Chuck Norris began his June 3 WorldNetDaily column by fretting over Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony charges:
Yahoo News headline summarized well the country and world’s reaction to the big New York court news this last week: “Trump guilty verdict sparks outrage, elation.”
Reuters fed the divisive response by saying a warpath could be afoot: “Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict.”
Pundits and radicals on the left are rejoicing to possess “convicted felon” as a new term to describe the former president, like they discovered buried treasure.
At the same time, the real treasure troves of the Trump’s campaign raised nearly $53 million dollars in the first 24 hours after the verdict.
What about the White House response?
President Biden has repeatedly said that the unprecedented New York court case was never about politics, but his campaign crew “erupted into cheers” at Trump’s verdict. And Mr. Biden himself gave the press a “disturbing smile” to express his personal pleasure.
One thing is certain: It’s difficult to conceive how the present political environment won’t lead to further divisions, strife and, ultimately, civil unrest, chaos or worse, especially the closer the presidential election draws near.
The greatest fallout of Washington’s swamp and their political wars is the jeopardy, disparity and demoralization it creates for we the American people.
Note that Norris isn’t upset that his preferred presidential candidate committed crimes — he’s upset the guy was found guilty of doing so. And rather than question why he supports a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and adulterer, he’s lashing out at those who point those facts out. And instead of getting into those sticky questions, he bailed out and called for a prayer:
And one question remains: What do we do now?
I believe the next right step to remedy the volatile and potentially explosive political landscape of our country and world is found in the midst of a WWII 80th anniversary we commemorate this very week: D-Day. On that monumental patriotic battle hung the balance of power in World War II (1939-1945) – and the fate of the world.
On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the green light for the largest amphibious military operation in history. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of the heavily Nazi-fortified coast of France’s Normandy region has come to be more popularly known as D-Day.
By sunrise, 18,000 American and British paratroopers were on the ground.
[…]I believe the same is true today: The enemy of our republic might have gained the upper hand in the war of nerves, but it’s now turning into a boomerang – or at least it will, if we play our election cards right.
We are at one of the most critical crossroads in American life I’ve ever known – a true tipping point. And just like the Allied Forces in WWII were left 80 years ago with an unavoidable do-and-die moment of D-Day, we the people are left today holding a do-or-die presidential election that could usher in the destiny or destruction of our country and even world.
So, what to do next? While crossing the swamp to the beaches of ballot box?
We do what Roosevelt did. He paused the country and world and asked them to pray, to cry out to Almighty God, particularly for the troops. We commemorate and represent those incredibly brave patriots. And we need FDR’s urgent 80-year-old prayer like never before. We need its encouragement and hope today.
Will you pause even now to pray it with me?
Who is this “enemy of our republic” he’s complaining about? The American justice system? Longtime American ideals of morality? Does he think his preferred “destiny” for America belongs to a convicted felon?
Which means that, in effect, Norris is praying for people to ignore that his guy is a convicted felon and guy who paid hush money to a porn star — while offering no legitimate reason why anyone should — and that his far-right narratives and agenda win in November and that a profoundly amoral and immoral man retake the presidency.