Opinion

Joe Scarborough and other lefties’ ‘civil war’ shrieking exposes they’ve only got fear to run on

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough went on an epic rant Monday morning about the supposed threat of ā€œcivil warā€; talking about the actual issues in this election, we guess, doesn’t help his ratings.

Or maybe he thinks hisšŸ¤Ŗ team isšŸŒŗ losing on the merits.

Donald Trump and his family are ā€œpreparing for civil war,ā€ , focusing on weekend speeches by the ex-prez and running-maą¶£te J.D. Vanź¦æce ā€” including one in which Trump had the nerve to note that his enemies have ā€œslandered me, impeached me, indicted me, tried to throw me off the ballot. And who knows? Maybe even tried to kill me.ā€

All of which is undeniably true.

And pointing it out is fair game: Any Democrat so targeted sure wouldn’t stop talking about it.

Itā€™s not just Scarborough pouring gas on the flames: President Biden himself hinted the same last week in dią± scussing next monthā€™s presidential election: ā€œI donā€™t know whether it will be peaceful,ā€ he warned.

 Really? Does the nationā€™s highest leader truly want Democrats to prepare for an actual, physical war they pretend Republicans areš“€ planning? Could anything be more ā™‹irresponsible?

Yes, Jan. 6 was an outrage. But it was far from a true insurrection, and thereā€™s no sign yet that weā€™ll see even that again this year.

These š“€warnings are just a step up from Demsā€™ equally outlandish claims that a Trump victory spells the end oź¦‡f democracy ā€” claims that provide the context for actual assassination attempts on Trump.

If anything, itā€™s Dems whoā€™ve circumvented democracy, and not just by weaponizingą¦“ the judicial system to try to bankrupt and even jail him.

The Harris-Biden folks have knowingly and proudly flouted Congress šŸ“–and laws dealing with the border, student loans, COVID mandates, evicš”tion bans . . .

With their efforts to police “misinformation,” they seek to suppress free speech ā€” the very cornerstone of democracy.

They want to pack the Supreme Court.

True, they canā€™t run on the Harris-Biden record, which has done so much damage to the nation: Trump leads on every major issue ā€” and even on abortion, the Democrats feešŸ‰l compelled to insist he has a secret (and politically impossible!) plan to completely outlaw it nationwide.

And so they fall back on scaremongering.

If the left cared about the countrź¦yā€™s future, theyā€™d stick to policy disagreements, no matter how much of a losing battle thatšŸ§œ may be.