Commentary
Alright, we’re stuck with a choice of former President Trump or President-Biden much to the disgust of voters. Members of both parties would prefer someone else.
In the beginning, there were a dozen or so candidates for president on the right. If they had a modicum of support, they had an opportunity to stand on the debate stage and show their stuff. Unfortunately, they used the debates to attack each other, and were soon forced to suspend their races.
Trump wisely stayed out of the debates. Some said he was scared. What a laugh. He simply didn’t need to stand there and take the abuse. The media took care of that. Still, Trump has become the party standard-bearer.
“He’s a flawed standard-bearer, but his election would be better than another four years of urban chaos, porous borders, cultural rot, bizarre wokeism and inept foreign policy.” – T. L. Anderson, Orlando, Florida
Now that we’re down to the incumbent president and his challenger, the challenger is seeking a debate any time and any place. It would be an interesting matchup, but I doubt it’s going to happen.
We’re still eight months from Election Day, but Trump isn’t wasting any time getting his ducks in a row, so the speak.
The Republican National Committee voted to recognize former President Trump as the presumptive nominee for president, in a vote presided over by Ronna McDaniel in her final appearance as chairwoman.
Former chairman of the North Carolina GOP Michael Whatley is the newly-elected chair of the national committee, with Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump elected as co-chair.
While the pair spoke of a “new dawn” for the RNC, they need to energize the party’s grassroots, beginning in the early voting states, and bring in money to fund a campaign against a flush Democrat Party, is a high priority.
Whatley is cutting the RNC staff and key people will be moved to Palm Beach, Florida, where the Trump campaign is based. He said no money will be spent unless it is directed toward winning in November.
Although Trump often says he has never seen the party so unified, there is a lot of work ahead to bring members of Congress in line to win not only the presidency, but the House and Senate in November.
Perusing my stack of stuff while putting my thoughts together for this piece, the “work ahead” I referred to became very clear. There isn’t much optimism in articles with headlines like, “The Republicans Are a Party in Search of a Future,” “Donald Trump’s Divided GOP,” and “The GOP’s Third Gamble on Trump.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, while committing early to support the nominee, didn’t give Trump a full-throated endorsement. But I think we can count on him to finish his reign helping the party unite. Speaker Mike Johnson is on board with Trump and will need to herd his members to assure victory in 2024.
You may not be aware that McConnell raised some $1.7 billion for the party since 2015. Of the three senators mentioned as possible replacements for McConnell, Texas’ Cornyn has been the top fundraiser with $10.7 million since January 2023, South Dakota’s Thune with $7.5 million and Wyoming’s Barrasso with $3.2 million.
There are members of Congress, like Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, who supported the candidacy of Ron DeSantis, who admittedly is not a fan of Trump, but may come around closer to Election Day.
Known senators who will not be endorsing Trump – Murkowski, Romney, and Young – come as no surprise, and there are about a dozen other Republicans yet to be persuaded what’s good for the country. A Republican Senate and President.
On the Left
Keep in mind that the left will continue its attempt to tear down the Trump campaign, because they have nothing good to say about their own candidate.
They tout his legislation win with the Inflation Reduction Act, which is anything but, actually a “climate” bill, designed to wean us off fossil fuels, vital to our economy. And voters are wise to Bidenomics claims.
Count on the Biden Democrats and their leftist media to keep pounding away at Trump’s indictments in an effort to turn voters against him, and it may be why 56 percent of those surveyed in the latest Harvard CAPS-Harris poll believe he has committed crimes that disqualify him for the presidency.
The phony threat Trump brings to democracy, another scare from the Democrat playbook, caused 50 percent of the respondents to agree. However, former Ohama advisor David Axelrod had this to say in a recent interview:
“I’m pretty certain in Scranton they’re not sitting around their dinner table talking about democracy every night.”
We all recall Trump’s ill-advised attempt to decertify the 2020 election results, yet Democrats are already talking about refusing to certify a Trump victory in 2024.
“Their willingness to manipulate democratic mechanisms not only undermines public trust in the process, but also presents a tangible danger of our nation sliding toward becoming a totalitarian state.” –Matt Margolis, commentator
In a Rasmusen Reports survey 57 percent of Democrats supported the idea, with 35 percent of likely voters saying they would support Democrats in Congress refusing to certify a Trump victory as another way to block Trump’s return to the White House
Yet, when you include “leaners,” Trump won 53-47 in a head-to-head matchup with Biden.
“Surely, voters remember what things were like when Mr. Trump was in the White House and want him back. It’s that simple.” – George Edward Kriese, Gross Pointe Shores, Michigan
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
