The leftists are going insane because Trump is winning, and they’re only going to get more insane as he keeps winning. The Democrats have cranked up the rhetoric that Trump is Hitler to the Mussolinith power. They have sued him over everything in front of every leftist district court judge they could find. And they have launched an organized campaign against Elon Musk, which includes both planned demonstrations and freelance Tesla/Tesla owner abuse. Their problem is that this is all that they have, and this old-school street theater campaign is not going to work the way it used to without a regime media that could blow it out of proportion. But there weren’t any other real good options for the Democrats. Acting like idiots is pretty much all they have left.
It’s fun watching them, though. These are not photogenic youthful protesters. These are aged goobers. The demographic that is turning out is wizened old boomers of pallor. Look at the crowds at these totally-not-Astroturfed, absolutely genuine town halls where incoherence meets incontinence as the crusty commies scream and yell about how Elon Musk is going to steal their Social Security checks. No wonder Tim Walz is on the road speaking to these people – he is totally one of these people.
Now, the impression you’re meant to get is that this is some sort of grassroots uprising against Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and patriotic Americans in general. It’s not. It’s pretty obvious that these clowns are organized, herded into buses, and dropped off for the cameras – and that many are paid. They are just so goofy, and it’s funny when they erupt in spastic rage, trying desperately to remember the talking points they were given and ending up seeming like good candidates for memory care.
They’re just ridiculous, but you don’t see the ridiculous part of the regime media. The regime media wants them to be taken seriously so it skips over the fact that they are clowns. But the conservative media doesn’t. We’re all over these weirdos, and they are weirdos, buying into every pinko obsession, from castrating kids to supporting Hamas. That’s one of the reasons this just isn’t going to work. You look at these people and they’re obviously losers. Who wants to be associated with losers? Only other losers.
They make up just a small fraction of the 50% of America that doesn’t support Donald Trump. The other 50% does. Think about that. Donald Trump currently has a 50% approval rating. Remember his first term? He sure as heck wasn’t getting 50% then. This is unprecedented. He would’ve killed for these ratings in 2018m but he’s got him now. So much for the regime media and social media anecdotes about Trump voters who regret voting for the guy who’s doing exactly what he said he was going to do during the election. Trump has more support now than he did on November 5th.
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Since there is no widespread opposition to Trump 2.0, they have to invent it. They want to generate discontent to give people the impression that there’s a tsunami of disenchantment over Donald Trump crashing ashore. This is the color revolution template. Even though the street theater is carefully curated, it is designed to give the impression of an organic mass uprising. This template requires a cooperative media environment, and it requires an incompetent administration. Neither of those is in effect now. The regime media has totally lost any credibility it might’ve had at one time. Most people ignore it. They get their news and information from non-regime media, meaning the conservative viewpoint now gets out. That’s why highlighting just what buffoons these people are is so damaging to them. Nobody’s confusing these doddering fools with earnest activists working for a better tomorrow. Most are so crusty they probably don’t have too many tomorrows left.
Plus, the Trump 2.0 administration is competent. Don’t underestimate how important the four years in the wilderness were to Donald Trump and his allies. It gave them the chance to learn and plan. They’re not going to just give up in the face of this nonsense. As we saw with the Signalgate thing – remember that? – Trump is not going to play by their rules and just hand them their trophy. He’s going to laugh at them and ignore them. And now we have a Justice Department that’s not going to play around. To the extent the attacks on Tesla facilities are part of a larger conspiracy, something that is entirely believable and probable, you’re going to see the DOJ start prosecuting not just the malignant dummies stupid enough to be caught on video committing their crimes but the people and groups funding and organizing them. There are a lot of federal laws you violate doing that stuff, and Trump’s not going to play around. These creeps are going to find themselves in jail.
The street theater resistance to Trump is, of course, just one component of the larger resistance strategy. That strategy includes Democrats refusing any sort of cooperation, nonstop regime media lies, lawfare, and the like. The street theater part of it works if it either gains sympathy for the cause or terrifies people into obedience. This time, it can’t do either. It’s hard to be sympathetic to a bunch of wrinkled MSNBC viewers chanting pre-written slogans outside a Tesla dealership. It’s also hard to be intimidated by somebody who looks like she lives with seven cats who will feast upon her flesh when she dies alone in the not-too-distant future.
They want to give you the impression this is a mass movement. It is massive, in the sense that so many of them are hefty, but it’s hard to get people to identify with you if you’re utterly unattractive. At least some of the hippie chicks were cute. But now they are ancient crones and shriveled old men. Many of these folks weren’t just hit by the ugly stick; they were beaten into a pulp. In any case, no normal person wants to be them or with them. This campaign is just not going to do the trick. It’s a 1968 campaign running in 2025.
More sinister are the decentralized attacks on individual Tesla drivers, with many of the victims being leftists themselves. You see how important climate change is to the left – the hell with the climate, we’re off to key a Cybertruck! The sentry mode on these vehicles is catching them on camera, and they’re getting prosecuted. More disturbing are the lunatics who are attacking people on the road, sometimes stopping them, yelling at them, or even brandishing guns at them. Eventually, somebody’s going to get hurt, and that’s not going to help the leftist side. Either an innocent person’s going to be hurt because she was driving a canceled car, or one of these idiots is going to get in the wrong guy’s face, make a sudden move, and find himself on the wrong end of a hollow point. On X, some leftists are urging their comrades to stop it; hilariously, most of the responses are to the effect of 1) it’s actually a MAGA false flag, and 2) Elon deserves it anyway.
None of that’s going to help their cause. This is a poor strategy for the Democrats, but you have to understand why they are adopting it. They don’t have anything else at the moment, and the leftist elite must do something for its activist class to feel activated. This ridiculous campaign does just that, but while it may mollify the morons to the extent that normal people are paying attention – which is probably not much of an extent at all – they’re going to find it repellent.
So, cheer the left on. Let these freaks get out there and get their freak on. This is all part of us not being tired of all the winning.
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