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This opinion column was written by Rob Anderson with ReformClarkCounty.com.
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Last weekend, Clark County witnessed one of the more successful events ever organized
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by the socialists in our area.
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I'll be honest, even though I believe Marxism in all its forms is antithetical to our
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constitutional republic, I have to give them props.
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Indivisible Greater Vancouver, or IGV and its offshoots, are very well organized, well
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funded and highly active in the county, but let's be clear, IGV wants you to think
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they're all about no kings, since that's what put them on the map.
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Fomenting hatred against the president is obviously politically useful, but don't forget this
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same group tried to whip everyone into a frenzy over free Palestine, which conveniently morphed
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into protesting the Iran operation before pivoting back to no kings this last weekend.
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Make no mistake, this isn't some spontaneous local grassroots organization.
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The fact that they all picked last Saturday, the exact same day as coordinated events across
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the country, is no coincidence.
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The National Indivisible Leadership is funded by the Democratic Socialists of America and
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the usual progressive suspects.
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While local chapters have their own supporters and funders, the overall effort is being orchestrated
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by socialists looking to build revolutionary momentum now and especially for the 2026 elections.
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On Saturday, signs supporting Antifa were visible and IGV works closely with known Antifa
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The most prominent banner over the stage read, Stop Fascism.
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Signs for the Democratic Socialists of America were proudly displayed.
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They are the driving force behind this movement.
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They have always been experts at exploiting vulnerable people and stoking social strife.
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They are clearly taking advantage of the many folks, mostly Democrats, but some independents
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and Republicans who are suffering from a bad case of Trump derangement syndrome or TDS.
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IGV is strategically exploiting those who have lost their way because of it.
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Their latest prize was Front and Center on Saturday.
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Clark County auditor Greg Kimsey served as a keynote speaker.
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An elected nonpartisan auditor who took an oath to uphold the Constitution, paid by taxpayers
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stood on stage criticizing the president.
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The chief executive of that very Constitution, he swore an oath to defend and even seemed
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to speak against his own office.
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After 25 years in power, he led the crowd enchanting that the power of the people is greater
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than those in power, like himself.
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The crowd weakly echoed it back, perhaps noticing the obvious hypocrisy.
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I'm sure the socialists were smiling, happy to trot out their latest useful idiot.
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A term coined by Lenin to describe people who unwittingly support harmful agendas.
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The problem Clark County residents should now wrestle with is this.
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Do we really want an auditor dragging his office into the gutter of partisan politics?
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What are the appropriate repercussions for such a degradation of public trust?
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I wish I had been feeling better.
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I'm still recovering from surgery because I would have set up a booth or large sign that
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said, Stalin is proud of you today.
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After all, Stalin was also a democratic socialist who mastered the art of organizing the masses
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to feed his never-ending thirst for political power, which led to millions suffering and
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IGV seems eager to follow in those footsteps.
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Nobody has exploited the masses more effectively to consolidate power and history shows exactly
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where that road leads.
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But for some reason, many seem eager to think this time it will work out differently.
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However, one thing is even clearer.
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If Republicans, Independents, and Moderate Democrats who haven't succumbed to Marxism,
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unlike Auditor Kimsey, don't respond and counter this movement, elections will be
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lost, and worse yet, more freedoms and property, your income will continue to be claimed in
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the name of government spending will be hollowed out.
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Because Marxism and a true constitutional republic cannot coexist, one will extinguish
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the other, which one prevails will be up to you and me and what we do in this moment
