Insurrection: Democrat governors of New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey all spoke irresponsibly about the presidential election.

And just not them. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, ...

November 5, 2024 was election day. By the following day it was generally understood that former president Donald Trump (Republican) had defeated Vice President Kamala Harris (Democrat) in both the Electoral College and in the popular vote by wide margins.

https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/

Electoral College (270 needed):

Trump 312

Harris 226

Popular Vote:

Trump: 74,648,928 votes (50.5%)
Harris: 70,915,828 votes (48.0%)

74,648,928 - 70,915,828 = 3,733,100 (3.7 million)

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Has any prominent Democrat spoken out against this, including specifically former presidents:

Bill Clinton

Barack Obama?

Incumbent Democrat president Joe Biden?

New York:

I received email from the New York governor. Excerpts:

from: Gov. Kathy Hochul <info@exec.ny.gov>
to: Kenneth Matinale
date: Nov 8, 2024, 1:39 PM
subject: The Next Four Years
signed-by: exec.ny.gov

Earlier this week, I shared a message directly to President-elect Trump: I represent every New Yorker, regardless of who they voted for on Tuesday. And we will work with you on any effort that will help New York State. But if you try to harm New Yorkers or take away their rights, we will fight you every step of the way.  ...

That’s why this week I announced the launch of the Empire State Freedom Initiative: A task force focused on key areas where New York State and New Yorkers are most likely to face threats from a Trump Administration, including reproductive rights, civil rights, immigration, gun safety, labor rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and the environment. ...

We will coordinate these efforts with our strong partner in government, Attorney General (Leticia) James, to provide guidance and prepare for federal threats to New Yorkers’ rights and freedoms. ...

Ever Upward, 

Gov. Kathy Hochul

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New York Attorney General Leticia James embarrassed herself and all New Yorkers with her delusional statements about Trump.

My reply to Gov. Kathy Hochul:

"You are an irresponsible asshole. Resign and deport yourself."

I was furious. I then unsubscribed from the email list that sent the offending message.

I forwarded the governor's email to my representatives in the New York Senate and Assembly urging them to oppose. Both are Democrats. My message:

"I urge you to oppose this irresponsible and provocative initiative by the governor. Both the governor and attorney general have unnecessarily started insurrectionist sentiment. Both should resign in disgrace."

California:

https://apnews.com/article/california-donald-trump-gavin-newsom-special-session-32511d5887409d68d692e094ed50a272

California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session ahead of another Trump presidency to safeguard the state’s progressive policies. Meanwhile, attorneys general in blue states across the country announced they were also gearing up for a legal fight...

“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” Newsom, who reportedly has ambitions on the national stage, said in a statement.

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Illinois:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4979284-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-on-trump-win/

Illinois governor on Trump win: ‘You come for my people, you come through me’
by Lauren Irwin - 11/07/24 2:45 PM ET

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) held a press conference ...

“To anyone who intends to come take away the freedom and opportunity and dignity of Illinoisans: I would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior,” he continued. “You come for my people, you come through me.”

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New Jersey:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-jersey-governor-says-hell-fight-death-against-trump-actions-contrary-values

New Jersey governor says he'll 'fight to the death' against Trump actions 'contrary to values'
Phil Murphy pressed on Trump coming within 4% of winning blue state
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published November 7, 2024 5:17pm EST

In a Q&A following President-elect Trump’s victory, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy warned he will "fight to the death" against the administration if he detects behavior "contrary to our values."

"[A]s we respect the peaceful transition of power, if there is any attack on the Garden State or any of its communities from Washington, I will fight back with every fiber of my being," Murphy said.

"If there’s an opportunity for common ground, we will seize that as fast as anybody," he conversely added.

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What the heck? Are these governors nuts? Is this how the Civil War started?

In 1963 Alabama governor George Wallace symbolically stood in the schoolhouse door to block the entry of two black students. President Kennedy sent Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach to Tuscaloosa to deal directly with Wallace. The president had 100 troops from the Alabama National Guard assist federal officials. Wallace chose to step aside rather than incite violence.

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https://www.history.com/news/little-rock-nine-brown-v-board-eisenhower-101-airborne

Why Eisenhower Sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock After Brown v. Board

When the governor of Arkansas failed to integrate Central High School, President Eisenhower called in federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine.

On September 23 1957, President Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10730, which put the Arkansas National Guard under federal authority, and sent 1,000 U.S. Army troops from the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, to maintain order as Central High School desegregated.

“Our enemies are gloating over this incident and using it everywhere to misrepresent our nation,” said Eisenhower, in a televised address he gave at the White House the day after he enforced his executive order. “Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of the courts.”

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President Eisenhower sent the first federal troops into the old confederacy since reconstruction.

Both Eisenhower and Kennedy stood up to disruptive state governors. In 2020 president Trump failed to do so in either the autonomous zones in Seattle and Portland or in other areas of anarchy.

Sanctuary cities or states are unacceptable insurrection.

State governors must respect the nature of U.S. federalism. The Democratic party must reform. It lost me in 2020 when I switched my New York voter registration from Democrat to no party. I had long since left the left.

YouTube:

‘WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT?’ Dems deliver fear-mongering remarks over Trump win November 8, 2024

If it were 1968, Kennedy siblings would support Johnson, then Humphrey, not their father.

I don't know her capacity for such things but we can only wonder what 96 year old mother Ethel Kennedy thinks about the rift among her children. Daughter Kerry Kennedy, married to Andrew Cuomo 1990-2005, wrote an article about Ethel in Ms. magazine in May 2024. Ms. magazine.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. decided to run for president. Initially, he wanted to challenge incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden but the Democratic party blocked him and also a member of the House who also wanted to challenge Biden in the primaries.

So, RFK, Jr. decided to run as an independent. His objective was to get on the official ballot in all 50 states. He did many long interviews with all sorts of people. The Democratic party took action to prevent him from getting on those ballots.

His siblings opposed him. They accepted an invitation to the White House to meet with Biden in March 2024 for St. Patrick's day. They later announced their support for Biden and not for their brother.

A few days ago RFK, Jr. ended his active candidacy and made a 48 minute announcement about that and his support for Republican party nominee former president Donald Trump. I listened to his entire speech when it was available on YouTube. It was thoughtful and thorough.

His siblings went ballistic. They posted a statement of opposition on X from Rory, Kerry, Joseph II, Kathleen.

https://x.com/KerryKennedyRFK/status/1711419719683559659?s=20

They appear to have an extreme case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Months ago when they endorsed Joe Biden, apparently they did not notice his dementia when they were his guests. When Biden withdrew his candidacy for a second term, they endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. And they endorsed her running mate, whom Kerry calls coach Walz, referring to Tim Walz, Minnesota governor and former member of the House.

Walz had been an assistant, not head, coach of a high school football team. That's the least of his inflated descriptions. Walz has repeatedly lied about his military rank and record. In 2020 Gov. Walz let anarchy and arson destroy large parts of Minneapolis. Walz is the worst nominee for president or vice president since at least the 1950s.

Joe Biden is a pathological liar. Biden has been taking bribes for half a century, including from foreign adversaries China and Russia. That is treason. His policies are disastrous.

The siblings of RFK, Jr. prefer Biden, Harris and Walz over their brother, who opposes the war between Russia and Ukraine. So do I.

In 1963 vice president Lyndon Johnson succeeded assassinated president John F. Kennedy. In 1964 Johnson was elected president and Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota was elected vice president.

Johnson escalated the war in Vietnam from 16,000 U.S. military advisors to more than half a million combat troops. There was great unrest and division about the war.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York came to oppose the war in Vietnam. Initially, he declined to challenge Johnson in the 1968 presidential election. But the other Senator from Minnesota, Eugene McCarthy, challenged Johnson and almost beat Johnson in the New Hampshire primary.

Ultimately, on March 16, 1968 Kennedy announced he was also a candidate for president. Some thought he was an opportunist.

March 31, 1968 Lyndon Johnson withdrew as a candidate for president.

If they had been adults in 1968, wouldn't the Kennedy children, who now oppose their brother Robert, have initially supported president Johnson? And when their father entered the race, wouldn't they have opposed him. And when Johnson withdrew and VP Humphrey became the establishment candidate, wouldn't they have supported Humphrey and continued to oppose their own father?

It sounds vulgar but it's a pretty good analogy.

Assembly has devolved into the mob. Re-examine the First Amendment.

First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Pertinent here:

"the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Assembly in recent years is rarely about petitioning the government. Even when it is, Congress is rarely considering legislation about prohibiting or abridging.

Sometimes assembly is public support group stuff. But usually it's the mob intent on intimidating, which makes cowards of the rest of us if we don't present a counter mob and engage in violence.

Second Amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

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The second amendment contains the word militia but not the words self or protection or hunting.

I'm guessing that both of these amendments to the Constitution have been expanded greatly by case law and turned into mush. Most people who invoke them rarely, if ever, read them much less understand.

Assembly in a public place, with or without a permit, and roaming around intent on engaging the police should not be protected. Simply ignoring this is not an option either. The purpose of the mob is to get media attention, not public discourse. The media likes it because it gets ratings, etc. Who doesn't like watching a train wreck?

Modern communication makes assembly unnecessary. Mob members could stay home using their computers to inform their elected representatives of their views. They could become media with podcasts, etc. They do not need to assemble.

Unconditional Surrender: the only cease fire for Palestinian terrorists (Hamas).

Unconditional Surrender was the World War II objective of the Allies, primarily the United States and Great Britain to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan.

People in the U.S. supporting Palestinian terrorists (Hamas) is appalling enough but the lack of rational thought perpetuates the war.

Israel has been clear about its objective after the unprovoked horrific violent attacks of October 7, 2023: elimination of Hamas (Palestinian terrorists) who continue to hold hostages taken that day.

The Palestinian terrorists hide in their network of underground cave passages and in or near obvious places that are off limits to military action: hospitals, schools, etc. Why would they do that? Because they are cowards who have no concern for the "civilian" Palestinians.

If the Palestinian terrorists are so few among the 2.2 million Palestinians in the Gaza region, why don't the vast majority seize them and turn them over to the Israelis? Could it be that most Palestinians support terrorism against Israelis?

Cease fire is a nonsense phrase like two state solution for those who do not want to face the reality that the only solution is the Unconditional Surrender of the terrorists. Don't negotiate with terrorists, real or imitation in provocative mob actions.

Electoral College: can't any citizen become a member and vote for anybody?

The Electoral College should have been replaced by direct popular election of the president long ago. But in the interim, why not try to free it from the two major political parties and use it as it had been envisioned in the beginning?

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. is 70 years old and running for elected office for the first time. He's running for president. But his party has denied him fair access to the primary system, so he is trying to get on the ballot in all 50 states unaffiliated with either of the two major parties, which he calls the uni party.

His website and emails are all about donations to this effort and events intended to raise money. The money is to be used to collect signatures to satisfy arcane rules to get non uni party electors for the Electoral College. 

1. Forget the ballot. Voters should be able to write in anyone for any office.

2. Voters should be able to vote for presidential electors who are either committed to a candidate or uncommitted and want to meet and deliberate.

There is something that's been around for multiple presidential cycles called the national popular vote. It's purpose is to circumvent the current Electoral College system of winner of the popular vote in a state getting all the electoral votes in that state. Almost all states do it that way. The replacement is the winner of national popular vote gets sufficient Electoral College votes to be elected president.

In most presidential elections the winner of the national popular vote has also won in the Electoral College which is all that counts. But not always. Two recent examples of that not happening are:

2000 Bush beat Gore

2016 Trump beat Hillary Clinton.

The media does not address this because it prefers to handicap the nonsensical Electoral College race, especially concerning the few swing states where the outcome is likely to be decided. New York and California are ignored by the candidates because the outcome is very likely not in question.

The "insurrection" on January 6, 2021 was really an interruption of a ceremony at which 50 envelopes are opened and known results recorded. The vice president presides in this ceremony but has no discretion or power. The ceremony could have resumed the next day or week.

The current sloppy manual unverifiable voting system is an embarrassment. We have no way of checking on cheating or mistakes. For president, this is in addition to the ridiculous Electoral College.

We should vote online in all elections, including for president, and we should be able to vote for anyone. There should be no ballot.