Gas price per gallon was about $2.30;
Inflation about 1.4%, mortgage,rates were half of what they are now;
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything
down and we were in the midst of a V-shape recovery;
Tax decrease; tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large;
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty;
No war in Ukraine; NATO paid its way;
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war;
US companies were bringing home the jobs due to tax treatment;
Peace in the Middle East aka Abraham Accords; US Embassy moved to Jerusalem;
Iran was isolated.
Sorry you don't recognize an excellent POTUS when you had one.
(Disclosure: I’ll vote for Trump if he is on the ballot but am hearing much
frustration today from Republicans given Oz/Walker.)
Posting this from Twitter as it fits this discussion -
Tim Anderson - former VA campaign chair:
The Trump effect on Virginia - let me explain.
While it appears likely Trump will announce he is
running for President - I will not be supporting
him.
While Trump was President, we lost a
supermajority in the House of Delegates, a
majority in the Senate and in 2019 Democrats
controlled all state government for 2 years
radically changing Virginia. After Trump lost, the
GOP gained Delegate seats back and won all 3
statewide offices. I call this the Trump effect.
One thing Trump does very well in Virginia is
mobilizing the left to vote against him and anyone
who supports him.
I care about Virginia more than anything. Trump
running for President is the absolute worst thing
that can happen to Virginia state politics. We
must take a different direction and the Virginia
GOP and Republicans must divorce from Trump
for the sake of Virginia and for the sake of the
nation.
I am going to take the first step and say these
things publicly that I know many of my colleagues
think. It’s a new day. It’s time to move on.
I like Trump and respect him for what he did. My concern is now electability. He’s ruffled too many feathers along the way. And no doubt many of them needed it.
All I know is that we cannot afford to lose in 2024. And biden will not be the Dems candidate.