LIZ PEEK: Trump's Army celebration offers startling split screen with angry Democrats

Call maine crazy, but dissing our nation’s service connected its 250th day seems similar yet different Democrat blunder. 

What a split-screen Americans witnessed this past Saturday. On the 1 hand, they saw thousands of patriots cheering our nation’s troops, and connected the other, "mostly peaceful" protesters screeching that our ideology is nether assault. Demonstrators were caught connected video waving Hamas flags, jeering our veterans and beating up cops. Angry crowds led by the likes of Randi Weingarten, whose teachers’ national does much to beforehand societal injustice than immoderate different enactment connected earth, arsenic they postgraduate people aft people of number kids incapable to work and condemned to lives without futures.  

Democrats, who crowned Joe Biden their campaigner successful 2024 by resetting the superior calendar to warrant their incumbent’s ascension, sued to support RFK, Jr. disconnected the ballot, banned competitors from running, and tried to fastener up Donald Trump, are nary friends to democracy. Democrats, who lied to the state astir Joe Biden’s intelligence diminution and tried to marque an incompetent antheral president for 4 much years truthful they could clasp onto power, should unopen up astir tyranny.

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The near is particularly furious that ideology failed them past year, erstwhile a coagulated bulk of the state elected Donald Trump and handed the authorities implicit to Republicans.  

Their "No Kings Day" protests were an eruption of their fury, similar the howls of angry, thwarted toddlers. They timed the nationwide demonstrations to detract from the Army’s 250th day celebration, insulting not lone President Trump but besides our men and women successful uniform, notwithstanding that our subject is 1 of our nation’s astir respected institutions. Democrats person nary agenda different than bucking everything President Trump does, adjacent if it puts them astatine likelihood with astir of the state and makes them politically toxic.  

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They are acceptable to spell to bat for (in nary peculiar order): Violent criminals successful our state illegally, biologic men who privation to vie successful women’s sports, unfastened borders, abortions done 9 months, DEI, unlimited payment checks for everyone and waste, fraud and maltreatment successful our government.

They are against: ICE, who rids the state of enactment traffickers, fentanyl dealers and murderers; schoolhouse choice, which offers kids of each kinds amended acquisition options; our arrogant military; cutting authorities spending; lowering taxes to beforehand businesses; productivity and hiring and religion.   

No wonderment they mislaid past fall. 

The contrasting events connected Saturday said it all. President Trump staged an uplifting time of festivities to observe the Continental Congress commissioning our archetypal military, the Continental Army, connected June 14, 1775. The festival opened with an Army fittingness competition, and included a accidental to interact with soldiers, astronauts and Medal of Honor recipients – the bravest of the brave. The fittingness lawsuit doubtless alienated galore connected the left, who person decided that running, being muscular and keeping acceptable is simply a right-wing fever, not an enactment that improves wellness and longevity. Think I’m kidding?

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In 2022, Time mag published an nonfiction tracking "The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise," which kicked disconnected a loony and ongoing onslaught connected steadfast activity. Last year, The Guardian published an nonfiction with this title: "Getting acceptable is large – but it could crook you into a rightwing jerk." This, from an writer who admitted buying into each fittingness craze extent, but who has travel to judge that "getting acceptable makes you much rightwing." I’ll spare you her tortured calculus connected however radical tin participate "an unwitting descent into fascism, hastened by a treadmill." 

The Army solemnisation culminated successful a parade which showcased the past of our country’s warring forces and battles, from the gyration to today. The liberals who dragged their children done aggravated demonstrations should person taken them alternatively to D.C.; they mightiness person learned a happening oregon 2 astir our past, and taught their kids immoderate respect for the lives mislaid protecting their close to protest.

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Democrats were incensed that Donald Trump’s day fell connected the time chosen to observe our military. They accused him of utilizing the lawsuit to observe himself, though the readying for Saturday’s festival was much than 2 years successful the making. As it happened, adjacent the New York Times could not find overmuch to kick about, describing the time arsenic expressing chiefly "patriotism and gratitude for the army" and "somewhat much restrained than different displays Mr. Trump has praised, specified arsenic Bastille Day successful France." 

The Times newsman acknowledged that galore viewed the festival arsenic a "savvy recruitment tactic." The U.S. subject shelled retired much than $6 cardinal implicit the past 3 years to enlistee and clasp work members; the medication believes the parade, which outgo astir $45 million, volition boost enlistment.  Already, recruitment has increased, with the Trump medication gathering its extremity months up of schedule.  

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The liberal media had a pugnacious day. MSNBC hosts Ali Velshi and Chris Hayes were intelligibly disappointed that the subject solemnisation was affirmative and upbeat, with Hayes noting the festivities lacked the "dark, malevolent energy," which helium said was often contiguous astatine President Trump's rallies. Velshi agreed, commenting "I’m conscionable benignant of amazed by the fig of radical who were astatine the beforehand of the parade watching, cheering, and past would travel and inquire to instrumentality a selfie." 

The clueless commentators besides acknowledged that America’s "civic civilization and antiauthoritarian civilization is really rather beardown and benignant of is an tremendous plus that we person erstwhile we comparison ourselves to different places…" Yes, that’s what Republicans person been saying each along: our ideology is live and well.

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Not everyone was happy. Former West Point prof Graham Parsons warned successful The Atlantic that Trump is trying to "politicize the U.S. military." To protestation Trump’s prohibition connected discussions of contention and sex astatine the academy, Parsons resigned his position, since his "research agenda" -- studying "the narration betwixt masculinity and war, among different things —was efficaciously disconnected limits." 

Another triumph for President Trump.

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