The latest clip making the rounds of elite late‑night and daytime television proves what conservatives have long suspected: the left’s media class is quick to trade calm analysis for apocalyptic fearmongering. On a recent episode of The View, co‑hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg warned — in the kind of breathy, theatrical tones the left reserves for doomsday scenarios — that President Trump’s moves to federalize National Guard units could be a pretext to “stop the next election.”
Dave Rubin dropped the exchange in a DM clip and rightly called attention to how casually these hosts toss around existential panic without grounding it in law or facts. Rubin’s outlets reposted the segment so Americans could judge for themselves whether Republicans are the only ones being hysterical about threats to democracy.
Here’s the reality the panic merchants ignore: the courts are doing their job. A federal judge in Oregon issued a temporary restraining order blocking the federalization of Oregon’s National Guard for now, explicitly pushing back against any federal overreach into state control of the guard. That ruling proves the system of checks and balances still functions when tempers flare and presidents push boundaries.
Meanwhile, Illinois has filed suit after the federal government began planning deployments to Chicago, and local leaders have loudly condemned any attempt to move troops into cities against a governor’s wishes. If anyone should be accused of centralizing power, it is the state officials who reflexively try to strip states or the federal government of lawful tools to protect federal property and personnel.
Let’s be clear: the president has a duty to protect federal facilities and employees when violence or credible threats arise, and lawful options — including the National Guard under narrowly defined statutes — exist for that reason. Conservatives are not cheering authoritarianism; we’re demanding that any extraordinary action be justified, legal, and transparent, not treated as a premise for late‑night theatrics.
That’s precisely why Rubin’s spotlight matters. Media elites who spend their days clapping for protests when done by their allies suddenly discover a reverence for democracy only when a Republican moves to secure federal sites. The hypocrisy is both galling and dangerous: fearmongering corrodes trust in institutions far faster than a president asserting authority under contested legal theories.
The remedy is simple and patriotic: insist on the rule of law, let courts sort disputes, and refuse to be stampeded by cable‑board operatives who peddle panic for ratings. Hardworking Americans want safety and constitutional order, not a daily soap opera where the fate of our republic is decided between commercial breaks — and the courts, not cable hosts, should remain the final arbiter of any dispute over troop deployments.
