2022 Elections I t feels as if just yesterday, Trump was elected, and then 2020 came with COVID-19, chaos, and recrim-ination. Disinformation, censorship, and a surreal sense that reason, rule of law, history, and institutions were being upended in favor of raucous riots, rolling ridicule, and no end to political hypocrisy. All this was capped by a second impeachment, a sense that “inmates are running the asylum” Ñ a line from 1920 dystopian horror flick Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. But wait: The sun also rises. trated, ignored, and disserved by poli-Reagan) in Christmas in Connecticut, tics. Patriots are getting tired of being “In short, they are tired.” cast as villains. They feel fundamen-tally betrayed. They should be. That is why 2022 matters. America deserves better But here is where the “storyline” and can get it. Here is how. The (sorry, “narratives” are children’s House and Senate could be flipped in stories) changes. The year 2022 2022, throwing brakes on a runaway represents a chance for a sharp turn power grab. back to normalcy. Americans are sick of lockdowns, lost jobs, and canceled To date, we have seen more executive pipelines, drilling, and fracking. They orders than in recent history. Efforts are tired of elites not caring. continue to curtail the legislative filibuster, permitting any random They are tired of leaders with consti-outrages on majority vote. We see tutional immunity from defama-bills like H.R. 1, hoping to unconstitu-tion hammering their free speech. tionally federalize state elections and They are tired of left-leaning gover-blunt free speech. nors halting worship but allowing riots. They are tired of restrictions So, what do we know? Midterm elec-on assembly, travel, self-defense, tions favor the party that does not and independence. To borrow from hold the White House. This year, Barbara Stanwyck (friend of Ronald Republicans need 10 seats to regain continued on page 36 The Sun Also Rises If there is a sense of being spun about, disoriented by the peppered nonsense from the left, that is not a bad assessment of where we are. Through a series of unresolved actions and a breathtaking lack of accountability that dates back to Obama–Biden, Americans feel frus-34 • AMAC Magazine
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