Michael McCune

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐦… 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?
The Left today only has one talking point:
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩.
They shut down the government forcing millions to go without food or paychecks to resist him.
But almost no one ever asks the obvious question:
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦… 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?
Are they saying we should 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫?
Are they saying we should 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧?
Are they saying we should 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲?
Are they saying we should return to 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲?
Of course not.
Because they aren’t resisting policy.
They’re resisting 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬
When Ronald Reagan walked away from the party of his youth, he said something legendary:
“𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞.”
He was right.
This agenda didn’t appear overnight.
For generations, the Democrat Party has been the preferred home for power-brokers. It held the money, the institutions, and the elite connections. Anyone seeking influence understood that the real ladder to power was built there.
This quiet shift traces back through America’s most elite pipelines, including Yale, birthplace of the infamous 𝐒𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 society. These institutions didn’t produce politicians.
They produced 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. On occasion even a few on the right, such as George Bush.
Since JFK, the Democrat party has drifted away from service and toward 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.
And here is the unavoidable truth:
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫.
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𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤
Think back to his 2020 campaign.
Do you remember Biden’s policies?
Probably not, because 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲.
He ran on:
• 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫
• 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞
• “𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭”
Half a century in the establishment taught him one thing:
𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬.
Fear builds wealth.
Fear builds power.
Fear builds votes.
And in a constitutional republic, where government cannot be all things to all people, that limitation becomes a weapon. They point to what government cannot do and blame their opponent for it.
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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭” 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞
Trump is the opposite of their machine.
He runs on 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, not slogans.
He makes 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, not emotional speeches.
He judges success by 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬, not rage.
And the establishment cannot survive in a world where results matter more than rhetoric.
So they follow the same sequence every time:
1. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬.
Convince people they are oppressed, powerless, and dependent.
2. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧.
Never themselves. Always someone else.
3. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭.
Not a real one. An emotional one, built through outrage and repetition.
4. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫.
A danger with no definition. A shadow made of slogans, not facts.
This is the formula of power without policy.
It is fear without substance.
And it only works if no one asks the question:
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦… 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭
The chant isn’t really:
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩.”
The chant is:
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.”
“𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.”
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦—𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞. Chanted as Projection.
Because this was never about resisting Trump the man.
This was about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩.
And that awakening is happening.
Loudly. Quietly. Everywhere.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝.
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞… 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐠.
