Trump Just Kneecapped Shapiro and Put Massive Democrat Chaos in Motion

by CAPT. SETH KESHEL

Yesterday, I was grinding out my time on an exercise bike at my local gym and had no choice but to monitor several television sets in front of me.  One of them had Fox News on, and another was showing CNN.  Both were running coverage of Kamala Harris having a press conference on her meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and this put my mind racing to good, old-fashioned Military Intelligence course of action development.  In thinking of my map of the decisive states, which highlights Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire, I’ve been thinking Harris will either field a candidate from the Industrial Midwest (Rust Belt) or the Sun Belt states (Arizona, Georgia, or North Carolina) in the southern portion of the country.  It is also possible, if it is perceived she is going to get stomped, the rising stars of the Democrat Party will aim to keep their proverbial powder dry for 2028 and Harris will wind up with a mehchoice like Andy Beshear of Kentucky, or Pete Buttigieg.

I don’t think a woman-woman ticket will fly, not unless the Democrats want to lose the male vote in the most stunning fashion imaginable, so that takes Gretchen Whitmer off the table for me.  Gavin Newsom has his own ambitions for president and has endorsed Harris, probably hoping she will lose and he can sweep in four years from now when Trump rides off into the sunset.  Besides, a Californian-Californian ticket isn’t going to resonate in the key states that will decide the 2024 contest.  These considerations narrow down the list, and right now, the two betting favorites are Mark Kelly, U.S. Senator from Arizona, and Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania.

Of the two, I dread the Shapiro prospect the most, and it’s not because I think he would deprive Trump of Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes in a fair race.  It is because, with Shapiro as the V.P. nominee, the narrative would be in place that Pennsylvania’s “popular governor” was responsible for throwing Pennsylvania to Harris by the slimmest of margins, and present a valid media narrative to explain how a state with an incredible Republican Party registration trend and over 90% of counties on that trajectory, including Philadelphia and Allegheny, can never quite get over the edge no matter how many more votes the GOP nominee puts up.  Pennsylvania is looking like a Trump +10% state without all the post-2018 election cheats and maladministration and losing it will cripple any hopes the Democrats have of stopping Trump this year.  Trump could have Arizona and Nevada both stolen out from under him and still not suffer as much damage as he would being deprived of Pennsylvania, and with Michigan even more corrupt, this ripple effect is very troublesome and far-reaching.

Shapiro, who benefitted from Pennsylvania’s massive ballot harvesting apparatus and dilapidated election system enshrined primarily by Republican quislings in Harrisburg that allowed him to win his current office by the largest margin for a non-incumbent since 1946, has his own kryptonite – he is Jewish.  This is not Captain Seth Keshel opining about Jewish people – as some people who follow my work needle me over when I call out the obvious truth that Israel seems to own our politicians and their loyalties instead of our own citizens – this is my read on the current strife that is developing into a massive storm thanks to the genius of Donald Trump, who certainly knows by now that if he holds all of his 2020 certified states, Georgia and Pennsylvania together provide the most direct route to an electoral majority – an even 270.  Certainly, he realizes that a selection of Shapiro would be a ploy to shift the narrative on a state the Democrats are losing their grip on, and one Harris is a substantially worse fit for than even “Scranton Joe” was.

So, what do you do?  Pit the warring factions of the Democrat Party against one another, that’s what.  The Democrat coalition has always been nothing if not ironic.  Here are some examples:

·      Democrats protected and enshrined slavery yet receive roughly 90% of the votes of black Americans.

·      Democrats have wielded Islamophobia as a persistent attack against GOP immigration hawks, pushing Muslims heavily in their favor, and have also retained the overwhelming vote of gays, whose counterparts are frequently thrown from rooftops in Islamic countries.

·      Democrats are supported by Jewish Americans at a minimum rate of 2:1, while a substantial portion of their grassroots are Palestine-or-bust and rabid Jew haters who chant death to Israel and make jokes about gas chambers.  This would be like Republican rallies displaying racist paraphernalia and hosting demonstrations demanding the reinstitution of slavery, and then receiving a majority of the black vote.

I remain committed to my own worldview, and that is to let other nations worry about their own affairs, including war and peace, economics, and any other political issue without expecting Americans to pay the freight, die in pointless wars, or sacrifice the attention of our elected officials for their gain. I’ve been called an anti-Semite for not embracing the view that the GOP should bend over backward for other countries like Ukraine, or Israel, who spends more than almost any other nation on earth as a share of GDP on defense to cover a land mass the size of New Jersey, and who has nukes, who knew about the 10/7 attacks beforehand but now gets $26 billion that our government refuses to spend on defending our borders or fixing our problems.  I support the freedom of religion for all, and do not discriminate on immutable characteristics like race or ethnicity.  I am simply tired of identity politics, even when it comes from “our own side.”

But do you know who the rabid anti-Semites are?

 
Now, let me again make something clear.  Americans, including those in support of Palestine, have a right to free speech and peaceful assembly and should not be threatened by any foreign government for exercising it, as has been done.  There is a valid argument and discussion to be had about the motives of the retaliation, particularly the extent and duration, for the 10/7 attacks, just as there were and are many outstanding discussions required regarding the years immediately following 9/11 and the actions taken by our chain of command.  But that doesn’t mean that the people pictured above, who will be attending the Democrat National Convention next month and making the 1968 edition appear like a time of unity and togetherness, aren’t rabid Jew haters.  They are.

And the left-wing media know this and realize it is enough to create major friction among an already splintered Democrat base.  Some believe that even if Shapiro were to tip Pennsylvania to Harris in a quasi-election, he would create so much animosity among the pro-Palestinian Democrat faction that they would cost her Michigan and potentially Minnesota.  So, what did Trump do?  He put the issue front and center.

Netanyahu traveling to America to meet with Trump, who isn’t in office while Harris is in office as V.P. and returning home after only one meeting would have left the impression that Harris was rudderless, sinking, and only keeping Trump’s spot warm – neither perceived as the second highest-ranking official in the land nor as the future President.  She had no choice, given that the media are doing all it can to prop her up this week, but to meet with another world leader who is currently embroiled in a major conflict with massive geopolitical implications.

What are the immediate impacts?

1)        Harris, in the face of all the demonstrations against Netanyahu and Israel, is left with no other choice but to enrage the pro-Palestinian factions to host Netanyahu on the tail end of a visit Donald Trump set up to discuss world affairs.

2)        Harris, owing to that meeting, is forced to establish a position firmly opposed to the viewpoints held by a growing faction of the Democrat base, who as a reminder, are currently demonstrating in the streets around the nation against Netanyahu’s visit and the continued fighting in Gaza.

 
3)        Harris, suffering blowback from said pro-Palestinian base, is also forced to hedge her statements by saying, after the fact, that she told Netanyahu she is concerned about civilian casualties and a “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, pissing off the Jewish Democrat coalition.

4)        Harris has now been positioned between a rock and a hard place and having to serve two masters that are insatiable – the Israel lobby and the Palestine lobby.

Now, in this author’s estimation, Trump’s unconventional thinking has achieved what were probably calculated outcomes, not accidental ones.  If I am correct, this will make it extremely tough for Harris to have hosted a heavily opposed meeting with Netanyahu on the very week she is trying to rebrand, kissed Israel’s ass, then turned around and kissed Palestine’s ass, and then turn back around in the next few weeks and try to nominate Josh Shapiro for Vice President.

Shapiro is a staunch Zionist who has been vocal against campus demonstrations in support of Palestine, whose nomination as Vice President (also known as the guy who is a heartbeat away from becoming President) would almost certainly incite rioting next month at the DNC in…you guessed it, Chicago.  It would make 1968 look absolutely blissful, indeed.  I suspect the unfolding of foreign diplomatic relations this week was orchestrated to pit Democrat factions against one another in a very conspicuous way leading up to the convention, and has the added impact of highlighting a potential political albatross for Harris and freeing up the road to tackle the Keystone State and its 19 electoral votes – and I think I know exactly who saw this coming…

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