An Insurgency By All Accounts And Definition

Allen West - July 11, 2025

The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) declares federal law to be the supreme law of the land, binding state courts and superseding conflicting state laws.

Insurgency (Noun): An active revolt or uprising; a movement within a country dedicated to overthrowing the government, a rebellion.

This past week, as we celebrated our 249th American Independence Day, progressive socialist leftists were continuing their insurgency across our United States of America. Now, there may be those who would say that America began as an insurgency movement, and you would be correct. However, upon reading the entire Declaration of Independence, one can ascertain the usurpations and grievances that the American colonists had against the British monarchy, which had grown into an imperial tyranny. Unfortunately, there are quite a few delusional and deranged individuals who would debate that they are also living under tyranny. That, my friends, is laughable. The progressive socialist leftists should take a gander at the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, our rule of law, which I referenced above. It is not tyranny when the federal government operates under the Supremacy Clause as it states, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States (federal government) which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States (federal government), shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby; any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

Leftists may not like the fact that the Trump administration is doing its Constitutional duty of protecting the national sovereignty of these United States of America. They obviously prefer the unconstitutional and lawlessness of the previous “autopen” administration and their felonious and treasonous opening of our borders to illegal immigrants, terrorists, and those of a criminal element. Now, the U.S. Constitution grants the right to peaceably assemble and to redress one’s grievances to the government; rights born out of the grievances presented in the Declaration of Independence. However, the Constitution does not grant the right to enact violence against duly appointed law enforcement officers, federal, state, or local, who are enforcing the law. And once again, the Trump administration is acting “in Pursuance thereof” to the Constitution and therefore acting in accordance with the rule of law, which is supreme.

So, when leftists decide that they are going to conduct ambushes of federal law enforcement officers, “dox” them in order to expose them (and even their families) to attacks and use armed insurrection to attack federal government facilities, that is not a constitutional right. By all intents, purposes, accounts, and definitions, it is an insurgency and is unconstitutional and unlawful.

There were two recent attacks against Department of Homeland Security facilities here in Texas. One was in the border city of McAllen, where an armed assailant, dressed in tactical gear, opened fire. The other incident was a planned ambush at the Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas, just about an hour southwest from me along US Hwy 67. I have often ridden my motorcycle through Alvarado on my way to Cleburne or Glen Rose. This ambush operation in Alvarado involved 11 armed assailants with tactical gear and communications devices.

The time has come to take these incidents seriously, and that means prosecution to the fullest extent. I think we remember the insidious response of the left to the January 6th incident, where the only person shot was an unarmed female. The leftists decried this as an insurrection, albeit not a single person was armed. Individuals were rounded up, their constitutional and due process rights violated, and they were dispatched to the DC Gulag, where they underwent inconceivable abuse. Therefore, by the very definition of leftists, this is an insurrection and should be treated as such. Leftist politicians who are fomenting this violence should be held accountable. Media outlets that are enabling and spreading false narratives and demonizing federal law enforcement agencies should be held accountable. Those who are taking to the streets to obstruct and intervene in the execution of the rule of law and law enforcement activities should face the harsh reality that they are aiding and abetting criminal activity.

There is no such thing as a “sanctuary state or city” because that means they are unconstitutional and unlawful in harboring criminals. I am quite sure if I was harboring a murderer, rapist, child sex predator, or any other criminal in my home, I would be charged with a crime. And oh by the way, illegally entering our Country is a crime.

The Secretary of Homeland Security must immediately issue clear guidance on the Rules of Engagement (ROE) for law enforcement agencies to engage armed threats. The Attorney General must issue guidance on the charges and penalties these insurrectionists will face. And when the left cries, screams, and pouts, just understand, you only take flak when over the target, or as my Dad would say, “a hit dog will holler.”

I have been in combat, and those of us who have been on the recent battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan recognize a textbook, classic insurgency when we see one. And the history of the leftists—Marxists and Communists—is all about armed insurrection in order to justify their mantra of “the ends justify the means.” Their end is to fundamentally transform our Constitutional Republic, and that is an unjustifiable rebellion. The American people spoke last November by way of the democratic electoral process and said that they did not want open borders. Obviously, the Democrats do not feel that they can win by the electoral process, so they have reverted to their time-tested measures—threats, intimidation, coercion, deception, and violence.

And funny, has anyone heard the left talk about gun control in the past week when they have been shooting at law enforcement officers? Nope, just like the British of old, they know that gun control is necessary for tyranny to thrive, and liberty to die.

Oh yeah, the Second Amendment is in the U.S. Constitution, the Law of the Land.

Steadfast and Loyal.
Allen West