Transforming America
 
The left is not shy when it comes to telling us what it thinks about America.  From Hillary's "basket of deplorables" to progressive declarations that the country was founded on racism and genocide, it's clear that the left just doesn't like America all that much.
 
Make no mistake about it, my friends.  The radical left wants to completely remake America. 
 
They have already made it clear that if they don't get the outcomes they want from the Supreme Court, they will fundamentally transform the court.  Another way the left aims to transform the country is by getting rid of the Electoral College.
 
Earlier this week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounced the Electoral College as "a scam."  Just to be clear, the Electoral College is part of the Constitution and the Constitution is not "a scam."  What else in the Constitution does she consider to be "a scam"?
 
AOC argued that our system should be "one man one vote."  That is a pure democracy and our system is a constitutional republic.  She also said that we should get rid of the Electoral College because it gives too much power to "white voters over voters of color." 
 
Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa responded by tweeting:  "Actually @AOC, eliminating the Electoral College would silence our voices here in Iowa and in many other states across the country."
 
As you may know, there is an effort underway to nullify the Electoral College by getting states to award their electors based on the national popular vote, rather than the state's results.  But the Democrat governor of Nevada infuriated the left recently when he vetoed a bill to join this movement. 
 
"In cases like this, where Nevada's interests could diverge from the interests of large states, I will always stand up for Nevada," Gov. Sisolak said.
 
The original purpose of the Electoral College was to provide a check against the "tyranny of the majority" and to ensure that the smaller, more rural states were not dominated by the interests of big cities in national elections.  It was one of many great compromises that formed our nation.    
 
At the time, most of those concerns were economic.  Today there are still economic differences between the states but there is also a growing ideological divide.
 
The left wants the secular, progressive populations of big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and Miami to dominate the rest of the country.
They want big cities to decide national elections in order to use the power of the federal government to force the rest of America to live under the values that prevail in the urban centers. 
 
As you also know, the left does not believe in states' rights.  Many of the divisions in the country today could be tolerated if the left was willing to allow the people of Tennessee to have prayer in school even if the people of New York did not want it. 
 
But the left won't do that.  Progressives preach tolerance, but have none for conservative values.  They will not allow conservatives to live their values anywhere in the entire country.
 
The radical left wants to force the people who live in 80% of the country to kneel before those who live in the other 20%.  This growing intolerance for tens of millions of citizens is not progress.  It is a prescription for disaster.
 
 
 
Remaking History
 
Have you heard about the 1619 Project from the New York Times?  They are claiming that the country began in 1619 with the first slave ships and thus the country was evil from the beginning. 
 
Newt Gingrich, Rich Lowry and others are taking it on.  And, of course, the critics are being smeared as racists. 
 
This left-wing deconstruction of history is very dangerous.  There is no perfect country. But as Tucker Carlson recently noted, no nation can be fairly governed by people who hate it. 
 
 
 
Other Headlines
 

• Trump is draining the swamp and the bureaucrats aren't happy that they are being forced to move to "flyover country."

• Apparently the Obamas aren't too concerned about climate change and rising sea levels.  Neither is the DNC.  Guess it's not such an "existential threat" after all.

• July was the "hottest month on record."  Sounds scary right?  Well, kudos to the Associated Press for acknowledging that the records only go back to 1880.  The earth was even hotter long before SUVs.

 
 
 
Values Voter Summit
 
Join me in our nation's capital, October 11th - 13th, for the 2019 Values Voter Summit.
 
Vice President Mike Pence said, "The Values Voter Summit [is] the greatest gathering of conservative pro-family Americans in the nation." And he is absolutely right! 
 
That's why American Values has been a proud sponsor of the Summit every year.
 
As always, this year's Summit will feature an incredible lineup of top government officials, opinion makers and faith leaders.
 
There will be educational and informative breakout sessions, as well as events honoring those who have made significant contributions to the conservative movement.
 
American Values will be hosting a special luncheon Saturday, October 12th.
 
Register now at valuesvotersummit.org.
 
I look forward to seeing you there!