It’s July 4th, so that means we will get a series of hot takes from Democrats talking about how awful the country is. It has been a common practice to condemn the nation they have given so much, some more openly than others.
And while Joe Biden isn’t allowing fireworks at Mt. Rushmore for the second year in a row because he’s a petty old man, Democrat Senate candidates are holding events with no such concern. Lt. Governor is one of these candidates. Mandela Barnes (D-WI), and a video of him calling the founding of America “awful” is now going viral.
America’s independence day is celebrated by Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor.@TheOtherMandela() wants you to be aware that the “founding of this nation” [was] terrible.” pic.twitter.com/64ZokLBmkX
— Dan O’Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) July 3, 2022
It’s a wonderful message that you can enjoy this Fourth. I’m sure this is going to help Barnes greatly in his already uphill battle to unseat Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin. This is a great example of how politicians can think that they’re winning people over by using such tactics.
It is true that the founding of America did not exclude some of the most moral and evil aspects of society. Still, I don’t think it’s crazy to suggest that shouldn’t be your message when speaking of its inception, and it certainly shouldn’t be as a precursor to Independence Day. It is a terrible thing that this country is experiencing right now, including the legalization of killing infants until they are born in many Democrat-led countries.
Even though it is flawed, I find the nation to be worthy of celebration. The fact that slavery existed in 1776 is not a reason to call the founding itself “awful,” and doing so just comes across as ungrateful and tone-deaf.
With all that said, I believe you could make a convincing case that Barnes was simply addressing only the institution of slavery and didn’t actually mean the founding itself when he made his statement. That’s why I found his explanation after the fact worse than the original comment.
To me, Democrats’ ability to simultaneously condemn slavery and advocate for the killing of babies is absurd. pic.twitter.com/OrnHCIWmHr
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 4, 2022
This cognitive dissonance can be quite astonishing. We see Barnes, via a spokesperson, defend his remarks by claiming he was referring to slavery and, then, in the same breath, defend killing babies. And to be clear, Barnes’ views are extreme, as he supports essentially no limits on abortion.
I don’t think I’m out of bounds to suggest that you lose the moral high ground to keep using the long-ended (in the United States) institution of slavery as a political talking point if you can’t even be counted on to protect the current humanity of children. Barnes, a hypocrite who deplores the history of stripping personhood from one group and promotes stripping other people of that same thing just because it suits his politics.
So while calling the founding of America “awful” was not a good look, Barnes’ response shows how truly depraved he is. You can’t call yourself a champion for justice, trying to gain power by doing so, while at the same time denying basic rights to the unborn. This is a sham, no matter how many Democrats attempt to string the needle.
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