By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
The recent Wall Street Journal report, “How Biden’s White House Functioned With a Diminished President,” is more than an exposé – it is a damning indictment of corruption, deceit and betrayal that strikes at the very foundation of our democracy.
From the moment Joe Biden took office, it has become increasingly clear that he lacked the executive function necessary to lead this nation. The Democratic Party knew it. The media knew it. Yet, instead of confronting the truth, they colluded to hide it. This is not just negligence — it is fraud.
The mainstream media, tasked with holding power accountable, transformed into a public relations arm of the Democratic Party. For years, they gaslit the American public, dismissing concerns about Biden’s mental acuity as baseless right-wing conspiracy theories. They silenced whistleblowers, refused to ask hard questions and outright mocked those who dared to express doubts about his fitness for office.
Journalistic integrity was abandoned in favor of partisan protection. While journalists buried real stories of cognitive decline, they peddled outright lies about President Trump’s mental health, weaponized terms like “insurrection” and framed Republicans as threats to democracy. Now we see the truth laid bare: the real threat came from within — their lies, their cover-ups and their manipulation.
What does it mean for the United States to have a Commander-in-Chief incapable of making sound decisions?
Every executive order, every foreign policy move, every economic strategy signed off by Biden is now shrouded in illegitimacy.
Who was really pulling the strings?
Who decided the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 American service members dead?
Who approved the reckless spending that has driven inflation to historic highs?
Who allowed our southern border to collapse, permitting a flood of illegal immigration and fentanyl deaths?
The consequences of this shadow governance are catastrophic. If Biden was not the decision-maker, then unelected aides and political operatives were running the country. This is a direct assault on the democratic process — one far worse than any accusation ever lobbed against Republicans. Americans were sold a puppet presidency, and the damage cannot be undone.
The incompetence of Biden’s administration has sent shockwaves through every sector of American life. National security has been compromised as allies question America’s reliability and adversaries like China and Russia grow emboldened. Economically, skyrocketing inflation and energy dependence have gutted middle-class families.
Public trust in government has cratered as scandals pile up with no accountability. The damage doesn’t stop there. Biden’s presidency has empowered unelected bureaucrats to push policies that Americans never voted for. These figures — hidden from scrutiny — have shaped everything from education to energy policy, all while the media cheered them on and silenced dissent.
This report forces us to ask the question the Democrats never want to answer: Who was really running the country while Biden occupied the Oval Office? Was it Jill Biden, unelected and unaccountable? Was it Chief of Staff Ron Klain or other handlers working behind the scenes? Or was it corporate donors, global elites and special interest groups pulling the strings? This is not some wild conspiracy — it is a necessary inquiry that every American, regardless of party, deserves an answer to.
The irony is as grotesque as it is infuriating. The same party that accused Republicans of staging a coup, of being insurrectionists, and of questioning election legitimacy has now been caught perpetrating the most insidious fraud of all. They stole the faith and trust of the American people by knowingly installing a president unfit to govern and covering it up with propaganda and lies.
For years, Democrats projected their own sins onto Republicans. They cried “threat to democracy” while hiding their own attempts to intentionally and willfully undermine it. They decried election deniers while orchestrating narratives that deflected from their own corrupt practices. They labeled Republicans as fascists while governing with the opacity and arrogance of authoritarians.
The Biden administration’s deception is the culmination of this pattern — a pattern that reveals the Democrats as the true authors of democratic decay. Their weaponization of institutions like the FBI and DOJ, their censorship campaigns with Big Tech, and their refusal to investigate scandals within their own ranks speak to a party that has embraced corruption as a political strategy.
This cannot stand.
America deserves answers, and it deserves justice. There must be investigations – not superficial hearings, but full-scale inquiries with subpoenas, criminal charges, prosecution, and imprisonment where warranted. Those who knowingly lied to the American people, whether in the White House or in the press, must be exposed and held accountable.
The time for civility toward those who undermined our republic is over. We must demand transparency, integrity and reforms that prevent this level of deceit from ever happening again. Democracy is not sustained by lies, but by truth — a truth that has been denied to us for far too long.
The revelations about Biden’s mental decline and the deceit used to prop him up mark one of the greatest betrayals in the whole of American political history. The Democratic Party’s actions demonstrate a willingness to sacrifice democracy itself to maintain power. The media’s complicity reveals a press corps that abandoned its duty to inform and instead chose to indoctrinate.
We cannot allow this to fade into another news cycle. The American people deserve leaders who govern with honesty and strength — not puppets whose strings are pulled in the shadows. This moment must serve as a reckoning — a turning point to reclaim the values of transparency and accountability that define our republic.
Who was really in charge? The answer to that question may shake this nation to its core, but we must demand it nonetheless. The future of our nation depends on it.
This administration has not only failed us — it has betrayed us, and history will remember it as the most disastrous and deceitful presidency of our lifetime.
C. J. Garbo is a cyber security executive for a global technology solutions company and a native of Colorado, holding a bachelor’s in political science from Metropolitan State University of Denver, and a master’s in human resource management from Regis University. He is the vice chair of the Douglas County Planning Commission and the senior legislative aide to Representative-elect Max Brooks of House District 45. CJ is also a 15-year former law enforcement veteran. He has worked on local campaigns, and as campaign manager for Joe Andujo (District 8, U.S. House) and Greg Lopez (governor). Additionally, he is a former chair of the Douglas County Young Republicans.
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