Suddenly I Feel Chilly

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The more I read of Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, the more I wonder if there aren’t truly two separate sub-species within the human species.  Then on Tuesday, the head of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, said this …

“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Ponder on that one for just a minute, then go get your sweater and a cuppa hot coffee or tea, for you are sure to feel chilled.  I read Joyce Vance’s take on it this morning and I couldn’t say it any better, so I’ll share her words with you here …

“Bloodless if the left allows it to be”

By Joyce Vance

04 July 2024

A week ago, I started my post to you with some comments made by Kevin Roberts, the head of the Heritage Foundation and architect of Project 2025, when he learned Democrats were making plans to take on Project 2025. Roberts said, “Project 2025 will not be stopped,” and that Democrats are “more than welcome to try” to stop it. He concluded by saying, “We will not give up and we will win.”

Now he’s back at it. On Tuesday, Roberts was on Steve Bannon’s War room. It was minus Bannon, of course, because he’s in federal prison. Instead, Roberts was on with a guest host, Dave Brat.

“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be,” Roberts told Brat.

Is Roberts threatening people who speak out with violence? What if they protest? What if they vote? He’s saying it will get bloody. The more we learn about Project 2025 and the people behind it, the worse it gets.

You can see the video here.

Roberts’ comments are not something we can just move on from. They must be taken seriously. It’s one thing for conservatives to like some of the policies Trump espouses. It’s an entirely different thing to suggest they’ll use violence against people who don’t agree. Roberts’ words come in a context and that context is Project 2025.

Roberts wrote a 17-page introduction to Project 2025 called “A Promise to America.” It starts on page 34 in this document and you should find time over the long weekend when we celebrate Independence Day to read it. The Founding Fathers wouldn’t recognize Roberts’ vision of America. He seems to live in a fact-free parallel universe where conservative grievances, like these, run wild:

  • “Today the Left is threatening the tax-exempt status of churches and charities that reject woke progressivism. They will soon turn to Christian schools and clubs with the same totalitarian intent.”
  • “The noxious tenets of ‘critical race theory’ and ‘gender ideology’ should be excised from curricula in every public school in the country. These theories poison our children.”
  • “the Dobbs decision is just the beginning.”
  • “A combination of elected and unelected bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency quietly strangles domestic energy production through difficult-to-understand rulemaking processes.”
  • “Woke bureaucrats at the Pentagon force troops to attend ‘training’ seminars about ‘white privilege.’”
  • “When the Founders spoke of ‘pursuit of Happiness,’ what they meant might be understood today as in essence “pursuit of Blessedness.” That is, an individual must be free to live as his Creator ordained—to flourish. Our Constitution grants each of us the liberty to do not what we want, but what we ought. This pursuit of the good life is found primarily in family—marriage, children, Thanksgiving dinners, and the like.

This is just a smattering of the pithy comments Roberts weaves into his argument for a militant brand of authoritarian Christian nationalism. Read that last excerpt again—pursuit of blessedness.

Roberts styles today’s conservative movement as the heir of Ronald Reagan’s conservative movement, something it’s hard to believe the former president, a staunch proponent of the rule of law, would appreciate. Roberts billed himself as “an early American historian” who “love[s] the Constitution” on the War Room podcast. Given that, he seems shockingly unconcerned with abandoning the peaceful transfer of power and ignoring the will of the voters, because that’s what he’s talking about. He’s talking about using violence if the majority of American voters don’t agree with his vision for our country. He’s endorsing another January 6, a bloodletting if liberals won’t cave into his view of how the country should be run. If the left won’t “allow” him to have his way, he’s going to make us give in. That’s the man behind Project 2025.

Kevin Roberts and his comments warrant more than just a quick moment in the news cycle. Roberts is telling us, authoritatively, what’s in store for us if Trump returns to the White House. If you’re talking with friends about what Trump 2.0 and Project 2025 look like and they don’t believe you, if they say you’re overwrought and it won’t be all that bad, tell them they don’t have to believe you—they can hear it from the horse’s mouth.

“We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” Let that sink in for a minute.

We’re in this together,

Joyce

And on a final note, I say then bring on the bloodshed, Mr. Roberts, for I am not willing to sit back and let you and your band of lunes turn this nation into the one you envision.  I and at least a hundred million others will fight for the right to live in a land where all people have equal rights and where democratic principles rule the day, not a dictatorial theocracy!

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37 thoughts on “Suddenly I Feel Chilly”

  3. “I and at least a hundred million others will fight for the right to live in a land where all people have equal rights and where democratic principles rule the day, not a dictatorial theocracy!”
    Those are the words which need to be turned into a clarion call to the USA.
    Those of the Right are making the same mistake the Right Wing always does. It assume the Liberal wing will fold under pressure.
    There can be no nattering over details or policies, the Liberal and Democrats must unite. Now

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    • Agreed 100%. All to often, the liberals DO cave under pressure … we tend to prefer fighting our battles calmly and with intellect. However, all too often the other side is so loud and obnoxious that they don’t understand the intellect and overwhelm with noise (and guns).

      Were you pleased with the election results in your country yesterday? I wish Nigel had been soundly defeated again, but at least he only got 4 seats.

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  7. Jill, setting aside my disagreement with many of the issues, for a so-called leader of a group to infer violence if the other side does not cooperate is asinine. He is echoing the asinine blathering of the former president.

    To be brutally honest, we Americans deserve better than this chest beating guys with an air of false bravado. Usually, these chest beaters are weak minded bullies.

    Keith

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    • It IS asinine and it is the exact opposite of what democracy is supposed to be about! We do deserve better, but … at the end of the day, it is “We the People” who are making this choice. Perhaps there are some (many) who don’t think they deserve better, rather like the spouse who stays in an abusive relationship because she is convinced it’s what she deserves? And yes, bullies are typically cowards on the inside. Sigh.

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    • Okay you have stumped me.🤔Usually? Nixon was not weak minded but was a bully. Still can’t think of one that doesn’t fit your description perfectly.

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      • If I may offer a rebuttal, Nixon was known to be paranoid, which is why he kept enemy lists and taped all oval office conversations. The latter proved to be his Achilles’ heel. He was a bully, as well. Keith

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        • Insane but a strategic thinker, focused and dedicated, a well regarded lawyer and administrator before entering politics. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” Joseph Heller

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      • One thing I would point out here is that while yes, Nixon committed crimes and deserved the impeachment he would have gotten had he not resigned, unlike Trump Nixon did do some good things for the nation while he was in office.

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  11. I always wonder, whenever these folks allude to bloodshed, how many of them are willing to actually shed their own blood, or even die, for their wrong-headed crusade. I stand with you, Jill, in opposition to this menace.

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    • Excellent point. See my longer comment on the sam subject. Trump beats on his chest but may be the weakest of people. Liz Cheney is, by far, the bravest person in the GOP. Keith

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    • Good point. Rather like in a war when the generals send in the troops to kill or be killed, but they themselves stay in their safe, air-conditioned offices while others die for them. Thanks, Larry … now let’s hope we can defeat the madness!!!

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