Reclaiming Our Freedom

While conservative governors and state legislatures have been resisting all along, cracks are now emerging in the left's wall of pandemic restrictions.  

Conservative Glenn Youngkin won last year's race for governor in blue Virginia in part because he insisted on returning to normal.  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) was almost defeated, and an unknown trucker did defeat the most powerful Democrat in the New Jersey legislature.

Yesterday, Murphy accepted that the tide is turning.  He announced that New Jersey's mask mandate will end on March 7th.  And Murphy wasn't alone.  Liberal governors in California, Connecticut, Delaware and Oregon made similar announcements. 

The Biden White House isn't happy.  It doubled down yesterday, insisting that states continue to follow CDC guidelines and keep kids masked up. 

I can't help but notice that provinces in Canada are easing restrictions, too. (Here and here.)  I believe the courageous truckers are winning more victories than they realize, both in Canada and here in the United States.  Students are also beginning to rebel, walking out of class in protest of mask mandates. 

I suspect some liberal governors are worried that similar protests could take off in their states.  It was very telling that Facebook acted so quickly to shut down a page devoted to a Freedom Convoy to Washington, D.C.  After all, courage is often contagious, and there are more of us than we realize. 

But our freedoms are like our physical health.  Muscles atrophy if you don't use them, and the same goes with liberty.  Use it or lose it.

If you never speak up, you're undermining the freedom of speech, surrendering your rights to the left.  If you never vote, you're undermining your freedom to choose our leaders, surrendering your power to the left. 

It wasn't that long ago when we all recognized the tremendous debt we owe truckers.  It's time to thank them again, and to stand with them as they stand for freedom.