The curtain on the long and sad quadriennial spectacle of “democratically” reselecting American executive government is presumably falling with the approaching formal inauguration of the 45th President of the U.S. While past experiences — along with objective fatigue from a grotesquely distended process — would suggest a relatively “business-as-usual” transfer of power within closed elite circles, the controversy and acrimony surrounding the incoming Trump administration persist.
Much of this is currently played out in conjunction with Martin Luther King Day, highlighted by protests against the crude, divisive and often racist rhetoric of the president-elect himself and yet many other reactionary elements inspired and emboldened by it. It has been further stoked by Trump’s insulting reaction to the inauguration boycott announced by veteran civil rights leader, Rep. John Lewis, and ensuing counterreactions. “When you insult Representative John Lewis, you insult America” declared Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, and the boycott is followed by at least a couple of dozen others members of Congress, replete with standard calls to action by liberal (“Leftist”) mouthpieces like MoveOn.
All of this is cascading on the recent press conference brouhaha involving CNN’s “investigative journalists”, the contentious Senate confirmation hearings, and much more. Heightened emotions show people care, and this is one of the prerequisites for real change….