On Christmas Day, 1776, General George Washington led 2,400 soldiers across the Delaware River. The weather was excruciatingly cold, and the troops, already exhausted by this time, had to overcome snow and ice attacks. The mission was to raid the Hessian mercenaries stationed in Trenton, New Jersey. The troops disembarked before dawn on the 26th. Previous losses at several key strategic locations had caused the soldiers to be demoralized and depressed, and everyone must have been desperate at the time, but the troops went anyway.
General Washington led the soldiers in capturing the Hessian mercenaries. Although the troops were later forced to retreat, their victory gave the Continental Army and the newly created nation hope – that they could continue to have freedom. Without this victory, it is hard to say what would have happened; without this Christmas miracle, our new nation might have stumbled, or even failed.
These lessons we learned more than two centuries ago still apply today. To continue to act, we must believe that our actions will have a big impact. If we don’t, and begin to believe that we are helpless and have no voice, nothing we do will help. The result is that we do nothing.
During the Christmas season, it is especially important for us to expect miracles: the miracle of Christ’s birth in a manger when there were no empty rooms at the inn; the miracle of Christ’s resurrection after His crucifixion; the miracle that God’s love is given to everyone by His grace and not through personal effort.
Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump‘s trade advisor, released a report Dec. 17 entitled “The Immaculate Deception: Six Key Dimensions of Election Irregularities.
Although the title is clearly a pun on the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, the report is extremely serious. It “assesses the fairness and integrity of the 2020 presidential election by examining six areas of electoral irregularities in six key battleground states.”
The report adds, “The evidence cited for this assessment includes more than fifty lawsuits and judicial decisions, thousands of affidavits and statements, testimony from state legislative testimony, analytical reports issued by think tanks and law centers, relevant videos and photographs, public opinion, and extensive news coverage.”
The 36-page report contains 148 annotations. “It can be inferred that there may have been a concerted strategy to achieve a gamble in the election to the detriment of Trump and Pence’s side.” The report states, “The fact that the pattern of election irregularities observed in this report is fairly consistent across the six battleground states suggests the existence of a coordinated strategy to strategically play the electoral process, if not steal the election, so as to tilt the playing field unfairly in favor of Biden and Harris (Hejenly).”
In my home state of Georgia, Republican Senator William Ligon, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a report last week on the testimony heard by the committee on Dec. 3. “The Nov. 3, 2020 general election was confusing and the election results were all but implausible.” In its conclusion, the report wrote, “The Secretary of State and the State Board of Elections have failed to enforce the laws enshrined in the Georgia Code and have created policies that violate state law. As Sen. Matt Brass (R-Ga.) concluded at the Dec. 3 hearing, ‘Time and time again, we heard evidence of failure to comply with state law.'”
“The Legislature should give serious consideration to its obligations under the U.S. Constitution.” In its recommendations section, the report states, “If a majority of the state legislature agrees with the findings of this report, the certification of the election results should be withdrawn and the state legislature should act to determine the appropriate electors to be certified by the Electoral College for the 2020 presidential election. Given the short time frame, the chairman and the senators who endorsed this report recommend that the Legislature’s leadership and the governor convene immediately to bring the entire Legislature to further consideration.”
The race for two U.S. Senate seats will be held in Georgia, with Election Day scheduled for Jan. 5, and “no widespread fraud” as the media continues to report. It’s easy to assume that “there’s nothing we can do as individuals about the election process. But we must not give up.
We must take action by voting, and confidently continue to demand that our elected officials ensure compliance with the law and uphold the fairness of the election. We cannot give up. We cannot give in. Take action and be confident. It’s Christmas, a time for miracles.
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