun Owners of America (GOA)
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue. `The only no compromise gun lobby in Washington’ – Ron Paul.
During CNN’s Election Night coverage, former Obama adviser Van Jones argued that the 2016 election was “a whitelash against a changing country. It was a whitelash against a black president, in part.”
Jones said, “This was many things. I — this was a rebellion against the elites, true. It was a complete reinvention of politics and polls. It’s true. But it was also something else. We’ve talked about race –we’ve talked about everything but race tonight. … This was a whitelash. This was a whitelash against a changing country. It was a whitelash against a black president, in part. And that’s the part where the pain comes. And Donald Trump has a responsibility tonight to come out and reassure people that he is going to be the president of all the people who he insulted and offended and brushed aside. Yeah, when you say you want to take your country back, you’ve got a lot of people who feel that we’re not represented well either, but we don’t want to feel that someone has been elected by throwing away some of us to appeal more deeply to others. So, we — this is a deeply painful moment tonight. I know it’s not just about race. There’s more going on than that, but race is here too. We’ve got to talk about it.”
Van Jones discusses 'whitelash' comments || New York Today CNN’s Van Jones said Donald Trump’s possible upset over Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night was a “whitelash” to America’s progress, having just experienced 8 years with a black man in the White House.
“It’s hard to be a parent tonight for a lot of us,” he said. “You tell your kids don’t be a bully. You tell your kids don’t be a bigot. You tell your kids do your homework and be prepared,” he said. “Then you have this outcome.”
Jones said he had been receiving texts from his Muslim friends asking whether they should leave the country.
“We have talked about everything but race tonight. We have talked about income, class, region. We haven’t talked about race. This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country. It was a white-lash against a black president in part, and that’s the part where the pain comes.”
Steve Malzberg & Donna Rice Blast Van Jones "White-Lash" Claim As Hogwash
Van Jones Is A Race Baiting Joke
Published on Nov 9, 2016
Alex Jones talks with fellow talk show host Gavin McInnes discuss how Van Jones is already race baiting and causing more racial tension.
MUST SEE VIDEO FROM PATRIOT JAMES O'KEEFE OF PROJECT VERITAS:
MAIN STREET MEDIA IS NOW POWERLESS
Published on Nov 9, 2016
As a direct result of this political cycle, James O’Keefe reflects on the power shift the United States has just experienced with regard to the role and efficacy of the legacy media.
In the video, he thanks his supporters and everyone who contributed to the success of the groundbreaking videos released by Veritas throughout this election cycle.
O’Keefe explains how this election has left the mainstream media powerless and promises to continue exposing corruption and fraud through citizen journalism.
“The next time you try to take advantage of honest Americans, think twice, because the person sitting in front of you may have a camera or a microphone. If you are cheating stealing or scamming, you may be the next unwilling star of the internet,” said Veritas founder and president James O’Keefe. #Veritas
Rioting hit the streets of Portland and Oakland as Hillary Clinton supporters reacted badly to Donald Trump’s election victory, while death threats against the new president-elect flooded social media.
Windows were broken and cars were set on fire in Oakland as irate protesters lit flares and blocked freeways.
“A protestor was struck by a vehicle on the eastbound lanes of Highway 24 although it was not immediately clear what the extent of the victim’s injuries were,” reports Fox 5.
Students also hit the streets of Eugene and Portland, Oregon to protest against a democratic election. Demonstrators could be heard chanting “bitch” and “f*ck Trump” as they marched in unison.
The irony of the riots is that many pro-Clinton media outlets previously circulated the talking point that Trump supporters would be likely to stage violent unrest after they lost the election.
Twitter was also inundated with death threats, with leftists either hoping for or personally expressing their willingness to carry out Trump’s assassination.
Anti-Trump protest at Trump Tower in NYC, NY 11.09.16
Commies Attack After Trump Wins Presidency!
Communist Illegals Protest Trump Presidency
Hillary supporters trample through police outside Trump hotel in Chicago
"protesting democracy"
Hillary Supporters Compare Trump Win
to 9/11 Attacks
Crybaby Cowards Protest
Their President Elect Trump
Published on Nov 9, 2016
University of Texas students protested President Elect Trump less than 24 hours after his triumph over Hillary Clinton was announced. Jon Bowne delves into the misinformation brainwashing a generation of cowards succumbing to fears born of the lies they were fed during the campaign that is finally over.
"If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation." —Samuel Adams (1722–1803) Father of the American Revolution, Patriot and Statesman Election Day
How many of you stayed up all night to watch the final electoral votes come in with Pennsylvania giving Donald J. Trump the victory? The entire day, I never turned on the TV, never tuned into Fox News, because I didn’t want to listen to the pundits with their idiocy about this race. The talking heads make me want to kick the television.
Praying throughout the day was what I was led to do. Even listening to Rush Limbaugh was off the agenda. Silence was truly golden. Many of us just rested in the Lord knowing all was in His Hands.
My husband and I watched a movie, and then he retired for the night. At 10:30 EST, I found an electoral map on the web and watched it for the rest of the night. Wow, what a race, a real nail biter, which it wouldn’t have been without vote fraud, and if our media actually did their jobs.
Trump was at 254 and needed only 16 more electoral votes. Pennsylvania would give him 20, and Michigan would give him 16, but if Hillary took those states, then he needed Arizona with 11, Vermont with 4, and Alaska with 3, to win. The media dragged it out and wouldn’t give Pennsylvania to Trump until very early in the morning. (Surely they made more money that way). Finally, Pennsylvania was called for Trump and he was the winner. Arizona, Alaska, Michigan and Pennsylvania went to Trump, but Vermont went to Hillary.
Paul Walter, CEO of NewsWithViews, and another friend both called me when Trump was announced as the winner. Like so many others, we were absolutely joyous and overwhelmed with thanksgiving and relief. Hallelujah…praise God for answered prayer!
President elect Donald J. Trump is God’s gift to America. God’s Hand was all over this campaign and election!
Battered and Bruised, and Victorious!
From the very beginning, when Trump and his wife walked down the staircase in Trump Tower to announce his campaign for the presidency, the globalists on both sides of the aisle excoriated this man’s abilities. The attacks were vitriolic and biased. The primary campaign debates were demonstrative of the hatred by the media and the other candidates. Why? Because Trump is not in their globalist cabal! He’s an outsider…one who loves America, loves her people, and wants her to be strong just as she was when he was a youngster and watched his father build his business.
The Never Trumpers
Remember William F. Buckley’s National Review list of Never Trump Republicans who would rather have the corrupt socialist Hillary than vote for an outsider who wasn’t in their globalist cabal? Topping off that list was none other than Bilderberger Bill Kristol, crazy Glenn Beck, Cal Thomas, Ed Meese, Michael Medved, Erick Erickson, Brent Bozell and Club for Growth’s pro-amnesty, David McIntosh. The only one on the list of Never Trumpers who shocked me was Thomas Sowell. Sad, but true. These people would actually prefer another Trotskyite Republican who would lose to the corrupt hardcore socialist, Hillary Clinton, rather than have an outsider who could win and truly Make America Great Again!
Lindsey Graham dropped out of the race and put his support behind Jeb Bush, saying he did not believe Trump was a reliable conservative…and Graham is???? Jeb Bush dropped out of the race, and the entire Bush family voted for Hillary Clinton; great Republican conservatives all who would vote for the corrupt socialist liar rather than their own Republican nominee. Now that Trump is our new President elect; Jeb Bush is saying he and his wife will pray for Trump. Yeah well, Jeb, actions speak louder than words.
Mitt Romney condemned Donald Trump despite the fact that he called Trump in 2012 begging for support and help in winning his campaign. Trump went to bat for him and funded his campaign, but when Trump was campaigning, Romney turned his back on him. Why? Because the Never Trumpers from National Review, Lindsey Graham, the Bushes, and Mitt Romney, are all globalist insiders. But Trump is an outsider who wants to Make America Great Again! And where did Romney go to spew his hatred for Mr. Trump? To the Hinckley Institute…does that name ring a bell? [Link]
The Media
The leftist media spewed its negative diatribe against Trump daily, looking for any crack in his armor to expose him as a foul human being who has no right to even run for high office. The right wing media was equally as vitriolic in its hatred of Trump. Megyn Kelly on Fox News epitomized the distaste for this blue-collar billionaire beloved by America’s citizens. Of course, few people know that Fox News funded Hillary to the tune of $3 million and allegedly 96% of their employees vote democratic. Fair and balanced my backside.
Not one of the moderators in the primary debates or the three debates with Clinton even came close to being a Republican, much less a conservative, so Mr. Trump had to put up with the leftist pro-Clinton cabal asking every debate question. Then too, Donna Brazile fed the debate questions to Hillary in advance…how special of her. Cheaters didn’t win this time!
The MSM didn’t report squat on the very telling Assange WikiLeaks’ emails, and they ignored or downplayed all of Hillary Clinton’s treasonous activities with Pay to Play, her emails on private cell phones, and the Clinton Foundation.
World Leaders Happy
Obviously, our new President elect has already made a number of foreign leaders quite happy. Not only will there be mutual respect between President Trump and these leaders, but there will also be renewed respect for the United States. Eight years of dealing with Obama has obviously strained many relationships. A number of leaders phoned our new President the day after the election.
Reuters reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who happens to be a Muslim, was the first international call made to President-elect Trump, coming on Wednesday. President al-Sisi expressed his hopes of fostering closer diplomatic ties with the US under the Trump administration.
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is certainly happy. For eight years, he has had to deal with Obama treating him as though he’s a nuisance. President Obama has made deals with the country who is Israel’s number one enemy, and ignored Netanyahu’s plaintive objections. [Link]
Bibi called President elect Trump and said, “My friend, congratulations on being elected president of the United States of America. You are a great friend of Israel. Over the years you’ve expressed your support consistently, and I deeply appreciate it.” He added he was “confident, the two of us, working closely together, will bring the great alliance between our two countries to even greater heights.”
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been engaged in an ongoing war of words with Obama and the UN and has expanded to include some diplomatic collateral damage, also offered a congratulatory message. Duterte has been disgusted with Obama’s dismissive, dictatorial manner of dealing with the Filipino leader. He is clearly delighted that Obama’s successor was beaten.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was optimistic, with the Kremlin writing that Mr. Putin, “expressed hope for joint work to restore Russian-American relations from their state of crisis, and also to address pressing international issues and search for effective responses to challenges concerning global security.”
Trump Supporters Joyous
The working-class Americans have taken our country back. They were tired of losing, and said, Enough! Then they went out in droves and voted for the blue-collar billionaire businessman who spoke their language.
All the grassroots Americans who have supported Mr. Trump from the beginning of his campaign, are ecstatic, and we know in our hearts that God has blessed our nation. We also know that there is a lot of very hard work ahead of Mr. Trump, and that the administration he chooses will be responsible for accomplishing the goals he has set forth.
Our new President will need prayer, as will his wife and family, and his entire administration. His job will not be an easy one, but I am confident that our nation will see changes that will greatly benefit all her people.
One long battle is over, and now many new ones will begin, but we have a leader who we can be proud to call our President.
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Here is what eight years of President Obama’s “post-racial” reign have wrought.
The weekend before Election Day, Hillary Clinton grinned from ear to ear at a Cleveland rally while reciting a verse from Jay-Z’s remix of Young Jeezy’s “My President is Black.”
As the rapper and his Black Lives Matter-promoting wife, Beyonce, beamed on stage nearby, pandersuit-clad Clinton twanged with a stilted accent:
“Remember, Jay memorably said: ‘Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk, and Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run, and Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly.'”
This would be comical if not for the noxious cynicism of it all. Clinton may not remember (if she was ever aware in the first place), but the original version of “My President is Black” is a brazen middle finger to nonblack America.
Just a few lines after the verse Hillary quoted, the song taunts:
Hello Miss America, hey pretty lady Red, white, and blue flag, wave for me baby Never thought I’d say this s—, baby I’m good You can keep your p—, I don’t want no more Bush No more war, no more Iraq No more white lies, the President is black
So the poster granny for liberal white privilege, groveling for black votes, kissed the rings of celebrity Obama BFFs Jay-Z and Beyonce by parroting an inflammatory anthem laced with profanities and radical racialized gloating.
Could there have been a more perfect beclownment to cap Clinton’s phony-baloney “Stronger Together” campaign?
After denigrating millions of Trump supporters as “deplorable” and “irredeemable” earlier this year, Clinton then unctuously confessed on election eve: “I regret deeply how angry the tone of the campaign became.”
Note the classic textbook employment of the passive voice to evade personal responsibility.
The good news is that after being blasted as haters by Clinton’s hate-filled minions, after being slapped down as racial “cowards” by Clintonite holdover Eric Holder, after being lambasted as “xenophobes” and “nativists” by immigration expansionists in both parties, after enduring a string of faked hate crimes blamed on conservatives, after ceaseless accusations of “Islamophobia” in the wake of jihad attacks on American soil, after baseless accusations of “homophobia” for protesting the government’s gay wedding cake coercion, and after mourning a growing list of police officers ambushed and targeted by violent thugs seeking racial vengeance, an undeniable movement of citizens in the 2016 election cycle decided to push back.
When all is said and done, one of the most important cultural accomplishments of Donald Trump’s bid will be the platform he created for Americans of all colors, ethnicities, political affiliations, and socioeconomic backgrounds to defy soul-draining identity politics.
Beltway chin-pullers expediently focused on Trump’s white and conservative supporters who are rightly sick and tired of social justice double standards. But they ignored the increasingly vocal constituency of hyphen-free, label-rejecting American People Against Political Correctness who don’t fit old narratives and boxes.
And the same “Never Trump” pundits and establishment political strategists who gabbed endlessly about the need for “minority outreach” after 2012 were flummoxed by the blacks, gays, Latinos, women and Democrats who rallied behind the GOP candidate.
The most important speech of the 2016 election cycle wasn’t delivered by one of the presidential candidates. It came from iconoclastic Silicon Valley entrepreneur/investor and Trump supporter Peter Thiel who best explained the historically significant backlash against the intolerant tolerance mob and phony diversity-mongers.
“Louder voices have sent a message that they do not intend to tolerate the views of one half of the country,” he observed at the National Press Club last week. He recounted how the gay magazine The Advocate, which had once praised him as a “gay innovator,” declared he was “not a gay man” anymore because of his libertarian, limited-government politics.
“The lie behind the buzzword of diversity could not be made more clear,” Thiel noted. “If you don’t conform, then you don’t count as diverse, no matter what your personal background.”
Trump’s eclectic coalition was bound by that common thread: disaffected individuals tired of being told they don’t count and discounted because their views do not properly “match” their gender, chromosomes, skin color or ethnicity. That is exactly why the more they and their nominee were demonized, the stronger their support grew.
“No matter what happens in this election,” Thiel concluded last week, “what Trump represents isn’t crazy and it’s not going away.”
He’s right. I too often take for granted my own personal awakening about the entrenched tribalism of identity politics at a crazy liberal arts college in the early 1990s. The liberation from collectivist ideology is profound and lasting. Witnessing so many outspoken newcomers arrive at this enlightenment, however circuitous the route, has been the most encouraging and underappreciated phenomenon of the 2016 campaign.
How many of you stayed up all night to watch the final electoral votes come in with Pennsylvania giving Donald J. Trump the victory? The entire day, I never turned on the TV, never tuned into Fox News, because I didn’t want to listen to the pundits with their idiocy about this race. The talking heads make me want to kick the television.
Trump was at 254 and needed only 16 more electoral votes. Pennsylvania would give him 20, and Michigan would give him 16, but if Hillary took those states, then he needed Arizona with 11, Vermont with 4, and Alaska with 3, to win. The media dragged it out and wouldn’t give Pennsylvania to Trump until very early in the morning. (Surely they made more money that way). Finally, Pennsylvania was called for Trump and he was the winner. Arizona, Alaska, Michigan and Pennsylvania went to Trump, but Vermont went to Hillary.
The Media
