When did “get out and vote” become a passive aggressive way of saying, “Get out and vote Democrat”?
Liberals and leftists have commandeered the phrase, and all of a sudden what used to be a civic duty has become a condemnation against those who plan to vote Republican on November 6. A photo on my Facebook newsfeed of an “I voted!” sticker accompanied with the caption, “Change is up to YOU!!” was the first thing I woke up to this morning. That, and a whole host of other posts declaring that my so-called friends had voted in the “blue wave” that has slowed to what seems like more of a trickle these past few weeks.
I did not see one post from a Republican voter. Why? Because being Republican simply isn’t following the trend. That’s not what people mean when they say, “Get out and vote.” You are voting, but you missed the point, according to the Left.
The call to vote by celebrities, TV hosts, comedians, and others has been a sham. They don’t want the average American to vote, and they don’t want to see a MAGA supporter in the voting booth. To them, a true voter is a blue voter. And you simply don’t count if you think the current administration has done anything right.
After the Kavanaugh debacle, when leftists tried to destroy a man with no credible evidence against him, Republicans didn’t need a verbal call to action. We had seen what the Left could do, and we didn’t need a celebrity to tell us we needed “change.”
We who find it important to vote but don’t or can’t declare it to the world for fear of personal or professional repercussions choose to vote in silence. We do our civic duty and fight the idea that our vote only counts if it’s blue.
So go ahead. “Get out and vote.”