As part of “Read Across America Day,” Joe Biden recently took part in an annual presidential tradition, unveiling his book list for the country’s school children.
Notably absent from the list was the very author whose birthday the celebration commemorates: Dr. Seuss. 
The conspicuous omission comes as the woke mob, alongside local school districts, pushes to “cancel” his work for supposedly being replete with “racial undertones” not conducive for “culturally responsive” learning. The company which controls Dr. Seuss’s estate even ceased publication of six books they found to be particularly <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972777841/dr-seuss-enterprises-will-shelve-6-books-citing-hurtful-portrayals">“hurtful.”</a>
Though the Biden administration didn’t give a specific reason for keeping Dr. Seuss from the list, if you believe they happened to omit the most popular children’s author in American history, on the holiday set on his birthday by accident, and not for fear of offending the outrage mob, you’re living in a world as outlandish and fantastical as one of Seuss’s creations. 
The Biden administration has tacitly canceled Dr. Seuss because some of his work doesn’t live up to their modern day “woke” standards. 
What Biden doesn’t seem to realize is that if he was held to those same standards, he would face certain cancellation.
If it weren’t for the conveniently-selective outrage of the mob, whose ire falls solely on those outside the inner sanctum of wokeness, Biden himself would’ve been cast out, canceled, and forgotten long ago. That is, if we’re abiding by the idea that the past words and actions of an individual — say a children’s author or politician — should be held under a microscope and viewed through a modern lens.
By now, most on the Right are familiar (despite the legacy media’s lack of coverage) with Biden’s history of what the Left would call “racially insensitive” comments. 
Read for yourself each of the following statements and think of the litany of historical figures or modern day conservatives who’ve been canceled for less. 
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<li>In June of 2006, Biden was filmed <a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1895156_1894977_1643323,00.html">telling</a> an Indian-American voter, “you cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” </li>
<li>In August of 2019, in an apparent attempt to offer support for impoverished children, Biden had an apparent freudian slip, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/joe-biden-poor-kids.html">saying</a>, “we have this notion that somehow if you’re poor you cannot do it, poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”</li>
<li>In February of 2007, Biden seemed to imply that up to that point, America had been devoid of any well-spoken black leaders, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16911044">calling</a> Barack Obama, “the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”</li>
<li>In 1977, while arguing in opposition to a measure which would have allowed busing to further desegregate public schools, Biden <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-said-desegregation-would-create-a-racial-jungle-2019-7">said</a>, “Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point.”</li>
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And who could forget Biden’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-biden-if-you-have-a-problem-figuring-out-whether-youre-for-me-or-trump-then-you-aint-black">insistence</a> in 2020 that “you ain’t black” if you’re an African-American who doesn’t support the Democratic party? Well, who besides the media, Democrat leadership, and woke mob as a whole, could forget? 
Ask one hundred Americans whether they find any one of those comments or a few drawings from a Dr. Seuss book more offensive, and the answer would be obvious. 
If the standards Biden now requires others to live by were applied to any of these comments, he himself would be sacrificed upon the altar of political correctness. 
And that’s the problem.
While Democratic politicians increasingly embrace the cancel culture tactics of their radical base, the work of ignoring their own cancelable offenses becomes ever more difficult.
The woke mob is a beast with an appetite satiated only by the blood of new victims. The eyes of that beast have been focused by its masters on a predetermined population. For now.
Sooner, rather than later, that beast will break free of its restraints and seek new victims. By then, its masters will appear more appetizing than ever. 
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This week, with historic winter storms knocking out power for millions of Texans, Senator Ted Cruz traveled with his family to Cancun for a beach vacation. Shortly after photos of Cruz boarding a flight hit the internet, two things happened. 
First, social media went into a frenzy. The beach trip instantly became the number one trending topic on Twitter, with reporters, media personalities, commentators, and others lambasting Cruz for his ill-timed journey. 
Second, the legacy media began digging for more details regarding the trip. Who else had gone? What hotel were they staying in? How long was the trip originally scheduled to last?
Soon, the full force of the American media apparatus was deployed. Hordes of photographers <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/sen-ted-cruz-accused-of-flying-to-cancun-during-texas-snow-crisis/6BAHLUYY7ZGQRJ65YNM7EGUU7M/">wandered</a> the Cancun airport hoping to catch a glimpse of Cruz on his return voyage, while investigative reporters began reaching out to close friends and neighbors of the Senator’s wife, Heidi, in a quest for more information. 
Within 24 hours of the first photos emerging, reporters had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heidi-cruz-text-messages-planning-mexico-trip-ted-cruz-2021-2">obtained</a> transcripts of text messages sent between Heidi Cruz and her closest friends, which shed light on the trip. 
Meanwhile, members of the legacy media breathlessly searched for answers from Cruz’s staff, demanding to know further details of the trip and posting hourly updates of their findings. 
As the specifics of the trip emerged, and the media firestorm intensified, Senator Cruz boarded a return flight for Houston, issuing a statement apologizing for his decision and the timing of his getaway, saying it was “<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-mistake-mexico-vacation-b1804423.html">obviously a mistake</a>.” 
The saga served as an impressive reminder of the investigative capabilities of our news media, and the impact that dogged reporting can have on the decisions of policy makers. 
While the media were patting themselves on the back for what many surely viewed as a heroic act of service to the nation, many Americans were left asking a question. Where was this type of reporting when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo covered up the deaths of thousands of senior citizens caused by his disastrous COVID policies, specifically his administration’s March 25 mandate which directed nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit COVID-19 positive patients?
Where were the reporters staking out hospitals, or knocking on the doors of the family members publicly crying out for help for their loved ones?
They were absent for one simple reason: politics. 
Early in the pandemic, Governor Cuomo was crowned the de facto leader of the progressive response to COVID-19. His press conferences were lauded as the greatest example of political leadership and communication since FDR’s fireside chats. He signed book deals, won Emmy’s, and appeared seemingly nightly on his brother’s CNN program. 
Despite the overwhelming number of average New Yorkers speaking out about his policy failures, the media steered clear, intent on refraining from any reporting that could tarnish Cuomo’s standing as the Democratic savior.
If they had done any investigating of Cuomo’s response, they could have uncovered the gross incompetence that resulted in the death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-19-killed-14-of-new-yorks-nursing-home-population">14%</a> of New York’s nursing home population, before it was too late. 
Likewise, if the media had chosen to dig into the nursing home fatality reports Cuomo was releasing with the same fervor they applied to Heidi Cruz’s text messages, they could have noticed clear discrepancies in the data and attempted to shine a light on the Cuomo administration’s intentional underreporting of senior deaths. 
Sadly, they didn’t do any of those things. It wasn’t until the Governor’s Secretary <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds/">admitted</a> in early February that their office intentionally hid nursing home data so it couldn’t “be used against us,” that an FBI investigation was launched. 
For the thousands of senior citizens who died in New York, it’s too late. What would that number have been if even one brave reporter had demanded transparency? We’ll never know, because they never did.
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If The Media Had Investigated Cuomo’s COVID Response The Way They Did Cruz’s Cancun Trip, Thousands Of New Yorkers Could Still Be Alive

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On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9, marking the franchise’s first Super Bowl victory since 2003. 
Tom Brady — in his first season since leaving the New England Patriots — brought home his fifth Super Bowl MVP award, and seventh Super Bowl title, giving him more championships than any other player or franchise.  
Brady was efficient throughout the evening, going 21-29 for 201 yards and three touchdowns, but it was a moment in the waning seconds of the first half that had social media buzzing after the game. 
Following his third touchdown pass — a 1-yard strike to Antonio Brown — viewers saw Brady in a shouting match on the field with Chiefs safety Tyrann ‘Honey Badger’ Mathieu. 
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The altercation began after Mathieu ran towards Brady following the play, pointing a finger in his face while appearing to taunt him. Brady chased after Mathieu and could be seen on camera shouting in his direction before teammates and officials stepped in between them.
Mathieu was deemed the aggressor by officials, who called a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. 
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While it was initially unclear what was said, after the game, Mathieu alleged it was serious. 
In a tweet alluding to the incident, he said, “He called me something I won’t repeat but yeah I’ll let all the media throw me under the bus as if I did something or said something to him… go back to my previous games against TB12 I showed him nothing but respect. Look at my interviews about him… I show grace.”
Mathieu elaborated on the incident in a post-game Zoom <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackCoxNESN/status/1358622030715830275?s=20">interview</a>, saying “I never really saw that side of Tom Brady, to be honest. But whatever. I’m over it. No comment.” 
Mathieu’s tweet, which many online perceived as a tacit allegation of racism, was soon deleted. While Mathieu has yet to give a reason for removing the tweet, Twitter users were quick to point out the likelihood of Brady having been “mic’d up” during the game, meaning Mathieu’s allegations could easily be confirmed or disproved. 
A similar situation arose during the 2019 season after Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph of calling him a racial slur in the moments leading up to a brawl in which Garrett removed Rudolph’s helmet and struck him in the head. 
The NFL later issued a <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-no-evidence-rudolph-used-racial-slur-at-garrett-0ap3000001079194">statement</a> saying they were unable to find any evidence to corroborate such allegations.
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On Sunday, President Joe Biden attended Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity, a Roman Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. that he’s attended since his days as Vice President.
Soon after, social media and legacy media outlets alike were awash with praise for the “devout” faith being put on display by the new president. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/biden-catholic-christian.html?referringSource=articleShare">called</a> him, “perhaps the most religiously observant commander in chief in half a century,” celebrating that a “more liberal christianity grounds his life and his policies.” 
CNN ran a near celebratory <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/13/politics/joe-biden-catholic-faith/index.html">headline</a>, announcing to the world that “Biden’s Catholic faith will be on full display as the first publicly churchgoing president in decades.” 
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sunday-services-biden-s-faith-display-renewed-presidential-ritual-n1255460">touted</a> “Biden’s faith on display,” celebrating this “renewed presidential ritual,” while the New Yorker <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/can-joe-biden-save-american-catholicism-from-the-far-right">praised</a> his “practice of carrying a rosary,” as indicative of a “public servant’s deep faith.”  
Rather than questioning how President Biden’s Catholic faith aligns with his indisputably anti-Catholic positions on issues like abortion, the message from the media was clear: his faith is a humanizing badge of honor, his regular church attendance a sign of consistency worth emulating. 
If you’re surprised by this sort of coverage, it’s easy to see why. 
Just three months ago, the same media praising Biden for his “devout” faith was working feverishly to convince anyone who would listen that Amy Coney Barrett’s strict adherence to Catholic teachings made her a “radical.” 
Far from making her a more qualified public servant, Coney Barrett’s Catholic views were an indictment of her capabilities, weaponized by the same media now worshiping Biden’s worshiping. 
Coney Barrett’s statement that her “legal career is but a means to an end … and that end is building the kingdom of God,” was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/us/amy-coney-barrett-nominee-religion.html">held up</a> by the New York Times as an example of her radicalism, with pundits and commentators alike questioning whether a public servant ought to allow their decision-making to be influenced by religion. 
Such questions were absent from the headlines in coverage of President Biden’s faith. NPR, for example, ran a story<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/20/913667325/how-joe-bidens-faith-shapes-his-politics"> titled</a> “How Joe Biden’s Faith Shapes His Politics.” Far from calling him a radical, NPR alluded to the fact that “his speeches are woven with references to God, biblical language or the Pope,” as a positive. 
“People who know him well say his Catholic faith is central to how he sees the world,” they noted.
If you aren’t fluent in the language of the Left, what they’re saying is this: it’s commendable that Joe Biden’s political career is swayed by his faith. It’s detestable for Amy Coney Barrett. 
No one made this more clear than Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) during Justice Barrett’s confirmation hearing for her appointment to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. “Why is it that so many of us on this side have this very uncomfortable feeling that dogma and law are two different things?” she asked.
“The conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you,” Feinstein <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/21/amy-coney-barrett-catholic-scotus/">concluded. </a>
On that note, Joe Biden’s own Vice President, Kamala Harris, once questioned whether a devout Catholic could serve in government, let alone as Commander in Chief.
In 2018, during a confirmation hearing for judicial nominee Brian Buescher, then Senator Harris questioned how Buescher, a devout Catholic, could judge fairly given his association with the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic service organization.
“Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed a woman’s right to choose when you joined the organization?” she asked.
Oddly enough, Harris’ apparent belief that those who associate with a pro-life organization are unable to serve in government didn&#8217;t impact her decision to partner with President Biden, a member of the Roman Catholic Church — a pro-life organization.
After Joe Biden’s first Sunday in office, the message of the Left and the legacy media as a whole is clear: devout faith in a leader is to be celebrated, as long as that leader is with us.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/haworth-why-democrats-hate-real-catholics">Why Democrats Hate Real Catholics</a>
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T.C. Williams High School, well known for its prominent role in the popular Disney film “Remember The Titans”, could soon be renamed as “Kamala Harris High School.” 
In November, the Alexandria City School Board voted unanimously to remove Williams’ name due to his support of segregation while serving as superintendent of the Alexandria, VA, school system. According to the school, Williams <a href="https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/news/school-board-votes-change-name-t-c-williams-high-school-alexandria-va/">was</a> a “staunch segregationist whose views could not have been more inconsistent with the vibrant, diverse and inclusive place we know today.”
Now, students are being offered the chance to vote on a replacement name through an online poll on the school’s website. Included among the options for students to choose from is “Kamala Harris High School.” 
As of Friday, other options for the students to choose from included “George Floyd Memorial High School” and “Ruth Bader Ginsburg High School,” with the school board <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/12/rename-t-c-williams-for-meghan-markle-it-could-happen/">reportedly</a> planning on narrowing down the list to six finalists by April. 
The Board also announced plans to change the name of Matthew Maury Elementary School, whose namesake was a Confederate naval officer widely considered to be the founder of modern oceanography. 
The decision comes after a year of racial unrest following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police.
Following nationwide protests and riots led by the Black Lives Matter movement, a growing number of government buildings — both at the federal and state level — have been renamed, replacing segregationists, Confederate leaders, and others now deemed unworthy of such an honor. 
The name change, set to take effect at the start of the 2021 fall semester, will <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/remember-the-titans-school-tc-williams-to-change-name/ar-BB1bjPIp">reportedly </a>cost the school district $330,000. 
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Last week, Twitter announced that President Trump’s account had been permanently suspended, citing a “risk of further incitement of violence.”
“After a close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account,” Twitter said in a statement issued Friday evening. 
After news of the ban broke, Twitter users were quick to point out the apparent hypocrisy in the platform’s decision, noting how the accounts of numerous individuals who’ve openly advocated for violence — and in some cases acted on it — have remained untouched. 
Here are just a few:
Ayatollah Khamenei (<a href="https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir">@khamenei_ir</a>)
Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, has openly tweeted his desire to destroy Israel, calling it a “cancerous growth” that must be “uprooted and destroyed.” More recently, the Supreme Leader has implied that the United States could be sharing COVID-19 vaccines abroad in order to “contaminate other nations.”
Following the U.S. air raid that killed Iranian General Soleimani, Khamenei <a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/1708061/middle-east">said</a> that Iran, “will never forget this and will certainly deal a reciprocal blow to the United States.”
Despite the fact that Khamenei and his oppressive regime have banned Twitter in Iran, his account remains active for the rest of the world to see. 
In June of this year, Twitter responded to calls for Khamenei’s suspension, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/30/twitter-execs-refused-request-to-remove-ayatollah-khamenei-tweets/">saying </a>his tweets “fall into the category of foreign policy saber-rattling on economic or military issues.”
Zabiullah Mujahid (<a href="https://twitter.com/Zabehulah_M33">@Zabehulah_M33</a>)
You may not know his name, but you certainly know the organization he represents. Mujahid is a spokesman for the Taliban, an organization who have gone far beyond violent words, committing heinous acts of terror in the name of radical Islam, killing thousands of innocent people — including American troops and citizens. 
Mujahid’s account has amassed over 147,000 followers, and his account appears free of any “fact checks” or warnings from Twitter admins. 
The page regularly touts Taliban exploits, praising the Mujahideen and celebrating raids and other violent attacks within Afghanistan. 
For example, one of Mujahid’s recent <a href="https://twitter.com/Zabehulah_M33/status/1348903662781943808">tweets</a> bragged about new members who’d joined the terrorist organization. “25 soldiers, police, and [government officials], realizing the facts and efforts of recruitment officials, resigned and joined the Mujahideen.”
Louis Farrakhan (<a href="http://louisfarrakhan">@LouisFarrakhan</a>)
Louis Farrakhan, perhaps the most famous anti-semite in America today, still has an active Twitter account, despite routinely comparing Jews to “termites,” among other things. 
Farrakhan, head of the notorious “Nation of Islam,” tweeted in 2018, “I am not anti-semite. I am anti-termite.” 
Though Twitter removed the “verified” check from his account following a tweet about “the Satanic Jew and the Synagogue of Satan,” his account still remains active and public. 
Chinese Embassy In The U.S. (<a href="https://twitter.com/ChineseEmbinUS">@ChineseEmbinUS</a>)
You may not know it, but the Chinese Embassy in the United States has their own verified Twitter account with over 78,000 followers. Their account is routinely used to spread Chinese Communist Party propaganda on behalf of President Xi Jingping. 
This week, they used Twitter to defend China’s use of concentration camps in part of their ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs. 
“The minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines,” the account tweeted, before saying the victims are, “more confident and independent.”
While the tweet has since been deleted, the account has not. 
New York City Antifa Account (<a href="https://twitter.com/NYCAntifa">@NYCAntifa</a>)
For all their talk of restricting those “promoting violence,” Twitter still allows Antifa accounts full access to the platform, despite their “by any means necessary” slogan and their use of violent rhetoric and tactics. 
The account routinely “doxes” individuals deemed “Nazis” — in other words, anyone on the Right — sharing photos and personal information in an attempt to intimidate and coerce. 
The page also reposts photos and videos of “fascists” being attacked on the street and at protests, with gleeful captions. 
Nicolas Maduro (<a href="https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro">@NicolasMaduro</a>)
Despite running his country into the ground and killing or jailing anyone who stood in his way, Nicolas Maduro — best known as the human rights abusing, socialism loving, dictator of Venezuela — still enjoys the use of his Twitter account. 
Throughout the week, he can be seen using the platform to spread propaganda in support of his murderous regime, all while his starving citizens languish in poverty. 
Though the United Nations has <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072512">labeled</a> Maduro one of the worst human rights abusers on Earth, with his continual crimes being well-documented, his Twitter account remains untouched. 
Kathy Griffin (<a href="https://twitter.com/kathygriffin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@KathyGriffin</a>)
Kathy Griffin, the “comedian” turned wannabe political activist, is now perhaps best known for a photo she posted holding a bloody replica of Donald Trump’s decapitated head. 
Evidently, pretending to hold the severed head of the President of the United States doesn’t violate Twitter’s <a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorification-of-violence">policy</a> on the “glorification of violence.” 
Griffin initially apologized for the gruesome photoshoot, but eventually doubled down, reposting the image on election night in November. While Twitter flagged the tweet as containing “potentially sensitive content,” they allowed it to stay and have taken no further action against Griffin’s account.
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7 Twitter Accounts That Have Promoted Violence But Haven’t Been Banned

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China

Donald Trump

Iran

Twitter

Last week, Twitter announced that President Trump’s account had been permanently suspended, citing a “risk of further incitement of violence.” “After a

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Last month, a Fox News poll showed that 42% of Americans believe Donald Trump to be among the worst Presidents in our nation’s history, a number unmatched by any outgoing President in the history of modern polling. 
While shockingly absurd on its face, the poll should serve as a reminder of just how successful the Left has been at vilifying their arch nemesis, using a litany of tools to mislead and misinform. 
Those who view President Trump as among the worst Presidents in America’s history fall into two camps: the virtue signalers and the uninformed.
First, the virtue signalers. These individuals care not for historical accuracy or logic, but are instead consumed by the desire to prove to those around them just how committed they are to denouncing Trump given any opportunity. Deep down, they know President Trump is not actually the worst ever, but they crave the pat on the back and rush of “wokedrenaline” (yes, I made that word up) they get upon bashing the big bad orange man. 
If you’re wondering which of your peers is in this camp, just think of the house in your neighborhood proudly displaying their “Hate Has No Home Here” yard sign. Rest assured, they’re in this group. 
Second are the uninformed, who actually believe Trump to be among the worst Presidents ever. If you meet someone who tells you such a thing, they’re essentially demonstrating either their ignorance of American history or their susceptibility to the legacy media’s propaganda. 
It’s easy to see how an angry Democrat voter could fall prey to recency bias when it comes to their opinion of Trump from a historical context, but even a quick dive into the tenures of past Presidents would provide enough context to dispel the notion that Trump even comes close to the worst ever. 
Surely, even a passing knowledge of James Buchanan’s ineptitude ahead of the Civil War, Warren G. Harding’s corruption and negligence, or Andrew Johnson’s brutal fumbling of reconstruction could have prevented such historically illiterate opinions? 
While one can be forgiven for lacking a deep knowledge of our nation’s presidential history, it’s harder to forgive those who seem ignorant to recent history as well. 
Those Presidents thrown into the “worst ever” discussion usually didn’t preside over an economy that saw historically low <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/u-s-unemployment-rate-falls-50-year-low/">unemployment</a> and record breaking stock market <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html#:~:text=The%20Dow%20Jones%20Industrial%20Average,s%20first%20close%20above%203%2C700.">figures</a>. They typically start wars with no clear objective, as opposed to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935513762/white-house-orders-thousands-of-u-s-troops-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-and-iraq">bringing</a> troops home and avoiding armed conflict abroad. The “worst” Presidents leave the world in a destabilized state, as opposed to fostering peace <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-brokered-peace-israel-kingdom-morocco/">deals</a> between nations once considered mortal enemies. 
But it’s not just historical ignorance that drove 42% of Americans to hold such an inaccurate view of their President. The legacy media have played an undeniable and intentional role in convincing the population that they have it worse under President Trump than any man before him. 
After failing to prevent Trump from taking office — despite their best efforts — the media resorted to describing Trump’s presidency in language usually reserved for foreign dictators.
It turns out, when you tell people every day for four years that their President is a fascist, intent on undermining our most sacred societal and governmental institutions, they listen. And the impact is already being felt.
A person who&#8217;s convinced their President is worse than anything or anyone our country has ever experienced will go to great lengths, supporting otherwise extreme candidates and ideas, if it means removing that President from office or erasing his legacy.
The more extreme the vitriol for Trump becomes, the more extreme the response from the Left will be.
If ignorance continues to be rewarded and disinformation allowed to flourish, Americans will continue to embrace extreme responses. One day soon, we might end up with a leader who actually should be considered among the worst ever. And, of course, we might already be there.
Cabot Phillips is Managing Editor of The Daily Wire’s Readers Pass. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips">@cabot_phillips</a>
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If You Think Trump Is The Worst President Ever, You’re Either Ignorant Or Have Fallen For Media Propaganda

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West Virginia State Delegate Derrick Evans (R) was taken into custody by the FBI after he allegedly took part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building following a “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington. 
Evans, a Republican member of the House of Delegates, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/capitol-riot-justice-department-charges-west-virginia-rep-derrick-evans.html">reportedly</a> livestreamed video of himself and others roaming the Capitol. One <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMcElhinny/status/1346937468046729217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1346937468046729217%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2021%2F01%2F08%2Fcapitol-riot-justice-department-charges-west-virginia-rep-derrick-evans.html">video</a> appears to show Evans saying, “We’re in! We’re in, baby! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!”
On Friday, the Justice Department charged Evans with entering a restricted area, and new footage shows the moment FBI agents apprehended him at a home in West Virginia. 
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In the footage, <a href="https://twitter.com/WSAZChadHedrick/status/1347629406043443203">posted</a> by NBC’s Chad Hedrick, Evans is seen in handcuffs being led by agents to a waiting vehicle. 
A woman identifying herself as Evans’ grandmother soon appears, saying, “He’s a fine man,” before adding sarcastically, “and thank you, President Trump, for inviting a riot to the White House.”
Before his arrest Friday, Evans’ lawyer indicated he would not be resigning his position because he “committed no criminal act that day.” 
He went on to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/jan/08/derrick-evans-west-virginia-lawmaker-filmed-himself-during-us-capitol-insurrection-video">claim</a> Evans had traveled to the Capitol to “engage in peaceful protest, activism, and amateur journalism,” and that “given the sheer size of the group walking in, Mr. Evans had no choice but to enter.” 
If convicted, Evans faces fines and up to a year in prison, though the sentence could be <a href="https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/08/manchin-evacuated-this-week-from-senate-chamber-says-new-delegate-evans-should-be-punished-for-role-in-capitol-mob/">increased</a> if “the offense results in significant bodily harm.”
So far, 82 individuals have been arrested in connection with the violent storming of the Capitol building, which left dozens injured, and 5 dead, including an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by police and a Capitol Hill Police officer who reportedly collapsed after being struck by a fire extinguisher.
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WATCH: WV State Delegate Apprehended By FBI After Livestreaming Capitol Storming

West Virginia State Delegate Derrick Evans (R) was taken into custody by the FBI after he allegedly took part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building following a “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington. 

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Yesterday, a mob of election protesters descended on the U.S. Capitol building, tearing down barriers and forcing entry as the House and Senate convened to certify the 2020 presidential results. 
One woman, a retired Air Force Veteran, was shot and killed while attempting to climb through a barricaded door, and three others died from separate “medical complications,” <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dc-police-chief-3-deaths-fatalities-medical-conditions-us-capitol-riots-2021-1">according</a> to the D.C. Chief of Police. 
As both chambers were put on lockdown and staff members evacuated from the premises, social media was flooded with footage of rioters roaming freely through the Capitol, vandalizing busts in Statuary Hall, breaking glass display cases, and even rummaging through the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 
Though the building was soon secured, with protesters arrested or removed, many Americans were left wondering: where’s all the security?
The answer is complicated. 
Ahead of the protest, federal authorities <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798">reportedly</a> wanted to maintain a “minimally visible presence” to “avoid inflaming tensions,” after months of violent protests and riots in cities across America. 
Despite advanced knowledge of the impending protest, United States Capitol Police — the federal law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the complex — declined to request additional support ahead of time from the Department of Homeland Security, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-capitol-security-insight/how-security-failures-enabled-trump-mob-to-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29C0R5">according</a> to one senior official. 
As a result, Capitol Police Officers, most without riot gear or other protective equipment, were left largely alone for over an hour. 
While it remains unclear how many were on duty Wednesday, the entire Capitol Police force is <a href="https://www.uscp.gov/the-department">comprised</a> of just 1,900 officers, leaving those tasked with defending the grounds vastly outnumbered as rioters approached.
The lack of manpower was evident in <a href="https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1346966514990149639?s=20">footage</a> posted to Twitter which appeared to show the moment rioters first breached the perimeter set up by Capitol Police. A small group of officers initially managed to hold off the mob, tackling a few individuals who jumped over the portable fencing, but were soon overrun as the number of rioters surged. 
Similar scenes played out at barriers and entryways across the Capitol grounds, as outnumbered Capitol Police officers attempted in vain to hold back the mob. 
Terry Gainer, the former Capitol Police Chief, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/954216229/former-capitol-police-chief-on-why-the-u-s-capitol-has-been-breached">told NPR</a>, “we lost control of the steps and the areas around the exterior of the Capitol where the skin of the Capitol can be a bit more vulnerable because we don’t anticipate that vigilantes and riotous people are up there that close.”
Following a three and a half hour shutdown, the Capitol was eventually secured once National Guard reinforcements were mobilized by the city’s mayor. 
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798">According</a> to The Wall Street Journal, “optics” were the main reason National Guardsmen weren’t closer to the Capitol grounds to begin with. “They wanted to avoid the optics of having any U.S. military personnel on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, and ordered the officers to avoid straying east of 9th Street in downtown Washington, blocks from the Capitol grounds, officials said.”
As the dust settled on Wednesday evening, some members of the law enforcement community blamed Capitol Police for not taking the threats more seriously ahead of time. 
“They knew this group was coming, they knew it was going to be enormous, but they didn’t do any preparation,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/capitol-police-fail-with-too-few-cops-to-hold-back-pro-trump-mob">said</a> Timothy Dimoff, a former SWAT team member who now operates an independent security consulting company.
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), chair of the committee which funds the Capitol Police, appeared to call Wednesday evening for the firing of some within the force. 
“It’s pretty clear that there’s going to be a number of people who are going to be without employment very, very soon,” he said, before calling out the department&#8217;s “lack of professional planning and dealing with what we knew was going to occur.” 
Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, was hesitant to make similar calls, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/06/how-were-pro-trump-rioters-able-breach-capitol-law-enforcement/6568796002/">saying</a>, “we won’t know until it’s over… you don’t analyze a battle while in the middle of it,&#8221; before calling the storming of the Capitol a “national disgrace.”
Cabot Phillips is Managing Editor of The Daily Wire’s Readers Pass. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips">@cabot_phillips</a>
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Congress Holds Joint Session To Ratify 2020 Presidential Election

How The Capitol Police Ended Up Outnumbered and Overwhelmed

2020 Election

Yesterday, a mob of election protesters descended on the U.S. Capitol building, tearing down barriers and forcing entry as the House and Senate convened

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This week, United Van Lines released their annual “moving habits” <a href="https://www.unitedvanlines.com/newsroom/movers-study-2020">study</a>, detailing which American cities gained the most new transplants, and which saw the largest exodus. 
According to their data, the following cities saw the highest percentage of new residents compared to departures:
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Wilmington, NC</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Sarasota, FL</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Boise, ID</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Huntsville, AL</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Ft. Myers, FL</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Knoxville, TN</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Melbourne, FL</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Austin, TX</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Nashville, TN</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Fort Collins, CO</li>
</ol>
Notice anything about that list? Given the headline, you probably already know where this is going. Nine of these ten cities are in “red” states.  
On the other end of the spectrum, let’s take a look at the cities losing residents at the highest rate:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Nassau, NY</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Bergen, NJ</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Trenton, NJ</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">New York, NY</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Newark, NJ</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Chicago, IL</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Bremerton, WA</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Bridgeport, CT</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Middlesex, NJ</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Lake, IL</li>
</ol>
That’s right, every single city on that list is in a solidly “blue” state. This isn’t just an anomaly limited to the top ten, either. 23 of the top 25 cities on the “moving from” list were in states dominated by Democrats.
It turns out that liberal and leftist policies are a lot more popular with politicians and woke voters than those who have to live with the consequences. Leftist voters are happy to elect leaders promising “free stuff.” Evidently, they’re not so happy when the bill for that “free” stuff inevitably falls in their lap. 
Residents in New York have the highest <a href="https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494">tax burden</a> of any state in the country. Connecticut is the sixth worst, New Jersey the seventh worst, and Illinois the ninth worst. 
By contrast, every single city on the “moving to” list is in a red conservative state with a tax burden well below the national average. Florida, for example, has the fourth lowest tax burden, with Tennessee having the second lowest, Alabama having the eighth lowest, and Idaho having the thirteenth lowest. 
That’s not a coincidence. 
Perhaps if Democrat politicians weren’t taxing their constituents so heavily, they might stick around instead of fleeing for warmer (and redder) climates. 
People may not always vote with their pocketbook, but they do move with their pocketbook. Thanks to the increased career flexibility brought by technology, fewer Americans than ever before find themselves stuck in states with a high cost of living. 
One might also wonder the impact COVID-19 regulations have had on moving habits in 2020. In addition to being among the most highly taxed states in America, many of the cities on the “moving from” list are among those with the strictest COVID-19 regulations amid the pandemic. 
With Democrat politicians seemingly in a competition to see who can single handedly shut down the most small businesses, current and looming business lockdowns have surely been the last straw for many a weary small business owner.
For example, it’s a tall task for any Democrat politician to convince an already overtaxed single mother to sit around and wait for her employer to open back up, instead of seeking out opportunities in states with economies that are open and booming. 
With vaccinations moving forward at a snail’s pace and an incoming Biden administration intent on shutting down the economy further, many average Americans are moving not to make a political statement, but to survive. 
Now it’s time for refugees fleeing blue states to realize one thing: if they vote for Democrat politicians in their new state, there won’t be anywhere left to flee to. 
Cabot Phillips is Managing Editor of The Daily Wire’s Readers Pass. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips">@cabot_phillips</a>
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Study Finds 10 Cities Losing The Most Residents: They’re All Run By Democrats

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Lockdowns

This week, United Van Lines released their annual “moving habits” study, detailing which American cities gained the most new transplants, and which saw

Study Finds 10 Cities Losing The Most Residents: They&#039;re All Run By Democrats

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As this tumultuous year comes to a close, let’s take time to relive some of the media’s biggest fails of 2020. While one could easily fill a novel with examples of media ineptitude this year, we’ll stick with five of the worst. 
Falling For ‘Anonymous’ Op-Ed
In 2018, the New York Times published an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html">editorial</a> titled “I Am Part Of The Resistance Inside The Trump Administration.” Portraying themselves as a high-ranking official within the President’s inner circle, the anonymous author described how he and others within the administration were working to secretly undermine the President’s agenda. They even claimed that other senior members of the President’s team had even discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. 
Across America, legacy media newsrooms lit up, touting the anonymous author as an American hero. 
Elated by the opportunity to simultaneously smear President Trump and confirm their biased reporting of his administration’s inner-workings, the media never stopped to question the veracity of the piece, or its author. 
In October, the author of the piece was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-reporters-mock-revelation-of-identity-of-anonymous-author">revealed</a>. Surely, it must have been a cabinet member? Or perhaps a senior adviser or close personal confidant? In reality, the author was none of those things. Despite presenting himself as a major player in the Trump administration, the author, Miles Taylor, was a mid-level employee within the Department of Homeland Security who’d never worked directly with the President on any matter, according to the White House. 
Ignoring ‘Me Too’ Allegations Against Democrats 
If 2018 was the year of “Me Too,” then 2020 was the year of ignoring “Me Too” allegations made against Democrats. 
After devoting hours of breathless coverage to sexual assault and harassment allegations made against those on the Right like Brett Kavanaugh, the media fell silent when similar accusations were made against their counterparts on the Left. 
No better example of this bias exists than the media’s treatment of Tara Reade. 
Reade, a former staffer in Joe Biden’s Senate office, went public in March alleging that Biden had sexually harassed and assaulted her during her time in the Capitol. Instead of receiving the Christine Blasey Ford treatment — touted as a hero and put on magazine covers — Reade was largely ignored. 
This month, the same treatment befell Lindsey Boylan, a former staffer of Andrew Cuomo, who came forward with allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace. 
For the media in 2020, “Believe All Women” means “believe all women&#8230;as long as they’re accusing Republicans.” 
Referring To Riots As “Peaceful Protests”
In the spring and summer of 2020, as America was gripped by mass riots and looting, the media worked overtime in their role as a Public Relations arm of the radical Left, imploring the American people not to believe what they were witnessing with their own eyes. 
Violent, sometimes deadly, riots were “<a href="https://mashable.com/article/black-lives-matter-protests-peaceful/">mostly peaceful protests</a>.” Looters were nothing other than disgruntled activists. The destruction of property was simply an airing of grievances. 
In August, while covering a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, CNN aired apocalyptic footage of burning buildings and charred cars in the middle of the street. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-cnn-claims-kenosha-protests-are-fiery-but-mostly-peaceful-as-city-burns-behind-reporter">chyron</a> on the bottom of the screen? “Fiery but mostly peaceful protests after police shooting.”
After convincing America that the riots, which resulted in billions of dollars in property damage, were “peaceful,” many in the media went a step further, claiming that the use of the word “riot” was an act of racism. 
The Associated Press, in turn, <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/associated-press-stylebook-discourages-use-of-riot-expands-definition-of-protest-to-include-violence/">advised</a> against the use of “riot,” while broadening the definition of “protest” to include the word “violence.” NPR joined in the mental gymnastics, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/08/27/906729976/police-declare-portland-protests-a-riot-but-this-definition-could-be-rooted-in-r">denouncing</a> the word used for centuries as racist at its core. 
Time Magazine had their own take on the riots, with the <a href="https://time.com/5886348/report-peaceful-protests/">headline</a> “93% of Black Lives Matter protests have been peaceful,” apparently ignoring the other 7% of demonstrations. 
MSNBC host and liberal activist, Rev. Al Sharpton, lamented President Trump’s characterization of the rioters, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/riots-not-protests-media-gaslighting-you-opinion-1521450">claiming</a> “what he deems as out-of-control protesters… we’ve not seen that.”
Incorrectly Predicting A Blue Wave
Throughout the 2020 election cycle, legacy media talking heads spoke ad nauseam about the impending “blue wave” facing Republicans in the Senate. That wave was more of a trickle, as Republicans lost just 1 Senate seat and appear likely to maintain control of the chamber after Georgia’s runoff elections on January 5.
If picking up just 1 Senate seat is a “blue wave,” then a red tsunami occurred in the House, with the GOP picking up 10 seats, trimming the Democrat majority to just 222 to 211. 
If you want an idea of just how inaccurate the media was in predicting elections in 2020, take a look at the outcomes of “toss-up” races in the House. Of the 27 races listed by Cook Political Report – a trusted ally of the legacy media — as too close to predict, Republicans won all 27. 
Not Covering The Hunter Biden Story
If the media were truly unbiased agents of truth and fact-finding, they would’ve been all over the Hunter Biden story. Allegations of unethical business dealings and unsavory relationships with corrupt officials abroad are usually enough to leave any reporter chomping at the bit. Throw in the sex and drugs (of which there was plenty) and you’ve got a story destined for the front page. 
Call it willful ignorance, call it bias, or call it a good old-fashioned cover-up. The media’s failure to cover the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop and the credible allegations regarding his shady business deals with foreign corporations should be a stark reminder of how little they actually care about reporting the truth. 
It’s one thing to report on the news in a biased manner. It’s an entirely different thing to ignore the story altogether. But that’s what the legacy media did — with the help of big tech social media giants, of course. 
In addition to Facebook and Twitter censoring any posts linking to the New York Post’s original <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/">report </a>on Hunter Biden’s emails, legacy media outlets across the board were silent. 
According to an undercover Project Veritas report, CNN Political Director David Chalian said “Obviously, we’re not going with the New York Post story right now on Hunter Biden.” 
Based on their near universal silence on the story, it seems other legacy media outlets had the same discussions. That’s right, the same media who proclaimed that Brett Kavanaugh was a gang rapist, the Covington Catholic boys were white supremacists, and President Trump was a Russian operative suddenly refused to report anything unless they could verify all the facts themselves. 
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As President Trump enters what will presumably be his final months in office, conservatives are clamoring for him to take action on his way out. 
Whether it’s calling for figures like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden to be pardoned, or for documents related to “The Deep State” to be declassified, nearly everyone has an idea for what the President should do in his waning days. 
Now, a growing number of pro-life conservatives are calling on the President to “Defund Planned Parenthood” once and for all. 
Such exhortations seem reasonable, given the constant promises of Republican politicians — Trump included — to defund the abortion provider.  Year after year, conservatives cruise into office on the backs of pro-life voters, and year after year, Planned Parenthood continues to rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money. 
It may be uncomfortable to acknowledge, but the truth is simple: the vast majority of Republican politicians don’t really want to defund Planned Parenthood. 
Sure, it’s a great rallying cry and makes for a killer bumper sticker or campaign T-shirt, but when it comes down to it, they’re not truly committed to the cause. That’s not to say many don’t support the idea on a personal level, or find abortion to be an abhorrent, morally repugnant practice, but when it comes to taking tangible steps towards change, they’re just not interested. 
Need proof? You don’t need to look that far in the past. 
From 2017-2018, Republicans had a dominant hold on D.C., with President Trump in the White House and a firm majority in the House and Senate — a majority comprised of Republicans who’d been elected on the promise to defund Planned Parenthood.
Did they follow through? No. As a matter of fact, Planned Parenthood received more federal funding in the last four years under President Trump than during the last four years of President Obama’s administration. 
The failure to defund Planned Parenthood is not due to the cunning of Nancy Pelosi or a lack of desire from pro-life voters. It’s a failure of motivation from Republican politicians themselves.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re very good at acting motivated. Each November, they tell earnest pro-life voters that this is the election where bold action will be taken to protect the unborn. Yes, the same promises may have been made last election, but things will finally change this time around, you just need to get me back in office. 
Pro-life voters have answered that call. They’ve done their part, but the reality is they’re often nothing more than pawns. Their fervent desire to eradicate a deep stain on our country has been taken advantage of by opportunistic politicians who know two things to be true. 
First, they know that voting for a pro-choice candidate is unconscionable for the vast majority of pro-life voters, for whom the issue of life is the most important of all. That knowledge gives Republican politicians an “I know you won’t vote for the pro-abortion candidate” attitude, leaving them unmotivated to drive real change. 
Second, and more importantly, they know that the moment Planned Parenthood is defunded, they’ve lost a major piece of campaign leverage. A rational person might think “Yes, but they’ve won a major victory for the unborn,” but that’s not how these people think. They are politicians after all, meaning their chief priority is the preservation of power. And it’s much easier to preserve power when you can promise voters that the only way to save innocent lives is by voting for them. Once the job is complete, it’s harder to convince people to still turn out to vote. 
In football, there’s a phenomenon known as the Super Bowl hangover. When a team finally puts together the right pieces to win a championship, the odds of them performing at the same level the next season are usually low. It’s understandable, given how coaches have emptied their bag of tricks, owners have stretched their financial resources, and players have come down from the emotional high and often lack motivation to start a new battle. 
Republican politicians are worried about a Super Bowl hangover of their own. It’s easy for them to motivate voters with the idea of defunding Planned Parenthood, but once that happens, they’re terrified of losing the big shiny object they’ve been dangling in front of pro-life voters. 
Until that changes, defunding Planned Parenthood will remain a rallying cry, not a policy proposal. America deserves better. Pro-life voters deserve better. Unborn children deserve better.
Cabot Phillips is Managing Editor of The Daily Wire’s Readers Pass. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/cabot_phillips">@cabot_phillips</a>
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