The sound of one hand clapping: The fake news narrative is that ‘Trump is in trouble’ - article and commentary courtesy of Joshua Schneider

The sound of one hand clapping:

The fake news narrative is that ‘Trump is in trouble’

By Robert Knight

If you weren’t looking closely, you might not have noticed that
Republicans won two North Carolina congressional races last Tuesday,
not just one.

The media featured the Ninth District race in which Dan Bishop defeated Dan
McCready by 50.7 percent to 48.7 percent. They ignored the Third
District, where state Rep. Greg Murphy swamped Democrat Allen Thomas
with nearly 60 percent of the vote to fill the seat of the late Rep.
Walter Jones, who died in February.

Mentioning the landslide Republican victory in the Third would have
tarnished the media’s main point, which was the closeness of the race in
the Ninth, where President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence
campaigned for Mr. Bishop the day before.

So, the fake news narrative is that “Trump is in trouble.” It’s a done
deal, folks. Time to lay out some early money in Vegas for whomever the
Democrats nominate in 2020.

Reporting on the landslide Republican win in the Third District would
have spoiled this happy narrative. By the way, Dr. Murphy is the only
M.D. in the North Carolina legislature, which makes him even more worthy
of being ignored by the media at a time when Democrats are calling for
socialist health care.

The do-over election in the Ninth was held because of possible vote
fraud in 2018 by the — wait for it — GOP. Talk about a man bites dog
story. Anyway, Republican Mark Harris outpolled Mr. McCready by 905
votes, with a Libertarian candidate skimming off 5,130, and the election
results were set aside.

Fast forward to Sept. 10. Although Mr. Mc-Cready had much more than a
year’s worth of public recognition because of his earlier run, Mr.
Bishop beat him by about 4,000 votes, quadrupling Mr. Harris’ margin.
Not bad for someone who entered the race only months before.

Another misleading media story line is that Republicans have held this
district since 1963. No, they haven’t. Until 2016, this district was
based almost entirely in Mecklenburg County or in a few counties running
north from Mecklenburg (Charlotte). The current Ninth District runs
from Mecklenburg to the east through Union, Anson, Stanley, Hoke,
Robeson and Cumberland (Fayetteville and home of Ft. Bragg) counties.

Both parties and outside groups poured money into the race, which cost
a total of $10.7 million, according to the Charlotte Observer. “It was
seen as high stakes by both sides,” said North Carolina Family Policy
Council President John Rustin.

Mr. McCready ran as a moderate Democrat, but he had the
backing of Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign (the
largest LGBTQ pressure group), Mr. Rustin said. They are not exactly
known for moderation in their pursuit of unlimited abortion and sexual
anarchy.

Speaking of moderation, it’s getting harder and harder for Democrats to pose as
moderates when the leaders of their party keep going off the rails.

Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, who seems to get kookier by the day, wants the government to dictate where people live so that poor people can be near rich people. Bernie Sanders wants taxpayers to assume all medical debt in the nation, and praised China’s Communist government for its economic policies. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris support Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare
for All,” which would eliminate private health insurance.

Ms. Warren also wants the government to take over management of large
corporations and has announced that she’d issue an order halting
fracking for oil and gas. Ms. Warren, wouldn’t that send America’s
energy industry and the economy into a tailspin? To which she might
answer, “and your point is?”

Here’s something the media might not want to explore: The Democrats’
playbook is almost indistinguishable from that of the Communist Party
USA. This isn’t name-calling; it’s fact checking.

Like the CPUSA, the Democrats promote class warfare, open borders,
legalizing “undocumented immigrants,” free college tuition, free
daycare, a government takeover of health care, extreme environmentalism,
taxpayer-funded abortion, the LGBTQ agenda, abolishing the Electoral
College and condemning America as a uniquely racist nation.
Surprisingly, the CPUSA’s platform makes no mention of guns, but history
informs us that confiscation occurs quickly when Communists take power.

Right now, suburban voters, including Republican women who dislike Mr.
Trump’s personality and shady past, are supposedly up for grabs. But
when faced with a vote for Mr. Trump or a vote for Bernie, Liz, Kamala
or fake moderate Joe Biden, they may see a clearer choice.

One more thing. Newly elected Congressman Bishop had sponsored the
state’s socalled “bathroom bill” that required people to use restrooms
based on their biological sex. Although liberals led boycotts and got a
policy reversal, Mr. Bishop’s family values did not appear to hurt him.
He was also endorsed by the National Rifle Association and repeatedly
linked his opponent to the Democratic Party’s
far-left wing. The Communist Party USA’s issue platform is called
“The Road to Socialism.” Its website summarizes its appeal: “For
democracy. For equality. For socialism. For a sustainable future and a
world that puts people before profits.”

How is that different from what the Democrats are selling? The media’s silence is the sound of one hand clapping.

Commentary:

As the Democrats sink further and further into the cesspool of social politics the rhetoric that is coming out of the presidential candidates mouths is just becoming so overwhelming in its anti Trump everything that more and more people are just tuning them out. Warrens Health Care plan is an absolute lie about Medicare.

Talk about a true nut case, Beto O'Rourke is so far off the rails there is no hope for him.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s call
for a mandatory buyback of military-style “assault rifles” raised
concerns on both sides of the gun debate Sunday, while Democrats on
Capitol Hill continue to push President Trump on their universal
background checks bill.

The Texan and 2020 Democratic presidential contender went viral during
last week’s debate for enthusiastically calling for a mandatory
buyback plan for military-style guns.

“Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15, your AK-47, we are not
going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans any more!” he
said.