Welcome to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s new abnormal: By Michael Goodwin

[mystery-ak]

 Welcome to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s new abnormal: Goodwin

By Michael Goodwin

January 16, 2021 | 10:25pm

It is an article of faith for many Americans that the Donald Trump years were an aberration and that Joe Biden will usher in something close to normalcy. I’ll take the other side of that bet.

I believe the coming years are going to be at least as tumultuous as the Trump presidency. Although Biden will not directly cause that tumult, his weakness as a leader, of his own party and the nation, will help fuel discord and make it impossible for him to forge anything resembling normalcy.

Most of those who think Biden can wave a magic wand blame Trump alone for the deep polarization gripping America. They’re wrong — Trump was elected precisely because the country already was deeply polarized.

Moreover, while Trump’s personality is highly unorthodox, to say the least, he did not single-handedly set in motion the dangerous levels of strife engulfing our nation. His successful policies on immigration, taxes and the Mideast were fairly conventional by Republican standards.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/16/welcome-to-the-nancy-pelosi-and-chuck-schumers-new-abnormal-goodwin/

[skeeter]

This guy hit the nail squarely on the head. 'Trump certainly made his share of mistakes, especially during the post-election period, but the most provocative thing he did was refuse to surrender.'

The source of the chaos was his opposition, not Trump. Now that they are in charge it will NOT end.

[Fishrrman]

Mr. Goodwin:
"In a move straight out of George Orwell, Dems and the media have twisted the plain meaning of words. “Violence” is speech when committed by Black Lives Matter, and “speech” is violence when it comes from Trumpers."