The Timeline They Never Wanted You to See.
by
Michael McCune
This is written as a timeline, not an argument.
Because when events are placed in the order they actually happened, intent becomes clearer than rhetoric.
What was said in 2015.
What was assumed would happen in 2016–2017.
What changed when that plan failed.
How legitimacy attacks began.
How COVID became a testing ground for fear, moral pressure, and control.
And why the same strategy is being reused now — with the midterms approaching.
This isn’t about minimizing tragedy.
It’s about exposing how crisis was leveraged, how morality replaced policy, and how accusation became a substitute for persuasion.
Read this not as left vs right,
but as cause → effect → consequence.
Once you see the sequence, you can’t unsee it.
𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 — 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐍’𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍
There are only two ways to win an election in America.
You either present policies the American people can rally behind, or — when you don’t have those policies — you destroy the moral character of your opponent so voters feel guilty supporting him.
Right now, Democrats are operating entirely in the second category. And once you understand why, everything else suddenly makes sense.
𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓
In 2015, while serving as Vice President, Joe Biden made a statement that today explains far more than most people realize.
“An unrelenting stream of immigration. Nonstop, nonstop… for the first time in 2017 we’ll be an absolute minority in the United States of America… That’s not a bad thing. That’s a source of our strength.”
That wasn’t a gaffe. That was intent.
And the timing matters.
𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕
At the time, Hillary Clinton was widely viewed as a guaranteed winner of the 2016 election.
The political class believed the outcome was settled.
So Biden didn’t say “someday.” He said 2017.
Because the assumption was simple:
Hillary wins in 2016.
Borders accelerate.
Demographic change continues uninterrupted.
They spoke openly because they believed
the decision had already been made.
What they didn’t account for was Donald Trump.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆
Trump didn’t just win an election.
He interrupted a trajectory.
Borders that were meant to dissolve were secured.
Policies meant to advance quietly were stopped.
Assumptions collapsed.
And when Hillary Clinton lost, something unprecedented happened.
Instead of recalibrating policy, she challenged the legitimacy of the election itself, calling Trump an “illegitimate president.”
That moment matters.
Because once legitimacy is attacked,
morality becomes the next weapon.
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐒, 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑
If a president is “illegitimate,” his character must be corrupt.
If his character is corrupt, opposing him becomes a moral duty.
If opposing him is a moral duty, facts no longer matter.
That’s how:
• policy debate disappeared
• accusations replaced arguments
• and “threat to democracy” became the catch-all narrative
Not because new evidence appeared —
but because the original plan failed.
𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐘𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐘
America has never elected saints.
Some of our most consequential presidents — from Thomas Jefferson to Bill Clinton — committed adultery by today’s moral standards.
That is not praise. It is fact.
But here’s the question modern moralizers refuse to answer:
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧?
No Declaration of Independence.
No foundation for natural rights.
No philosophical backbone for the Constitution.
History does not excuse moral failure —
but it does not erase achievement because of it.
Both truths can exist at the same time.
𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 & 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓
Before going any further, let me be clear:
People died.
Families lost loved ones.
That suffering was real.
This is not about minimizing death.
It’s about exposing how that tragedy was taken advantage of.
COVID became the testing ground.
The disease was real — but so were the numbers:
• Approximately 99.6% of Americans survived
• Nearly all children survived
Yet fear wasn’t calibrated to risk.
Because fear wasn’t being used primarily to protect people. It was being used to condition behavior.
Fear isn’t about safety. It’s about compliance.
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐎𝐍𝐄: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑
Fear came first.
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐓𝐖𝐎: 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘
Would Americans wear a mask?
How about two? Three?
Then the deeper test:
Could they convince some Americans they were morally superior, and turn them against those who refused?
They succeeded.
Families were divided.
Parents against children.
Neighbors against neighbors.
Those who complied were “good people.”
Those who questioned were “dangerous.”
Not wrong. Not mistaken. Immoral.
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄: 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐄 𝐏𝐔𝐒𝐇?
Then came the ultimate test.
The vaccine.
Not persuasion. Not debate. Mandate.
“Take it — or lose your job.”
That was the moment.
Because for the first time, America pushed back.
And panic set in.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆
They believed:
• control was permanent
• resistance was broken
• Trump was finished
They were wrong.
But they weren’t ready to relinquish control.
𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓
They couldn’t sell their policies.
They couldn’t defend their outcomes.
But they knew something else.
They still had about half the country emotionally conditioned.
So once again they turned to:
• fear
• moral outrage
• character assassination
• “threat to democracy”
Because it doesn’t require public support.
Only repetition.
𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖
Midterms are approaching.
Policies are exposed.
Results can be compared.
And instead of answers, you’re being offered fear again.
But now you’ve seen the pattern.
Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇
This isn’t left vs right.
It’s reason vs fear.
Policy vs projection.
Consent vs coercion.
So now that you see it —
𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.