Politicians think they know better than We the People. They're smarter, richer, and (apparently) better able to keep themselves from getting COVID.
How else can we interpret the hypocritical actions of so many of our political class? Convention of States endorser Ben Shapiro included a great rundown of the most recent hypocrisy in his latest op-ed for The Daily Wire:
LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining … and then went to an outdoor restaurant later that evening. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is currently locking down some 33 million citizens but had no problem eating indoors with members of the California Medical Association at The French Laundry. Mayor London Breed of San Francisco ate at that same posh restaurant the next day. Austin Mayor Steve Adler told his constituents “stay home if you can” in a Facebook video filmed from his vacation timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, where he’d just headed with seven others after a wedding in Austin. Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago got her hair cut and called it an “essential” business activity while promoting lockdown. Gov. Andrew Cuomo told everybody to stay home for Thanksgiving and then announced he would be getting together with his daughters and his 89-year-old mother, only to then reverse himself.
These politicians are flouting their own rules even while imposing some of the strictest lockdown measures in the nation. They're operating at the local and state levels, which gives We the People more power to vote them out or demand different policies (as we saw during the Open the States movement). But what happens when this attitude and these policies go national?
President Trump refused to succumb to the lockdown advocates pushing him to impose mask mandates and stay-at-home orders. But a possible Biden administration will have no such qualms. He'll do everything in his power to take the COVID lockdowns from coast to coast, and we can't trust Congress or the Supreme Court to hold him in check.
What can We the People do? Our most powerful tool is found in Article V of the Constitution. Article V allows the people and the states to call a "convention for proposing amendments." At this Convention of States, the states can propose constitutional amendments that effectively, safely, and permanently limit the power of the federal government.
These amendments can bolster the separation between state and federal power, clarifying the limited authority of Washington to impose COVID mandates. Amendments can also limit how much Congress can spend and limit how long our politicians can be in D.C. This complete package of amendments will go a long way towards holding the federal government in check and ensuring We the People retain control of our country's future.
Nearly five million Americans have voiced their support and another 1.8 million have signed the Convention of States Petition. Add your name to the list and get in the fight!
