Congress, President Trump, and The Two Americas

By Mike Smith

Lawmakers are not sent to Capitol Hill to vote based on how the president makes them feel—lawmakers are sent to Capitol Hill to vote based on what their constituents want. All this talk of President Trump somehow “alienating the Republican lawmakers whose vote he needs” is an addictive false idol the moral narcissist class is high on.

The truth is, the congressional majorities of both parties are as derelict in their duty to protect and defend our basic rights as before Trump was sworn in. Aside from feeling worse than before the Trump era, these charlatans are virtually unchanged.

The wants of voters need to align more with the imperatives of self-governance, and Congress is the mirror of society. Still, not all of us are moral narcissists (there are far fewer “down here” than the media would have it appear). And although lawmakers represent the moral vices of the folks who elected them, Congress is tone deaf in a way rivaled only by the mainstream media. A change must be made.

The first must be in how we think and respond to Congress. We are the only ones who can make the first effective move, folks. A collective, weak mind and civic apathy are all that keep people like Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer in control of innocent peoples’ destinies (and for too long).

Weakness of mind leads otherwise good people to believe ‘thin air’ can somehow replace corrupt, inept politicians—as though civic non-involvement here by good people will solve anything. It won’t: we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

In the eternal struggle for control over our destiny, good government still happens only when good people fill the cup of government—and it is kept that way. Freedom lovers: in most places, our representatives are unworthy of us. But who is standing up to replace them?

How many times did Senator John McCain run for reelection unopposed by a Republican challenger, until he finally betrayed every American citizen who wants a free healthcare market? The man got away with moral murder, which will become real if single-payer healthcare ever becomes policy. Suffice it to say, he will not be remembered as a war hero by future generations.

Those who control the destinies of millions —that is, our destiny— are duty-bound to not give a damn what the president says or tweets, let alone fail to do their jobs based on what he (or the media) think of them. Our president has more control over our destiny than any other single person, but Congress still has more. And most often, we freedom lovers can ultimately align Congress’ control decisions with our own—but enough of us must will it to be!

The legislative deadlock between President Trump and Congress reflects the societal deadlock of the two Americas in our cultural civil war—out of which only one can emerge. If we fail to keep the republic between (and during) election cycles, the wrong America will win by default. History remembers actions most, not words.

Mike Smith is a writer, Millennial and nationalist conservative living in Camarillo. He reasons through the written word so clarity can outdo agreement. He desires a government strong enough to protect America, even from itself, so leftism fails.

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