April 27, 2026
The Political Ramifications of the Assassination Attempt
Timothy Birdnow
Here is an article in Pajamas Media arguing that the recent assassination attempt on Trump is going to hurt the Democrats. The author is correct (which is why many on the Left are calling this a false flag; they realize it hurts their chances politically and it's the kind of thing THEY would do to gin up support) but I do think he misses the boat on a few of his ideas. I will let you judge the article yourself, but want to just make a point or two about the details.
Take this quote from Newsweak the author quotes, for intance:
Even as President Donald Trump’s approval rating has slipped, recent polls show that many Americans still view him more favorably than the Democratic Party.
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These polls could be a red flag for Democrats about how voters view the party and its leadership as it approaches the 2026 midterm elections, when members hope to reclaim control of the House and Senate.
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"Democrats have also, for the most part, decided to try to match a lot of the over-the-top rhetoric of President Trump, and that doesn’t serve them well. People want a fresher and less divisive alternative, and they’re not getting it from the Democrats,” [Grant Davis Reeher, professor of political science at Syracuse University, told Newsweek.]
Trump's "over the top rhetoric" is just telling the Truth. In times of universal deceit telling the Truth is a revolutionary act, as has been attributed to George Orwell. They killed Jesus for doing that very thing, BTW.
As the author himself says:
"And so far, so good. In opinion poll after opinion poll, we’re still seeing the same thing we saw in 2024: The American people don’t like Republicans — but they DESPISE Democrats."
True enough but the author doesn't seem to understand WHY the public doesn't like the Republicans and the Neewsweek People REALLY don't understand this.
The left hates Trump and the GOP by base reflex, of course, but many people hate the Republicans because they show themselves almost every day to be corrupt and hypocritical. They campaign on issues then when in power simply disregard their promises, or make half-hearted attempts and then give up. Look at Obamacare; the GOP railed against it for years, campaigned with funds raised over promises to "repeal and replace" and yet when in power they did absolutely nothing about it. Zip, zero, nada, the null set. There are multiple other examples of this, from promises to fix social security to promises to control spending and waste to promises to bring moral decency back. It's become glaringly obvious the Republican Party has no interest in fixing anything; they want something to campaign on and they want their slice of the pie.
Trump is different and he actually is trying to do what he promised, but reformers are always hated and Trump has a combative personality; his approach is similar to a honey badger. And since many in his own party have repeatedly thrown him under the bus a lot of the independents have turned on Trump, thinking if we get someone new the problems will go away. Moderates and "Independent voters" often think in a simplistic way, believing that a simple change at the top will fix everything. They are wrong and learned they were wrong after the election of 2020. Biden represented "normalcy" to them and they voted for him - and found out he was just a figurehead in a grand conspiracy to fleece Americans and oppress them. So they re-elected Trump and now many are turning on Trump because they can't understand the complexity of what Trump faces. And they have ESPECIALLY turned on the GOP.
But perhaps not as bad as they have the Democrats.
I would add that the public actually feigns disgust with all the in-fighting but I actually dispute that claim. Americans love that sort of thing. There is a reason why professional wrestling is quite popular and it isn't because of the athleticism. Everyone loves a good Twitter grudge match. Everyone loved Bill Clinton because Clinton was the Jerry Springer show in the White House. All the acrimony during Clinton's presidency only raised the man's poll numbers. People were excited to see how he was going to get out of the next fight.
And I suspect that is why many people love Trump, and probably the polls do not reflect Trump's strength because of the Wilder Effect (or sometimes called the Bradley Effect) which is where people tell pollsters what they think they want to hear out of fear of being labeled. Wilder was black so the public told the pollsters they supported him when they did not to avoid appearing racist. And I suspect this is where Trump lies; with higher numbers than the polls suggest because nobody wants to say they support "Hitler" but they like what they see. His scrappy nature appeals to many (including me, but not because it spices up a dull life but because we desperately needed a Republican willing to fight back). But they dare not tell the pollsters.
The Congressional Republicans are a different story; faceless clones in Brooks Brothers suits, all with the same little flag pins. They are Stepford Husbands, and they speak out of both sides of their mouths all the time. They promise things like controlling immigration then turn around and introduce an amnesty bill. They promise to end Obamacare but wind up funding it. They say they will fight for clean elections then refuse to pass the SAVE America Act. You could replace most of them with a CGI image and nobody would notice. Most of them are not real people; they are just composites created by political consultants and they have no moral core and the public knows it.
Of course they are better than the Democrats, who actively hate America and Americans, but at least the Democrats are genuine. Genuine monsters but genuine.
So it comes down to who are you going to vote for, an idiot clone or a monster? The balance leads to swings as both sides take power and show their cards and then the public switches sides in the vain hope that this time someone will actually listen to them.
Naturally most of the low info types have no idea of the gravity of their Congressional votes and why it's so critical to have a consistent, philosophically derived position.
So I dispute this notion that the public hates both sides and especially Trump. They do hate them both but for entirely different reasons. And of course they hate Trump because the media told them to hate Trump and the GOP never tried to defend him. The GOP insiders all hate Trump too; he screwed up the whole carefully-laid-out balance of power they had worked out with their Democrat "rivals".
That said, the author is correct in saying the more "ordinary" Mr. Allen appears the more obvious it will be he's in the mainstream of the Democratic Party and that may well shock enough soccer moms and others to vote for a Republican, even if it means holding their noses.
Actually soccer moms are a bad example; young white suburban women have gone off their rockers and this would probably aid the Democrats with this demographic. But a lot of people who are moderate may well turn away from the Ass Party.
But the author thinks the media, in their own self-aggrandizement, will keep pushing this story. I don't know that they will. I suspect they will talk about it for a couple of weeks then shut it down. This is way too damaging to their cause. Did we hear about the Las vegas shooter for more than a week or so? No we did not. Why not?
That's why it's up to Republicans to keep this story alive. Sadly most of the GOP is reactive and not proactive and will let this story die when the media finds some shiny new object to dangle in front of them.
At the very best Republicans are rank amateurs, like a high school football team going up against the New England Patriots. I have great faith in them to steal defeat from the jaws of victory.
One last thought; had this attempt been successful the GOP would almost certainly win the midterms and handily. If Allen had help then perhaps it wasn't meant to succeed? Maybe they just wanted to keep taking pot shots at the President to gin up the disspirited base of the Democrats and to perhaps put some fear into Mr. Trump in hopes of moderating him (who wouldn't worry about their future survival after so many assassination attempts; those will likely continue after he's out of office - anyone remember Trotsky?)
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