Posted on 08/30/2023 9:51:57 AM PDT by redheadedshannon
I expected after the 2020 election & the multiple disappointments since, that as the primary season leading up to 2024 lingered on, I would find myself supporting somebody other than Trump. I happily voted for him in both elections & certainly loved his America First stances that should always have been part of conservative orthodoxy. Reducing immigration, favoring the Americsn worker & only supporting trade that benefits the people of this nation.
His arrival on the political stage happened at a time when the only brand of Conservatism that was allowed by elites was the big business, corporate, tax cutting type that constantly involved us in foreign wars, supported mass third world immigration for the cheap labor express and wanted an internationalist future. They were always the weakest strain that never seemed willing to fight back.
His election was thrilling & it meant the world to all of us who wanted leaders that actually stood up to leftist bullies & the media. His staffing choices were never the greatest and Lord knows he underestimated the opposition, but it was impossible not to be thankful for a Trump Presidency. How awful would a President Hillary Clinton have been? We needed him there.
The one space that I could never seem to force myself into was being an apologist that silenced any criticisms. I was never going to be the girl that was unfailingly supportive of any political figure. His biggest supporters always seemed to go overboard on making everything about loyalty to him. The argumentative stance they took seemed to shout down any questions or reservations from fellow conservatives. It still goes on & isn't productive. Criticism would help to hone his political stances & make him tougher to beat. He proved not to be amazing at helping pick candidates that would win elections.
After consistent losses for Republicans in 2020 and 2022, we were presented with a question of who should be the leader in the 2024 Presidential race. Was it time to choose a new standard bearer? Many of us were thrilled with the lopsided Florida elections that won majorities of Hispanics and other elusive groups. Governor DeSantis seemed a rising star with solid conservative stances and a bright future.
To date, DeSantis and all other candidates have proved lackluster on the national stage. Though most will probably do great in the future, they seem unprepared for the office they seek. During this time, polls of Republicans and conservatives have shown a clear favorite in Trump. So many of the others running have failed to win support because of how new and untested they are.
We have also all been watching a Democrat Party actively pursing the prosecution & conviction of Trump, his lawyers & ultimately his supporters. To say that this is a worrying sign would be an understatement of epic proportions. This sign is a warning that we are on our last legs as a nation & are about to head into Civil War #2.
During the debate, Mike Pence summed up the position of most in Washington and elites around the nation. He hearkened back to the days of Reagan and a shining city on a hill. Ramaswamys response summed up the sentiments of conservative voters: this isn't the 1980s, it's not morning in America & it's impossible to go back. Stop living in the past & deal with our current reality, which is quite dark & deteriorating constantly!
I think we are all aware of global elites & their agenda. We are fighting a worldwide, left wing, totalitarian cabal that appear to want us turned into serfs and/or eliminated completely. They want a borderless world without national loyalties, an economy designed to only benefit elites, a lack of faith in God and an unelected, appointed government & police state.
Watching criminalized opposition, seeing Soros/Zuckerberg influence, experiencing election fraud and finding out about bizarre happenings like the Hawaii fires, has coalesced to make a strong argument in Trumps favor at this important time! I will always have criticisms of people on our side because I want us to win & anything we are failing at needs to be corrected to ensure that we succeed. The stars are too high to sit around and kiss anybodys butt!
Any criticism that most conservatives have is centered around making sure we don't get involved in petty arguments, that we support whomever we want in primaries, but support all Reublicans in the general to ensure Democrats won't have power, that we stop fighting amongst ourselves & that we make election security a priority.
Trump supporters need to allow some criticism, so that he changes tacts when needed & hones his debating skills. He has to appeal to the broader electorate and win enough of a majority to prevent Democrats efforts to cheat from succeeding. They need to understand that many of us would like to see a rising star like DeSantis or Ramaswamy elevated to more important positions for the future. We have got to have leaders for an era post-Trump & we need Congressional & state Republicans to work with Trump to get things done. That cant happen if you attack any and all who express a concern. In essence, we need to be more productive and stop fighting with each other.
I dont know what the perfect answer is for us, but I think the best answer at this time is to work to get Trump reelected, work to ensure fairness in elections and stop the barrage of communist BS and woke lefty ideology from advancing. I would strongly urge any and all conservatives, even if you don't support him in the primaries, to absolutely support Trump passionately in the general election. We have to turn out in the greatest numbers they've ever seen & get all Republicans elected to as many offices as humanly possible!
Trump represents an existential threat to the Washington, DC industrial criminal complex.
No other candidate represents such a threat.
I will take the existential threat, Alex.
There’s no such thing as perfect this side of Heaven, but lack of “perfection” is how the Left deceives many to vote for things that make matters much worse.
America isn’t perfect but it’s way the heck ahead of whatever is in second place. Same with Trump.
Very nice summation of everything!
He’s not a perfect man. But, he is the perfect man for the Job.
“support Trump passionately in the general election.”
There’s a mountain to climb with a horde of outlaws to defeat waiting at the top before we can see Trump in the general election.
Right now, Trump is by far the best thing out there to defeat the now totalitarian state.
Much more needs to be done, but Trump is God’s man IMO to start the job of restoring our Free Constitutional Republic.
“After consistent losses for Republicans in 2020 and 2022”
Due to voter fraud
No need to overthink this; it’s either some form of communist/globalist or Trump.
Funny you acknowledge fraud and still say this, with all due respect. Trump won 2020.
Trump supporters need to allow some criticism, so that he changes tacts when needed & hones his debating skills. He has to appeal to the broader electorate …
Indeed. And he is willing to do the job. Not just assume the Presidency, like the cackling debate hens, but do the JOB of trying to save this country. An ominous task fraught with peril, but one that no one else has stepped up to the plate to take on. Godspeed PDJT.
It’s simple, Trump has all the right enemies.
Exactly so. Someone who will fight the uniparty and isn’t beholden to billionaires/Wall Street is perfect.
Trump is the right man for the season we are in. We need Trump to win very, very badly.
Can he win? Will the Rat Party's banana republic strategy convince enough people to see him as evil...criminal...dangerous? I don't know.
But it must be acknowledged that Heels Up Harris will be tough to beat...solely because of her skin tone and her internal plumbing.
And then there's voter fraud in several swing states...
Stand firm.
I don't think Trump will change. I support him for the nomination but I expect even if we get him back in the White House he'll continue to make one glaring mistake after another. The Tucker interview was a good indicator. That was the perfect opportunity to say, "I've learned so much. My second term will be totally different. The one big issue is the tyrannical, lawless, globalist uniparty and I will spend every day of my four years exposing them, taking them out of power, and holding them to account." Instead he spent much of the time just blathering about nothing. The dude is almost 80. He is what he is.
I think we can win the general election by campaigning against uniparty anti-Americanism and corruption. Trump doesn't have to change anything he just needs to seem like he's opposed to all that is taking America down.
Totally agree..........Friend of mine....doesn’t agree that the election was stolen. I’ve tried and tried to tell him with facts it was.........but he doesn’t want to hear it.
God can move mountains and make straight the path. We just need to pray, pray more, and do our human part(s). He will expose, thwart, and defeat any enemies formed against whomever He has called to a task, such as our President Trump. Prov 3.5-6. ...Lean not on our own understanding....
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