Watch any mass media talking heads show on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NBC, ABC and the like and you will eventually see someone like Maxine Walters, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Don Lemmon, MSN, The Atlantic, VOX, Wired, etc. warning of the cataclysmic civil war Donald Trump so desperately wants. How his actions are threatening the public and crashing the economy. How he is hurting the working class. How he is endangering the elderly.
Hmmm.
Then, now that I have brought that to your attention, take a look at what is really going on and who is really doing it.
Crazed Liberals, especially those with Trump Derangement Syndrome, are attacking Jewish students; taking over college campuses in support of terrorists; torching buildings; encouraging people to dump a publicly traded commodity while causing damage to their own state’s pension system and threatening people’s jobs; damaging people’s personal property; and verbally abusing and cursing out people who do not think, look and act like them.
And then, and then you have Thursday, March 20th, 2025, when the Senate Minority Leader of the United States, Chuck Schumer, during an interview on PBS.ORG/NEWSHOUR called for civil war.
He said, and I quote, “We are mobilizing in New York. We have people going to the Republican Districts and going after these Republicans who are voting for this and forcing them to either change their vote or face the consequences. This is a long relentless fight that we fight every day, and I am confident we will bring Trump’s popularity numbers and strength down. If we keep at it, keep at it, keep at it.”
As a side note, try that out in Suffolk County and see what happens. Try that in Arizona and see what happens. As the song goes, try that in a small town and see what happens.
Is this 2025’s “shot heard around the world”? Is this the Democratic / Liberal call for civil war?
Before I get into the more serious issues with Schumer’s statement, let me point out the strategy is to “bring Trump’s popularity numbers and strength down”. Really? That’s their strategy. They have absolutely nothing on policy so they’re going after “popularity”. Wow.
Now, let’s talk about that “forcing them to either change their vote or face the consequences”. Well, that’s a violation of several Federal Laws and I didn’t bother looking up New York’s laws as they are probably even stricter.
I imagine these are some of the illegal things the Democrats / Liberals plan on or are actually doing: violent or physical acts; improperly following, monitoring, harassing, or surveilling voters at polling places; actual or threatened publication of voters’ personal information; phone and physical canvassing that try to interrogate people about their voting status and history; baseless voter challenges, particularly those that target Republican voters.
Fortunately, we have protections against Chuck Schumer’s thugs. On the civil side we have the following provisions regarding protections against anti-intimidation:
Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10307(b): prohibits actual or attempted “intimidation,” “threats,” or “coercion” against a person “for voting or attempting to vote” or “for urging or aiding any person to vote or attempt to vote.” No showing of intent to intimidate is required so long as the behavior has the effect of intimidating voters.
Section 131(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, 52 U.S.C. § 10101(b): prohibits actual or attempted “intimidation,” “threats,” or “coercion” with the purpose of interfering with a person’s right to vote in federal elections.
Section 1 of the Enforcement Act of 1871 (“Ku Klux Klan Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 1983: prohibits any state official from violating the constitutional rights of any person, including the right to vote, the right to equal protection, and the right to due process.
Section 2 of the Enforcement Act of 1871 (“Ku Klux Klan Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 1985(1): prohibits two or more persons from conspiring to use “force, intimidation, or threat” to prevent a person from “discharging any duties” related to administering a federal election.
Section 2 of the Enforcement Act of 1871 (“Ku Klux Klan Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3): prohibits two or more persons from conspiring to use “force, intimidation, or threat” to deprive a person of equal protection, to hinder state officials in securing equal protection for others, or to prevent voters from engaging in lawful activity related to voting in federal elections.
And for all the allegations that Trump is a racist, a Nazi, a KKK sympathizer I find it ironic the Liberal / Democratic behavior is subject to prosecution because of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.
On the criminal side of the issue, we note the penalties for doing what Chuck Schumer says is being done:
Section 12 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 52 U.S.C. § 20511(1)(A): provides criminal penalties for “knowing” and “willful” actual or attempted intimidation, threats, or coercion against any person registering to vote, voting, or attempting to register or vote. It also protects those who urge or aid any person to do the same.
18 U.S.C. § 241: provides criminal penalties for any person who conspires with another to intimidate any person exercising a constitutional right, including the right to vote.
18 U.S.C. § 242: provides criminal penalties for a state official who willfully subjects a citizen to the deprivation of a constitutional right, including the right to vote.
18 U.S.C. § 594: provides criminal penalties for any person who intimidates or attempts to intimidate voters with the purpose of interfering with their right to vote.
52 U.S.C. § 10308(a): provides criminal penalties for any person who deprives or conspires to deprive a voter of their right to vote.
18 U.S.C. § 875(c): provides criminal penalties for any person who threatens to injure another person using methods of interstate communication.
So, what can you do? First, know what people at the polls can and cannot do, especially poll monitors.
Poll monitors can be inside the polling place, but they are limits to the numbers. Pollbooks can be inspected, and poll monitors CAN challenge the qualifications of voters. Unofficial and self-proclaimed or designated election “observers” are not permitted inside a polling place. Poll monitors CANNOT go inside an enclosed voting booth / machine; interact with voters (unless the voter needs help with the mechanics of the machine).
Further, if any voting thug, on EITHER side tries to intimate you, you can report them to:
The Election Protection Hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE or 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA for Spanish speakers.
The U.S. Department of Justice Voting Rights Hotline 800-253-3931.
Call your local County Clerk, your local Elections Commissioner, State Board of Elections, or local officials.
Kevin Driscoll 