Donald Trump lost. Democracy lost too.

Robert M.Levy

Yeah, the midterms happened. The people spoke. The Democrats won. To paraphrase former York Mayor Ed Koch, “The voters deserve to be punished.”

In his “speech from hell,” surrounded with Satan’s red glow, Joe Biden told a 2022 midterm electorate that Republicans “do not recognize the will of the people.” He further asserted that “They’re a threat to our very democracy.” Meanwhile, the Biden Administration actively censored conservatives on the internet and effectively required that the Department of the Treasury through its Comptroller of the Currency “de-bank” conservatives and exclude them from the many privileges of the mainstream financial system.

Through 2024, Democrats went so far as to create a program to keep the people from voting for Donald Trump as their candidate for President. They created a coordinated federal and state prosecution of Donald Trump timed to coincide with Biden’s (and Harris’s) 2024 Presidential reelection campaigns.

Under the guise of “preserving democracy,” the 2024 Democrat “attack on democracy” failed. Biden and Harris were rejected. Donald Trump was elected. But in 2026, Democrats “doubled down.”

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) went so far as to say Republicans were such a threat to democracy, if they remained in power there would be “no guarantee that we are going to have a free and fair election in 2026…We can’t [even] be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come.” Later, Gavin Newsom predicted that Donald Trump would cancel the 2028 Presidential elections. “I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 — I really mean that from the core of my soul,” he said.

Essentially, Democrats accused Republicans of attacking the same democracy which they themselves attacked. But this time, Nov. 3, 2026, the people apparently “bought it.” That naïve acceptance of such a transparent deception is not so much a reason why the people “should be punished” as it is a reason why they “will be punished.”  And that punishment will be devastating.

Socialism, complete with “socialized medicine,” (It’s not “Medicare for All”) will suddenly be in vogue. On paper, people will be given greater access to healthcare. But as is the case everywhere socialized medicine exists, the overcrowding of the healthcare system aggravated by the inclusion of illegal aliens will actually constrict the availability of healthcare. The reality will be a healthcare scarcity. And, as is the case with any scarce commodity, scarcity will make healthcare more expensive…less “affordable.”

In a Democrat world dominated by its new Islamic wing, antisemitism will not only become more popular, it could become the accepted ethos of the nation. For lack of congressionally approved funding, the United States will be forced to withdraw its forces from the Middle East and effectively surrender to Iran. Moreover, with the expected reemergence of a “new, Green new deal,” fossil fuels from gasoline to natural gas will be made more scarce and therefore more expensive. Finally, greater regulations will be placed on housing and rents, creating more expensive and fewer housing units. If this is the “democratic” will of the people, perhaps proper punishment is in order.

These midterms had nothing to do with democracy. Even before the last ballots were counted, one of the first policies announced by the Democrat leaders of Washington State and Colorado was a quest to override the midterm vote of the people to keep boys out of girls’ sports. It was part of a voter-sponsored initiative. Such initiatives were made possible by the progressive reforms of the early 20th Century. Such “people power” was supposed to be a democratic “check” to rebalance power.

But those who claimed they were protecting democracy actually used the occasion of their election to reject democracy. If “democracy” was on the ballot, along with Donald Trump, democracy lost too.

So why did voters so soundly reject Republicans and embrace the “anti-democratic” Democrats? Were they fooled into believing that Democrats would elevate democracy over power? Perhaps. But maybe there is another explanation: Donald Trump was indeed on the ballot. He lost. Why? Did the voters actually believe the Democrats? Did they believe that President Trump, not the Democrats, presented the greater danger to democracy? Perhaps. But perhaps the voters understood it all. Perhaps they personally disliked President Trump more than they feared for their democracy? In any case, given the results of this election, the people will indeed be punished. They will get what they actually “voted for.”

Over the next two years, as the 2028 general election comes into focus, the people will next decide whether weakening Donald Trump was worth the reality of an even weaker democracy. As the newest caravan of illegal aliens approaches our Southern border, the people will start to understand the severity of the punishment they inflicted upon themselves. America’s future will depend on the depth of their understanding.

Robert M. Levy

RobertReports.Substack.com

Robert M. Levy grew up in Moore County and graduated from Pinecrest High School. He earned a BA in history and sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his honors thesis on the Wilmington Rebellion of 1898 became part of the university’s library collection.

Admitted to the California State Bar in 1978, Levy practiced law for 40 years in California and Maryland, focusing on family and criminal law, including work with juvenile offenders and abused children. His writing on affirmative action appeared in the San Fernando Valley Law Review, and he authored Divorce: A Cynical Experience. He later earned a North Carolina teaching certificate from UNC Charlotte and taught high school social studies across Moore County.

Levy has served as chairman of the Moore County School Board, president of the North Carolina Electoral College, chairman of the Moore County Republican Party, and a columnist for The Pilot in Southern Pines. He lives in Pinehurst with his wife, Linda, and they have three children and four grandchildren.

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