By Richard Eber
With some 2,700 different events planned nationally for No Kings Day on October 18th, I couldn’t resist attending a couple of these marches in the Bay Area.
As a thoughtful conservative, it was my intention to find out what is behind the epidemic of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) so present these days.
The results of my explorations were disappointing. This was not because Trump haters are more doctrinaire than a Communist Party ice cream social.
Instead, these true believers have lost their faith in the American system of government. They don’t believe the Constitution is strong enough to fend off a President they think is trying to be a king.
At the Walnut Creek event, with the exception of Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord), no prominent Democratic officeholders were in evidence.
Other than hatred of Trump, supporting “Yes” on Proposition 50 was the closest they came to supporting the present political system.
Not once in Walnut Creek or in the rally I attended in San Francisco was a sign or speech endorsing a fellow Democrat to lead the party to the promised land. Nowhere were Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, or even AOC mentioned as offering a solution for the Democrats’ malaise.
Missing was a cohesive plan to get rid of the President. Even progressive zealots did not believe impeachment is a viable option. The consensus was that if future protests are loud enough, the President would be forced to resign.
In traveling back across the Bay via BART, I felt a profound sense of sadness. What happened to these people’s belief in the historic power and righteousness of American democracy?
Why did these folks give up on the “Wait until next year” concept of formulating desired change in the next election?
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Sounds like this was written by a typical uneducated Trump supporter. Very sad for him.