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Even if it wasn't obvious before, it's certainly been abundantly clear since the start of President Trump's second term in office that Democrats have no qualms whatsoever about fanning the flames using outright lies and purposeful deception to the point it spurs their outrage mobs to take violent action in the name of "democracy" and "social justice." We saw it, for instance, in the early to mid part of 2025, when Tesla dealerships and vehicle owners were being targeted by unhinged leftists who took it upon themselves to either try to run folks off the road for the crime of owning a Tesla or to shoot up and light showrooms on fire with incendiary devices because Elon Musk was a powerful ally of President Trump's. Notably, when prominent Democrats in Congress were asked to unequivocally condemn such actions, they refused. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), for example, was asked at the time about the incidents and whether he condemned them. His response? "I can't talk about Tesla, but Elon Musk is a disaster for America, and America knows it," Schumer stated, contributing to the anti-Musk hate. Elected Democrats, of course, are not the only ones who deliberately stoke divisions along familiar lines that have the net effect of putting targets on the backs of conservatives, something that we unfortunately saw with the assassination of TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk. Their allies in the mainstream press and among the political/social commentariat also eagerly do the dirty work, a disgraceful tactic that was on full display during the Monday broadcast of The View, where, unsurprisingly, the co-hosts were livid over the Virginia Supreme Court's (SCOVA) ruling on Friday that effectively nullified the proposed 10-1 D/R congressional map Democrats wanted to put in place before the 2026 midterms. What followed was a steady stream of mindless hot takes that held little to no basis in fact, starting with Whoopi Goldberg (my reality checks for The View will follow each clip):
Reality Check: What the court actually ruled was that the process state Democrats used to put their gerrymander referendum on the ballot was a violation of Virginia's Constitution. The full ruling can be read here. Next was this, also from Whoopi:
Reality Check: This was not a "cheat." The Virginia Supreme Court explained exactly why the ruling came after voters went to the polls to vote on the referendum - because of arguments the Commonwealth's legal team previously made (page 7 from the ruling):
Receipts:
Phony "conservative" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin was up next, calling the state's constitution a "technicality" and suggesting the justices were following Trump's orders:
Reality Check: The Virginia Constitution was not a "technicality" here. This case literally hinged on what the Constitution did or did not say related to the matter at hand. Further, these justices were not "following" Trump's orders or anyone else's, for that matter. Virginia justices are appointed to the state Supreme Court by the General Assembly, RELATED: Heartbreak for Dems As VA Senate Majority Leader Delivers Crushing Blow to Latest Gerrymander Scheme Moments later, co-host Ana Navarro tried to argue that "Trump started this" when he urged Texas to redraw their maps in 2025:
Reality Check: Nope, Trump did not "start this." That was blue states like New York, as GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) noted on X, writing, "House Democrats started the current mid-decade redistricting battle in NY before the 2024 election. Now that it’s backfired on them, they are pushing a stunning next step: nuke the judicial branch of government and pack the court!" And convincing arguments could be made that they started gerrymandering Republicans out of existence well before that. To conclude the segment, all the co-hosts agreed that map changes should be made in blue states like Illinois, Maryland, and elsewhere:
Reality Check: Ironically, these are some of the same states that have virtually wiped out Republican representation within their congressional delegations via gerrymandering, which preceded the current redistricting wars. The
ladies of The View are certainly entitled to their own opinions, but
not their own facts. From start to finish, the segment on the SCOVA
ruling was one big lie-fest, telling exactly the kind of falsehoods that
inspire fanatics to travel to the homes of members of the judiciary to
try and kill them, as we saw with the attempted assassination of
conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh prior to the U.S.
Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022. And of the three attempts on President Trump's life, two of the suspects used rhetoric in their notes that was identical to that used by Democrat leaders to describe Trump. I'd like to say that the lies have got to stop before someone gets killed, but a prominent conservative voice has already been killed due to blatant falsehoods told about him: Charlie Kirk. We've reached a dangerous tipping point in this country when it comes to the national dialogue, and it's gotta stop before even more people are hurt or killed. |
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