Dan Gainor: Liberal media attack Constitution and democratic institutions

On Memorial Day weekend, it’s important to recall not just the members of the military[1] who gave their lives protect and preserve our nation. It’s also essential that we honor the institutions they protected.President Trump[2] isn’t the big danger to those institutions, no matter how much the news media claim he is. The people who most want to undermine the United States are on the left – and the liberal news media are helping them. Liberals are attacking our Constitution, Supreme Court, bicameral legislature and our very electoral system.It’s understandable that both political parties try to work government to their advantage. This is different. It’s a concerted effort to manipulate key parts of our government so the left wins. It’s not just a few statues drawing protests, or Democratic candidates bashing Thomas Jefferson. The entire American experiment is at risk.CNN NOW THE 'HATE TRUMP' NETWORK, EX-CONTRIBUTORS SAY: NETWORK 'OPENLY DESPISES CONSERVATIVES'[3]Claims that key constitutional rights – especially the First and Second Amendments – must be restricted are now commonplace in the press. How we vote and the government we vote for all must be modified, according to many in the liberal media.It begins with the founding documents. The left started tearing at the Constitution even during the administration of President Barack Obama.Vox Editor Ezra Klein, then with The Washington Post, mocked the Constitution as “confusing” “because it was written more than 100 years ago.”Newsweek's Ben Adler was equally critical of the “dangerous” idea that all bills must be approved as constitutional before they can be voted on.Fast forward to present day and there is a new rationale – to get President Trump.MSNBC has a particular bent to undo parts of the Constitution. “Morning Joe” regular Mike Barnicle suggested ignoring the document, asking: “Can we rewrite the Constitution and have another

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