Is the Babylon Bee Satire or News?
The satire site “The Babylon Bee” reported on July 9th: “With…polls showing GOP candidates building sizeable leads, the Republican Party rushed to implement an emergency platform change after seeing how close they were to winning a landslide victory.”
“Struggles on the Democratic side of the ticket…led to Republicans gaining tremendous momentum in recent weeks, causing leaders to shift gears and push for changes to the GOP platform in hopes of avoiding any decisive wins in November.” (Emphasis added.)
What is The Bee talking about?
“The Reload” reported:
“The Republican National Committee (RNC) Platform Committee voted 84-to-18 on Monday to adopt the new 2024 platform language…However, it also minimized the party’s emphasis on gun policy compared to its previous platform.”
The entire platform discusses gun rights just once, in a preamble statement about the party’s dedication to defending “our fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms.” The final product omits any discussion of tangible gun policy ideas.” (Emphasis added.)
The Democrats platform has not yet been announced but in 2020 it was: “Democrats will enact universal background checks, end online sales of guns and ammunition, close dangerous loopholes that currently allow stalkers, abusive partners, and some individuals convicted of assault or battery to buy and possess firearms, and adequately fund the federal background check system. Democrats will ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. We will incentivize states to enact licensing requirements for owning firearms and extreme risk protection order laws that allow courts to temporarily remove guns from the possession of those who are a danger to themselves or others.”
Given the Democrats actions (which speak louder than words) over the last 3 ½ years, it’s logical that they will promise more of the same in 2024.
Remember how the Republican leadership was able to short circuit a landslide Republican victory in 2022? Are they at it again?
The ‘geniuses’ heading the National Republican Committee must be using the New York State Committee leaders as the advisors, since the NY leaders have been so successful. (Sarcasm intended.)
Are they afraid of offending the anti-gun left and it will not vote for them? Here’s some news; the anti-gun Left is never going to vote Republican! They are amongst the 30% who believe Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are doing a great job.
Many potential Republican voters do not vote and, perhaps, one big reason is that they believe Republicans are not very rabid in supporting traditional, Republican / Conservative positions; like on the 2nd Amendment. And if voters had any doubts, the National Republican Committee just proved the theory.
Perhaps the national leadership is walking softly so they do not offend those Democrats and Independents who might vote Republican. Except, those Democrats and Independents may now be asking themselves - if the Republican leadership cannot be trusted to fight for their own traditional values, why should Democrats and independents trust them?
On the positive side, the party platforms are more P R than substance and much of them rarely get followed. (Although, the Democrats seem to mean their anti-gun rhetoric, which should alarm gun owners.) But the National Republican Committee just gave a big P R victory to the Democrats.
Having vented our frustration at the Republicans, let’s add some perspective.
Don’t forget that Democrats are equally able to make huge mistakes. They were sure that bringing multiple court cases against Donald trump would sink his candidacy and give the Democrats an easy win. How’s that working out?
The Democrats are the mortal enemies of our 2nd Amendment freedoms. They will take away our gun rights through any possible method. If they are in power after November, the 2nd Amendment will only last as long as the current Supreme Court membership lasts.
There are many responsible Republicans who believe in our 2nd Amendment rights and will fight for them. Unfortunately, the national leadership have some convoluted political agenda which works against their own grass roots.
Even though this is New York State, gun owners and any defenders of the 2nd Amendment need to contact their legislators, candidates and Republican County Chairpersons and give them an earful. Let them know we are enraged by the national committee’s actions.
We should remember the example of Winston Churchill who was an ardent anti-communist but supported Stalin and the Soviet Union against Hitler in World War 2. When asked about the hypocrisy of his position, he answered: “If Hitler invaded Hell I would have at least a few good words to say about Satan.” Like the candidate or not, sometimes the lesser evil is necessary to stop pure evil.
