Republicans don’t need a mass protest movement or a wave election to seize back a majority in the 2022 elections and a slew of worrisome signs for Democrats suggest the GOP has the momentum they need to do so.
The party was also dealt a setback over the weekend in the race to replace the late Rep. Ron Wright
Democrats saw their majority in the House shrink to one of the smallest margins in decades after a worse-than-expected performance in 2020. Twelve of their members were defeated by Republicans, while every GOP incumbent held their seat.
“We were all expecting to gain seats last year too, and that’s when we were playing offense,” one Democratic strategist who worked on key races in 2020 said. “We’re on the other side of things now, so yeah, there are some reasons to be wary about next year.”
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution opens with these words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
President Joe Biden wore a mask outdoors to tell us that the CDC has dropped its recommendation on wearing masks outdoors. Heâs been fully vaccinated for months, but goes around masked everywhere, sometimes even double masked. Iâm not sure what message the president intends to send, but by his actions he is playing the role of Fear-Monger-in-Chief, and millions of Americans are receiving the message that COVID is scary and they must live every day in fear.
Bidenâs use of fear to govern the country stands in sharp contrast to the leadership of President Franklin Roosevelt, who inspired Americans in his first inaugural address in 1932 with the admonition, âThe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.â Based on the number of people I see driving alone and masked up in their cars, I think many Americans now live by the motto, âThe only thing we have to fear is normalcy.â