Dancing in the streets

Everyone expected massive demonstrations after the election, no matter who won. It didn’t happen. I suspect no one is disappointed. But I am disappointed that there was no dancing in the streets. Is that considered uncivil for elections? All elections, or just this one?

When an athletic team wins a national championship, typically fans of that team rather wildly celebrate, often in the streets. I wanted to dance in the streets after Trump won, but I couldn’t find anyone to dance with me. People are so staid these days. So, I bebopped around all day by myself…to the tune of “Dancing in the Streets.”

Oh, I am happy, deliriously so, and grateful. I am floating in a sea of gratitude and amazement. Six months ago, no one would have predicted that the Trump/Vance/Musk/Kennedy/Ramaswamy/Gabbard/Carlson/Rogan/Kelly team would come together and that they would win by a landslide—and change the face of the voting public, one hopes for years to come. I was confident the TVMKRGCRK team was going to win—not because I have any powers of prognostication but because I get my news from 𝕏.  From the reporting there, it was very clear that TVMKRGCRK were going to win and win big—though I think in the end the victory was bigger than anyone predicted (because Trump does everything hugely).

Among things I am grateful for is that, due to a bit of a stomach ailment, I am without energy to do anything but follow 𝕏 today—which is, I must say, endlessly entertaining. Truly, I take little pleasure in the meltdown of libs—this is particularly hard because they really didn’t expect Kamala to lose. (Ok, I have taken outrageous delight in this one TikTok video.) They are demoralized in the extreme, and I have been praying they can find peace.

One 𝕏 poster advised that libs take the day off—do yard work, or watch their favorite movies and just chill—and before long they will realize that they are not going to be arrested and sent to internment camps. (A friend of mine told me a school child was fearful he would be sold into slavery were Trump to win.) Eventually, they will rejoice when the borders are secured, wars start ending, grocery bills go down, taxes disappear (!), violent criminals are jailed, sex traffickers are relentlessly pursued and convicted, and big pharma and the food industry are reigned in, etc.

I hope they will see what a big happy family can look like—Black, Hispanic, Asian, White, LGBTQ+ who supported Trump—particularly how we can all dance in the street together! Maybe some will start getting their news from X and enjoy the wide diversity of views and the exchange of views that results. Truth is allowed to be spoken, and lies are exposed because freedom of speech is permitted!

Some are saying this is the end of the dominance of mainstream media—if so, that is another huge victory. I have watched more of it in the last few days than for years; and it, too, has been a source of immense entertainment. Their struggle to explain how Kamala could possibly have lost is fascinating, at least momentarily. Some say that Kamala ran the perfect campaign (did they watch any of her interviews????). The charges of racism and misogyny are predictable and boring, but then someone like Juan Williams makes a most astonishing, insulting remark: he speculates that black men voted for Trump because “Trump disparages women and they want to get in on that!”

The most succinct explanation regarding Kamala’s loss is that by Scott Jennings on a CNN panel:

“I’m interpreting the results tonight as the revenge of just the regular ole working class American, the anonymous American, who has been crushed, insulted, condescended to—they’re not garbage, they’re not Nazis, they’re just regular people who get up and go to work every day and are trying to make a better life for their kids and they feel like they have been told to just shut up, when they’ve complained about the things that are hurting them in their own lives…We were just ignoring the fundamentals…Inflation, people feeling like they were barely able to tread water, at best, that was the fundamentals of the election.”

The MSM is catching on that there is an 18 million disparity in votes for the Democratic ticket from 2020 to 2024. Trump supporters reasonably claim that this is another indication that the 2020 vote may have been stolen—that those were manufactured votes. Dems, now, are saying that the Trump campaign must have somehow suppressed millions of Harris votes. They are calling for investigations of voter fraud and speaking of not certifying the electoral vote!

I am not certain I want the Dems to figure out the real reasons for the loss—Jennings is right, they have no idea what is really going on with Americans; and, of course, they are bereft of worthy principles. Until they improve, I hope they will continue to lose. If they figure it out though, they may, in fact, eventually offer us a palatable candidate. It seems that would be a good thing—it would be nice to have a real choice. Better principles would, at least, lead them to telling the truth.

There is no getting around it: just as Donald Trump dodged a bullet, so did the American people. His survival is a miracle, and so is that of our nation. The erosion of fundamental rights under Obama/Biden/Harris has been shocking, and it was going to get worse fast.

Would Dems have been upset to see their speech suppressed? Their kind, pro-life neighbors hauled off to jail? More towns taken over by illegal immigrants? More billions sent overseas (and then recycled back to politicians and their families)? More people dying from untested vaccines? You might say we know the answer, since those things have been happening for a long time and the Dems are not protesting (or, in fact, are behind all of that). I hope it is largely that the everyday American Democrat simply doesn’t know the truth about these matters…you know—MSM.

Blessedly, a lot of very intelligent, committed, hardworking people—led by perhaps the politician with the most stamina of any 78-year-old ever—came up with a tremendous plan to register voters, get them out to vote, and fight election fraud. (Trump worked nonstop for months; did many long rallies daily; had a grueling travel schedule; was interviewed for hours on end, and so on.) I don’t think we can thank the Republican party per se; it is the part of the Republican party taken over by supporters of Trump that have made the difference. I felt like I was voting for a third-party candidate when I voted for Trump.

At one point, Tucker asked Trump why he was running. He could have a very pleasant life—he has been president—he doesn’t “need” the recognition. Trump said he didn’t really know, after a while one gets tired of being at the beach and jumping waves. Then he said, “It’s the love. There is just so much love out there.” Those hundreds of thousands of people who supported the over 900 Trump rallies loved him and felt loved. And he clearly loves America. He made us laugh with his trolling at McDonald’s and driving a garbage truck. He simply won us over.

We can and must thank God. There is no doubt that the Holy Spirit has been guiding much that has happened (among them, obviously, Trump surviving two assassination attempts). The presence of the Holy Spirit can’t be hidden—“Christ is King” is being shouted at rallies; the “Ave Maria” is being sung; groups are publicly praying over Trump; Trump has been posting paintings of Mary and the St. Michael prayer; and he received the brown scapular. Not so long ago, God was booed at the Democratic convention. Kamala hurt her cause a great deal by saying that Christ was not welcome at her rally.

One of my Eeyore friends has been telling me “We are not there yet”: that Trump and team have an enormous job in front of them. I told her that even if Trump is not able to accomplish much of what he has promised, I am willing to pray a form of the Passover “it would have been enough” prayer: for example, even if Trump is not able to clean up the deep state, it is enough that he defeated Kamala and at least slowed if not stopped the tyranny of the Left. (No, I am not comparing Trump to God!)

We need to say fervent and sincere prayers of thanksgiving to God for giving our so wonderful but so corrupt country another chance. Many have been praying unceasingly, and they/we need to continue. The road ahead is long and steep, but there is a road. We have a marvelously capable team leading us, and we have reason to trust that God is with us—and to dance in the streets.

Source: Crisis Magazine

Author: Janet E. Smith