Diana West: 'This is not a Legitimate Presidency; it's a Government by Fear which is the Essence of the Totalitarian System' (Exclusive) 

On September 1^st, President Biden stood on a stage at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall and delivered what is now known as his “red wall” speech. Flanked by two U.S. marines, with the backdrop bathed in ominous deep blood red light, it was reminiscent of a horror show more than an address to a heavily divided nation from the seat of American freedom and independence. 

“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” said Biden. “Now, I want to be very clear — very clear up front: Not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology. But there is no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country.

“And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election. And they’re working right now, as I speak, in state after state to give the power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself.” 

Even mainstream liberal media called the President out on the setting, the use of the military, and his message, which in one stroke demonized any voter who does not vote for the liberal left and certainly all those who identify as MAGA Republicans. 

Diana West, a widely syndicated columnist, former CNN contributor, best-selling author, and Yale graduate, has much to say about the “battle for the soul of a nation” speech. She recently shared her perspective in an exclusive interview with RAIR Foundation USA. 

“We can look at the rhetoric of this speech, which was disgraceful, but I think that what we are really looking at is the endless assault against Americans by the UniParty. By that, I mean The Establishment – Republicans and Democrats – and their goal to destroy America.” 

 Biden’s speech captured attention due to its strange red backdrop and military presence – somehow redolent of Maoist China and his Little Red Book – but also because of the divisive message he shared. “It was a sinister speech and dangerous because it’s demonizing a sector of lawful citizenry of the U.S. It also seemed like there was a lot of messaging going on to the rest of the world,” said West. 

When Biden made this speech and referred to “violent MAGA Republicans,” he was referring to the January 6^th protestors. “When you take a step back, this is an attempt to demonize the lawful President and his followers,” says West, “because this is not a legitimate presidency. It’s a travesty that this person occupies the White House. We don’t know who is in charge of this country, but it’s certainly not Biden.” 

But worse, Says West, is what has happened to January 6^th protestors. “You can’t look at this speech in a vacuum. One of the tactics of revolutionaries is to cut off context,” she says. And that is what Biden did. He demonized this group of people, despite the fact that the FBI, “the modern-day Gestapo in the USA,” says West, bragged about their extensive investigation and persecution of January 6^th defendants. “There’s now up to 1,000 and still counting. It was a day of reckoning.” 

What so many people don’t understand, according to West, is that Congress paused the electoral college count for Biden to be the victor because there were so many state legislators who were officially asking Congress to pause the ratification of that count. 

“There are scores of people in pre-trial detention in conditions that resemble a Soviet Gulag,” says West. “Jeffrey McKellop, a 22-year military veteran, has been in prison for 18 months before trial, most of it in solitary confinement. That is a human rights catastrophe.” 

There is, even in America, the Nelson Mandela rule, which states that no prisoner can be kept in solitary confinement for more than 15 days. But solitary confinement, along with many other abuses of rights, such as harassment by jail guards, preparations for trial being seized by jail guards, and discrimination according to vaccination status, are commonplace. “This is an intense human rights catastrophe in the shadow of the Capitol. It’s a shame and a travesty. And it’s being done to end political freedom. We are at the mercy of the state,” said West. “But this is just the tip of the spear. They are being martyred to intimidate everyone else. There is now a very large group of people who are frightened. This is government by fear which is the essence of the totalitarian system.” 

Biden has demonized a portion of the American electorate as he marches America towards totalitarianism. “The elites are the revolutionaries,” says West. “The long revolution has been a stealthy one by men with law degrees in suits. It’s a top-down revolution with subversion of institutions to seize them from within. Everything looks the same; only everything has changed. The Constitution and Bill of Rights are basically an exhibit at the National Archives. It’s not the law of the land any longer.”