Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Donald Trump is talking about nationalizing our elections. He wants to do this for himself. It will backfire. He cannot run for President again. He has served two terms. Even if he is impeached next year and forced from office, he will have finished a term and a half, or, for his benefit and others as stupid as he is, six years.

That makes him ineligible for another run, according to the 22^nd Amendment of the Constitution, which is currently Federal law. The only exceptions were for those in office while the states ratified that document. Two Presidents wanted to run for a third term, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, but could find no legal way to do so.

President Trump has discussed invoking martial law and attempting to overthrow our entire Constitution by declaring a state of emergency. I believe this is why he wants Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as our military and National Guard units, deployed in Democratically controlled states.

No one in the administration where these discussions have been conducted seems to want to admit that this is what he is doing. When his opponents, both of his own party and others, question his intentions, he makes excuses. This reminds me of what Adolf Hitler and other dictators have done elsewhere.

Probably in 2028, the chance of a Republican winning is slim. I don’t think we need either a Democrat or a Republican. They are the ones regularly shutting down our government. They have done this for more than twenty years. It is only getting worse. Twice during the Trump Presidency, it has occurred.

The President wants control of the elections so that he won’t have to worry about losing again. He still claims that he won in 2020 even though there is no legitimate authority that has ever supported his claims. The only ones who believe him are those who killed a security guard, destroyed federal property, attempted to overthrow a legal election, and received pardons from him.

Why is he wrong, once again? The thirteen colonies under England joined together to gain freedom to choose for themselves. They formed an organization that is now referred to as a country. Something that each of these thirteen states wanted was sovereignty. This was once referred to as States Rights. During my lifetime, our system of Constitutional checks and balances has been challenged by all three branches of our government.

My freshman civics teacher taught us that the legislative, executive, and judicial branches were established in our Constitution to stop any of these bodies from becoming despotic. Donald Trump’s appointments to the Supreme Court have restored the balance there.

Now he wants Congress to turn a blind eye, as they have been, thanks to a Republican majority in both houses. In November, we can stop this. Trump is being stopped by our judiciary from overthrowing the Constitution. He tries to accomplish this by executive orders. Congress and our courts must stop tyrants.

Thomas Jefferson and others wrote that this document gave us the right to overthrow our government every four years. That remains our privilege. At least until they are re-elected and can change our laws and Constitution to suit them. Every Congressperson must be defeated. As well as every Senator who is up for a new term.

The Federal government is not our only adversary. State legislators who are adjoined to political parties that want to control We The People must be stopped as well. I am calling on those of you who are young enough to run as non-Partisan candidates for every office in this nation.

I am talking about local, state, and national positions. There are those in the Missouri legislature who want to prevent the citizens of Springfield from voting against policies that we find to be bad for our communities. Even some of our local officials support this. We will stop this here in Missouri.

Throw out those who want Donald Trump or anyone else to run your lives as they see fit. We have a constitution in each state and on the federal level to stop them. These must be upheld and reinforced against the oppression that threatens us today. Tell all of them, “You are fired.”

©Copyright 2026 by Charles Kensinger