Posted on 05/01/2024 5:10:14 PM PDT by grundle
Someone gave these 22 reasons to not vote for Trump.
I will offer my own opinion on each of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiOBLqcNjBU
1) Trump promises to carry out the largest domestic deportation in history.
I agree with Trump.
2) Death sentence for human traffickers.
I agree with Trump.
3) Close the Department of Education.
I agree with Trump.
4) Put prayer back into school.
I disagree with Trump on this one.
5) Criminalize any race based advantage programs.
I agree with this one. But we already have it – it’s called the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
6) Ban any federal dollars for gender affirming care.
I agree with this to the degree that I’m against gender surgery or gender hormones for anyone under 18. There are a lot of detransitioners out there, and I think people under 18 are too young to make this decision.
I have no problem with it for adults. But even then, I’d prefer that the funding be at the state and local level.
So I’ll agree with Trump.
7) Term limits for Congress.
I agree with this.
8) Investigate the Biden crime family.
I agree that the “big guy” who gets a percentage of everything needs to be prosecuted.
9) Pardon the January 6th people.
I’m against pardoning the ones who committed violence or vandalism, which are real crimes with real victims.
I’m in favor of pardoning the peaceful ones, especially when there is security video which proves that the guards gave them permission to enter the building. No victim = no crime.
10) Increase the penalties for underage offenders.
I know that the Allderdice High School students who raped a girl at a Starbucks in Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh were never arrested or charged. I think they should have been arrested and charged. And way too many armed teenage carjackers have avoided going to prison. I support locking them up as well. But this is a state and local issue, not a federal issue. So I disagree with Trump from a legal point, although I very much agree with him in principle.
11) Strengthen immunity for police officers.
I disagree with Trump on this. I think what we do need is more requirements that their body cameras are always turned on. I don’t trust eye witnesses. I do trust video proof.
12) Deploy the national guard to deploy woke cities.
I disagree with Trump on this one. Although I personally disagree with the policy where certain cities, such as San Francisco, New York City, and Washington D.C. refuse to lock up serial shoplifters, serial armed carjackers, and serial head punchers, I do support the right of the voters in those cities to have those policies.
13) Reassess our participation in NATO.
I agree.
14) Every European country should reimburse the U.S. for the military protection that we provide for them.
I agree.
15) Kill all e-vehicles and e-vehicle legislation.
I’d prefer that the federal government stay out of this. I don’t want it to support electric cars, but I don’t want it to try to stop them either.
16) Support flying cars.
I’m against this. It’s not practical. It’s too dangerous. It’s too expensive. It’s too noisy.
17) Remove limits on natural gas exports.
Since I support free trade, I agree with Trump.
18) Drill baby drill.
I support this, but only until we have enough nuclear power so that it’s no longer necessary.
19) Impose tariffs of up to 60% on Chinese imports.
I disagree with Trump on this. Tariffs almost always destroy far, far more jobs than they save.
20) Extend the 2017 tax cuts.
I agree.
21) Lower the corporate tax rate.
I agree.
22) Tax, fine, and sue university endowments, particular Harvard, and use the money to create a new, online college that is free of wokeness.
I disagree with this, because I’m against any federal involvement in education.
The person who created this list cites it as a reason to not vote for Trump.
But as quite a few other people have said, the list actually looks like a reason to vote for Trump.
I agree too.
No government funding for trans gender affirming care.
It’s the epitome of elective surgery and should not be borne by the tax payer.
What about abortion?
Do you agree with Trump’s position that it’s OK if the state says it’s OK?
Why do you support government funding of cosmetic surgery?
For January 6th, if they were violent, but the sentences excessive, then the sentences should be commuted where applicable. There should be compensation for civil rights abuses.
Police immunity needs to be adjusted. In some ways strengthened compared to recent moves to strip them, and in some ways reigned in. This later applies to DAs, bureaucrats and judges as well.
Personally no. But it is a states rights issue.
Ain’t nobody talking about #4, or even #16? Nobody...?
To not vote for Trump risks moving the US into the same territory of historical horror that Europe and Russia and China went through.
I agree with Trump that states should be able to decide on abortion, but that doesn’t mean I agree with the decisions every state makes.
What about abortion?
Do you agree with Trump’s position that it’s OK if the state says it’s OK?
***********************************************
State problem, not federal. Trump’s position doesn’t matter.
For what it’s worth - I don’t like abortion - I consider it homicide at the least.
But the state has no business sticking it’s nose into that business.
That should aggravate everybody.
Have you not heard from the Supreme Court: it’s a state issue! What else is there to discuss?
Yes, but I am personally opposed to abortion.
I think the issue of government funding of trans surgery for adults should be up to state and local governments. I am personally against it.
Government-funded public schools should not promote religion, private schools can do what they please in that regard.
Students always have the option of silent prayer, God hears them either way.
Forced prayer is false prayer.
Pray in school. Ok by me. Kids or teachers dont have to, but if they want to whats the harm?
Bookmarked. More later.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.