INGRASSIA, WAX, LOOMER, CRISPI: Trump Alone Can Fix It
Trump has suffered more at the hands of a corrupt judicial system led by rogue Marxist prosecutors as Republicans sit on their hands. That is why only Trump can drain the swamp once and for all.
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This past week marked an inflection point in the GOP primary process, with two significant events held back-to-back: Iowa’s Family Leadership Summit and the TPUSA conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. Each forum offered an opportunity for Republican presidential candidates to make their pitches to the grassroots – which they did, primarily to underwhelming results.
The Iowa event, which featured every major contender except Donald Trump, resembled a bloodbath for most candidates. In that capacity, Tucker Carlson, who was the moderator of the event, played the role of grim reaper to the presidential dreams of nearly every candidate who entered the hot seat: each one systematically annihilated by the talk show host’s relentless interrogation, which, like artillery fire, remained on point and brought out certain unforgivable truths.
The most devastating casualty of all was Mike Pence, who, in a moment of accidental candor, proclaimed it was “not [his] concern” when asked whether the United States should be more focused on domestic policy and the needs of American citizens rather than squandering hundreds of billions of dollars on an unwinnable war in Ukraine that is likely to lead to World War III. Pence’s reversion to pro-Ukrainian neoconservatism, albeit a position at odds with America First Republican voters by whopping margins, was nevertheless commonplace across the array of speakers who attended the Iowa event.
As for the rest, they did not fare much better. While Carlson treated Ron DeSantis a bit more leniently than Pence (which several Trump surrogates appropriately criticized), in another respect a tough line of questioning was not needed: the Florida Governor committed self-immolation mainly by his own social awkwardness and lack of charisma, from which he has consistently suffered throughout his entire campaign.
The DeSantis campaign, which is struggling to keep pace with rising superstar Vivek Ramaswamy and now even long shot candidate Chris Christie in states like New Hampshire, paired with the relentless barrage of attacks on him between Trump and his surrogates, has done a number on his confidence and his ability to fundraise. His middling nonresponse on the Ukraine conflict in Des Moines reflected this. DeSantis reverted to the same tired platitudes of pledging not to commit troops there or get involved in an endless overseas quagmire. It remains a mystery what DeSantis’ true position on the Ukraine-Russia war is, because he told Tucker Carlson something completely different several months ago before the talk show host’s ouster from Fox News.
DeSantis’ inability to deviate significantly from the least risk-averse position demonstrates a campaign now officially on life support. He is utterly beholden to wealthy donor interests, for they remain the only serious backers of his campaign and whose interests DeSantis must increasingly pander to – if he has a shot at staying afloat. This was reflected in the composition of the DeSantis war chest: as investigative journalist Laura Loomer pointed out in her analysis of DeSantis’ first FEC report since he officially filed to run for President in May, nearly two-thirds of all DeSantis donor money hit the legal maximum, a strong indicator that only the donor class, not the grassroots, is fueling his makeshift movement.
While DeSantis raised $20 million, his average donation was $1200, and nearly $3 million of the funds he raised cannot be used until the general election, since it accounts for double max contributions. Among the list of donors to his campaign are many lobbyists, including lobbyists for woke, trans, and even pro-gun control causes, which further reveals DeSantis being willing to change his policy positions on a dime, so long as the dollar amount on the check is high enough.
FEC reports reveal that DeSantis’ campaign has been hemorrhaging cash like crazy in a desperate measure to boost his sinking poll numbers. The morbid poll numbers capture the vast disparity between the real world, of which there is virtually no organic support for the Florida Governor, and the world of donors and paid Twitter influencers who continue to preserve the non-story of the year: a presidential campaign that was always dead-on-arrival.
And now, because DeSantis listened to the donor class and his power hungry wife as opposed to remaining loyal to Donald Trump, the man he owes his entire political career to, not only is his campaign dead in the water, but DeSantis himself has committed career suicide.
DeSantis’ Presidential campaign was built on a foundation of hatred and contempt for Donald Trump that is widely held by the billionaire, GOP donor class, and elitist foreigners like Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch. These forces themselves are committing election interference by their own admission of “unpersoning Donald Trump” in the media, as Murdoch has directed his NewsCorp media empire to do (which also includes the Wall Street Journal, NY Post, and the British News UK, on which DeSantis was interviewed earlier this year) which was revealed in his leaked text messages from the discovery dump in the recent lawsuit between Fox News and Dominion.
Why Only Trump Has The Power To Drain The Swamp — Once And For All
Which brings us to the one man on whose side all the momentum has always been: Donald J. Trump. In West Palm Beach, just miles away from his Mar-a-Lago residence, Trump again hit it out of the park on Saturday in an electrifying speech that showcased why he – and he alone – deserves the party nomination. Even at 77, Trump still exhibits a rarefied political talent – and stamina – that few others even decades his junior can match. Trump commands a refined level of charisma and gravitas, products of his grisly New York media mogul days, that nobody else in today’s political scene can come close to matching, let alone replicating.
Politicians with stiff deliveries and equally stilted policies will often graft decades-old, stale talking points onto our current, and unprecedented, global crisis in a manufactured – and inevitably doomed – attempt to offer a solution to our systemic and ever worsening problems.
Undoubtedly, the country (and world) is in a dire state. Going through the motions of a primary process under the pretext of “politics-as-usual” is a grave offense to not just the 45th President, whose second term was unconstitutionally stripped from him in 2020, but perhaps more importantly, to the millions of American citizens who see the charade for precisely what it emphatically is: a WITCH HUNT.
These include the base of the GOP, which are all Trump supporters, contrary to what the GOP establishment and the RNC believe. As well as any American citizen who has been enlightened to the dire state of the country – as observed across the board, from the turning away of traditional news media, to the realization of the banana-republic-type justice that has eroded faith in the judiciary to render fair and equal justice, to the relentless indoctrination pervasive throughout today’s education system, with its predatory exploitation of young children, now as young as pre-school age.
No better man than Trump himself succinctly described the magnitude of our present crisis:
“2024 is our final battle. With you on my side, we will demolish the deep state; we will expel the warmongers from our government; we will drive out the globalists; we will cast out the Marxists, communists, fascists; we will throw off the sick political class that hates our country, and we will route the fake news media, and defeat crooked Joe Biden, and drain the swamp once and for all.”
Trump’s harrowing assessment is born of twin realities: equal parts personal and political. He, above anyone else, suffered more at the hands of a corrupt judicial system, which has weaponized centuries-old laws – such as the Espionage Act – to contrive fabricated, baseless “criminal” accusations on crazed legal theories being peddled by rogue, far-left prosecutors, like Jack Smith.
Smith, for his part, is someone with well-documented Marxist sympathies, and indisputable personal animosities against Donald Trump and his movement. Indeed, for this very reason, the Deep State conscripted him to lead the charge on the federal prosecution against Trump. If Merrick Garland’s DOJ were genuinely applying the law faithfully and impartially – then Joe Biden, who has “classified” materials haphazardly dispersed across the country, along with copious documentation that he played a pivotal role in his son Hunter’s acts of international organized crime, would, along with Barack Obama (and likely George W. Bush and Bill Clinton as well, for the law, as it is currently being applied against Trump sets a dangerous precedent for anyone who so dares ascend to the presidential office, making it virtually impossible for the officeholder to not be entrapped in a records-keeping violation no matter what they do), also be facing the same – if not even steeper – charges.
No more straightforward example of this is seen than in how the Biden regime uses justice as a sword to quash his most significant political opponent, on whose side all the momentum now exists. This fact is reflected not just in the primary polls, where Trump commands 50+ point leads, by some even establishment-friendly polling organizations, over his Republican opponents. But furthermore, increasingly in general election polls against Biden as well – where Trump’s edge over the illegitimate occupant of the White House continues to broaden, seemingly by the day.
While the latter fact may appear striking, considering how aggressive the forces of opposition are in Washington to silence Trump, in reality, it is an encapsulation of the widespread feelings of most ordinary Americans, who, ever since 2016, continue to rapidly move in the direction of anti-institution, anti-ruling class sentiment (in other words, pro-MAGA). As noted above, this is evidenced by the continuing delegitimization of traditional mainstream media and the emergence of parallel economies more broadly as viable alternatives to the sclerotic legacy institutions.
The American people, and even the soon-to-be 47th President himself, are coming to the realization that Trump stands as their only RETRIBUTION to this corrupt and rigged system that caters to elite globalist interests at the expense of what is best for the country, eroding our nation’s once great standing in the world, as well as the quality of life for every single American citizen, along the way.
Ultimately, Trump, more than anyone else, best personifies – and can articulate – the plight of millions of Americans in a parlance that is both visceral and relatable – and, for that reason, he is beloved by the vast majority of Americans who wish to preserve some semblance of the nation and its revered traditions. Rather than tear down our cultural fabric, Americans overwhelmingly prefer to build the country up again into the proverbial city upon the hill, once a symbol of national pride the world over.
Trump has repeatedly proven his remarkable ability to gauge the national pulse – and adapt when necessary, and offer solutions well-grounded in our history and essential to moving out of the national catastrophe in which we now find ourselves. As the President has previously and correctly stated: the American Dream is now dead, but the Great American Comeback is possible with a second term.
The 45th President caused an uproar in some circles when he declared at the 2016 Republican National Convention that “I alone can fix it.” History has proven those words hauntingly accurate. Of course, this is particularly true in the wake of the disaster that is the Biden regime. Biden’s corruption and criminality must once again become our primary focus as a movement — it should have been from the start. But we have been sidetracked from doing just that thanks to sinister GOP establishment politicians whose hatred for Donald Trump is greater than their love for the country.
Thus, it is candidates like Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Chris Christie and, really, every other GOP opponent to Donald Trump in 2024, that, alongside Biden and the forces behind his regime, comprise the greatest threat to the MAGA movement. Combined, they are the greatest obstacles in the way of restoring America’s former greatness. It is the enemy within that must be confronted head on and driven root and branch from the government.
In short, DeSantis et al. are the noise, and Biden is the signal. It is high time we pivot to accepting that reality and not giving unnecessary fuel and attention to the carnival sideshow of the Republican primary: For the real battle has yet to be waged, and there is good reason to believe we are already behind.
Paul Ingrassia is an Associate at The McBride Law Firm, PLLC. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 2022 and is on the Board of Advisors of the New York Young Republican Club. He was also a two-time Claremont Fellow. Follow him on Twitter @PaulIngrassia, Substack, and Rumble.
Gavin M. Wax is a New York-based conservative political activist, commentator, columnist, operative, and strategist. He also serves as the 76th President of the New York Young Republican Club and as an Ambassador for both Turning Point USA & Live Action. You can follow him on Twitter at @GavinWax.
Laura Loomer is an award-winning conservative investigative journalist, free-speech activist, and former Republican US congressional candidate in Florida. She is the author of “LOOMERED: How I Became the Most Banned Woman in the World.” Follow her on Twitter @LauraLoomer.
Mike Crispi is a nationally syndicated talk show host and New Jersey political operative. He hosts one of the most popular daily shows streaming on Rumble, “Mike Crispi Unafraid.” Follow him on Twitter @MikeCrispiNJ.