BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Despite the vitriol of the
2020 presidential campaign,
the key issues facing the nation
remained the same. The
question is, how, or even will,
those topics be addressed?
The combination of internet
censorship and the ability
of some elected offi cial lawbreakers
to escape punishment
for wrongdoing must be
addressed. During the Obama
administration, Loretta Lynch
used the Department of Justice
to harass those that merely disagreed
with the then-president
on climate change. The Internal
Revenue Service was employed
to attack the Tea Party.
Some current and former offi -
cials from the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation lied to
the FISA Court, to assault fi rst
the Trump campaign and then
the Trump administration.
The lack of punishment for
the overt violations of the law
by individuals such as Hillary
Clinton must not be tolerated.
The time has come to reaffi rm
that there truly is one standard
of justice for both the average
citizen and the powerful.
Beyond addressing censorship
and government misdeeds,
other challenges must
be faced. The attempts to encourage
voting and registration
fraud should be punished.
Some of this can be done on the
federal level, some will require
state action. But the giving
of drivers licenses to illegals,
and not adopting safeguards to
prevent those documents from
being used to register to vote,
must be remedied. Further,
there is no logical reason not to
adopt voter security measures
such as the requirement of picture
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identifi cation before being
allowed to cast a ballot.
Many have wondered why
so many citizens began to express
views, both during the
campaign and before, that
were clearly anti-American.
The views were based on descriptions
of history that were
overtly biased and factually
incorrect. The answer is obvious.
Portions of the American
educational bureaucracy have
become dominated by individuals
and groups that have an
agenda of replacing traditional
American values and freedoms
with socialism, a philosophy
which has generally brought
tyranny, poverty and despair
where it has been applied.
The time has come to reverse
that paradigm.
In international affairs, the
next four years will be even
more challenging. The massive
arms buildup of China, the
nuclear prowess of Russia, and
the rising atomic threats from
both Iran and North Korea,
will present unprecedented
danger. Despite the doubling of
the national debt under Obama
and the ravages to the national
treasury caused by COVID, the
temptation to shortchange the
U.S. defense budget must not
be succumbed to.
The time has come when
the long-neglected shielding
of the American electrical
grid from an EMP attack,
which could be launched
even by a terrorist group,
must be done.
In addition to building up
America’s military, strengthening
ties with allies who contribute
a fair share to defense
needs will be crucial. The nation’s
NATO partners, particularly
Germany, must continue
to be pressured to shore
up their armed forces. In the
Pacifi c, a NATO-like alliance
should be developed with India,
Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan,
Australia and others to deter
Beijing’s escalating threats.
The occupant of the Oval
Offi ce will hopefully have the
ability to successfully rebuild
the COVID-ravaged economy
and address unemployment.
That skill will be required
more than ever in the next
four years. Hopefully, the extreme
partisans of the left,
who placed their political
goals over the good of the nation,
will not repeat the nonstop
and frequently violent
attacks that have characterized
the past four years and
allow the American people to
unite in a common effort. The
prospects for that are, admittedly,
not encouraging. Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
has already implied that she
intends to use contribution
disclosure forms to pinpoint
and take retribution upon
Trump donors.
Editor’s note: All views in
this column refl ect the author’s
opinion and should be verifi ed
by outside sources.
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