A Veteran’s Thoughts

By Ski Ingram

March 2026

A masque is a form of 16th and 17th-century aristocratic entertainment in England, featuring a combination of music, dancing, singing, acting, and elaborate costumes. We know this today as a masquerade. The Democrat Party’s masquerade was exposed most recently during the State of the Union Address on February 24th. It is so plain to me that the Left hates America and Donald Trump loves America.

The Left continually states that Donald Trump and the Right are destroying democracy, when in fact we do not live in a democracy, we live in a Constitutional Republic. If we lived in a democracy, majority would be the rule. Thomas Paine famously stated, “when you want to help people, you tell the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

During the State of the Union address President Trump challenged lawmakers to stand if they believed the “first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.” To my knowledge the only Democrat to stand up was Senator John Fetterman. The rest remained seated. President Trump told those who did not stand, “You should be ashamed of yourself.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer later defended the lawmakers who stayed seated, stating their disagreement was “legitimate and right” because they believe the President’s policies are not actually protecting Americans.

Schumer’s statement was not a surprise; the Democrats have proven over and over again that they do not have America’s best interests in mind. They have proven it by continuing to lie about Russian collusion, the January 6th demonstration, and saying that the SAVE act will prevent women and minorities from voting. They call it Jim Crow 2.0, when they were in fact the ones who promoted Jim Crow from 1876 until 1965 in order to prevent Blacks from voting.

Here are more examples of how the Left has tried to destroy what they call democracy. They still want to cancel the police and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). They continue to report that members of ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old boy when in fact it was the child’s father who abandoned his son in order to escape ICE custody. During Covid they spied on members of the PTA, they closed churches in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution, they spied on Republican members of Congress and attempted numerous times to put Donald Trump in prison with no evidence that he did anything wrong. Let’s not forget they impeached Trump twice for supposed wrongdoings that were murky at best.

Thomas Paine stated, “our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.”  Henry Louis Mencken, an American journalist, satirist, and scholar (1880–1956) reminded us that “the urge to save humanity is almost always a false face for the urge to rule us.” What better way to become our rulers than to convince people that America is not worth our allegiance, that our founding fathers were not men to be honored because they did not abolish slavery, that we were not built on Judeo-Christian principles, and that illegal aliens, those who sneak into the country, should receive all of the rights and benefits that belong to every American citizen.

James Madison told us that “the future and success of America is not in the Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”  Adlai Stevenson said, “My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” Are we really free if they cancel us because we don’t agree with them? I think not.

There’s a radio show from the 30’s and 40’s called The Shadow. Its tag line is “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of man, the Shadow knows.” After watching the State of the Union Address, I think I know what’s lurks in the hearts of Democrats.

Ski Ingram is a combat veteran and a patriot who can be reached at: Ski@Skiingram.com  Or www.Skiingram.com