There’s much to be done

LARRY ANDERSON
Larry Anderson

Now that the election is over, I assume all the malcontents on the left who swore they couldn’t live in a country with Donald Trump as its president will be leaving in caravans for countries more peculiar.

Yup, they should be off soon. Anytime now. Political refugees and such.

Moving is a chore, but it is on my to-do list to pitch in for all who want to emigrate. That’s just me; I like to help, and, in this case, the more the better.

Of course we all know not even a handful of complainers will abscond. They understand they have it pretty darn good here in the U.S.A., despite the possibility of bumping elbows with deporables who seem to be everywhere these days. The left’s overwrought emotional displays are bad theater and as predictable as rain.

If there is a pouty one out there who truly wants to leave the country that protects him, then I have a suggestion: Go to Mexico. Don’t bother with legal documentation and don’t pay attention to Mexico’s immigration laws. Instead slip across the border in the dead of night. Pretend you are a citizen.

Demand whatever you think you deserve.

If the Mexican government objects, explain how you are a liberal and how the rules should not apply to you.

That’ll work, don’t you think?

The problem with that plan is Mexico doesn’t allow immigrants to enter their country uninvited. If an American goes there illegally and is caught, he will be arrested and either imprisoned or deported. If a person has a visa, he is expected to leave when its term is up. If he resists, efforts will be made to change his mind.

Nothing fancy there, but everyone understands that is the way it is, and government is there to enforce reasonable laws designed to protect.

That description is similar in every country in the world, except one: the United States of America.

There are immigration laws here too, but one would never know it. People come and go. Criminals deported come back. Workers without documentation stay for years or permanently. People with expired visas hang around.

Little has been done to change that situation as our government either looks the other way or produces propaganda emphasizing diversity, race, and a phony interpretation of our immigration history. This has given rise to catch-and-release and sanctuary cities. It is why we have millions of people living here who are not citizens.

Hillary Clinton advocated open borders. It is absolutely a reason she lost the election.

Trump can fix this, but he will need to be backed against the blizzard of criticism and accusation building. The left wants open borders and an end to the white majority which, to them, is somehow not a form of racism.

There is much to be done.

The left has marched out its demand for the end of the Electoral College. This is because they lost the election. They said nothing when Obama won twice, even when electoral votes hinged narrowly on certain states.

It is important everyone understand the Electoral College was designed, like our immigration laws, to protect the whole nation, not the special interests of any one group whether defined by politics or geography. The left smugly points out Clinton won the popular vote, but they don’t mention the obvious: Trump was ahead until California’s votes started coming in. Only the West Coast changed the direction of the vote.

Therefore, a specific region could’ve had non-representative influence on the election’s outcome. Without the Electoral College, the vote of a vast majority of the states would have lost influence unfairly. This is why the Electoral College was created in the first place; more votes in densely populated California should not lessen the importance of votes in rural Iowa, for example.

The system is fair, but the left doesn’t care about fairness.

Much must be done to protect the Electoral College.

Did you know around 94 percent of the popular vote in Washington, D. C. went to Clinton? How is this possible, considering the number so clearly conflicts with every other district in the country? Not even California was that lopsided.

Well, D. C., northern Virginia, and much of Maryland is filled with bureaucrats, federal functionaries, and lobbyists. They know liberals who love big government will keep them employed. Also, most are obviously liberal, having passed that litmus test contingent to their hiring. It is a powerful, asymmetrical wall of votes the left knows it can count on.

It is the swamp that needs drained. For us. Because it is fair.

Lots to do there.