I am a lifelong Republican.
I have donated money to most of our local Republican
candidates, including Ben Cline, Emmet Hanger, Dickie Bell, Steve Landes, and
others. I have never a single penny to any Democratic candidate.
I marched in several parades to help Ben Cline get elected.
I served as Vice Chair to the Augusta County Republican
Committee.
I ENDORSE
JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT.
Why? Because I
believe in the principles and values outlined in our Republican Creed:
“That the free enterprise system is the most
productive supplier of human needs and economic justice”
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from trade agreements and his arbitrary
and vindicate tariffs flies in the face of free enterprise, not to mention his disgraceful
efforts to hurt American companies such as Goodyear and Amazon simply because
they did not agree with his political policies. Donald Trump has failed us
miserably, and this alone is reason enough to realize he is unfit for the office
of President.
“That all individuals are entitled to equal
rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as
citizens in a free society”
Almost every one of Trump’s words and actions are designed
to enrich himself and his cronies at the expense of the good people of our
country. Under Trump, millions of Americans have lost their health
insurance. He has used his power to
pardon to reward those loyal to him. He has further sabotaged our
already-broken immigration system by slashing quotas, dividing families, and
instilling fear in many. Remember, our creed states, “All Individuals”, not simply
all citizens. For Trump, justice comes
second to loyalty to him. He has rewarded those loyal to himself while
punishing those that disagree or otherwise oppose him, not only by his words –
think Twitter – but by his actions as well.
Donald Trump has failed us miserably, and this alone is reason enough to
realize he is unfit for the office of President.
“That fiscal responsibility and budgetary
restraints must be exercised at all levels of government”
Fiscal responsibility means paying your bills. Trump promised to balance the budget and
start to pay of our National Debt.
Instead, he increased both the deficit and national debt to historic
levels during a time of economic boom, and that was well before the Covid-19
crisis. Sometimes it’s necessary to run a deficit to stimulate the economy in
times of economic downturn, but during economic booms its equally important to
be fiscally responsible by balancing the budget and repaying the debt that was incurred.
Donald Trump has failed us miserably, and this alone is reason enough to
realize he is unfit for the office of President.
“That the Federal Government must preserve
individual liberty by observing Constitutional limitations”
Trump has ignored Constitutional limitations by abusing his
executive authority, issuing illegal executive orders, ignoring Congressional subpoenas,
and actively obstructing justice on numerous occasions. Donald Trump has failed
us miserably, and this alone is reason enough to realize he is unfit for the office
of President.
“That peace is best preserved through a strong
national defense”
They key to a strong national defense is a strong system of
allies. World wars I and II were won be
a strong collation of allied nations.
When we were attacked on September 11, 2001, our allies came to our
defense as was required of member nations of NATO. Trump has done everything he could to destroy
NATO. He has alienated our allies while
embracing our enemies. Worst of all, he abandoned
our allies on the battlefield leaving them die.
Of all of his abominable actions, this is arguably the worst, and this
alone is reason enough to realize he is unfit for the office of President.
“That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding
Fathers is essential to the moral fiber of the Nation”
A true Christian leads by example, he does not use it as a
weapon to attack others or as political props.
Christians use the lessons, values, and morals taught us in the bible to
guide us as we live our lives. Trump has no morality, ethics, or willingness to
follow those principles. For him, everything
is about himself. Donald Trump has failed us miserably, and this alone is
reason enough to realize he is unfit for the office of President.
We need a leader that we can trust. Donald Trump has LIED to the American People
over 20,000 times since taking office.
He repeats the same lies every after they have been totally
debunked. He endorses crazy conspiracy
theories while ignoring the advice from our intelligence agencies, scientists,
and learned scholars. He has attacked
the media, labeling anything that is not flattering to himself as “Fake News”. He promised to “Drain the Swamp” by banning
government expenses from working as lobbyists right after leaving government
service, but issued waivers that excluded much of his own staff. Even worse, in multiple occasions, he has
appointed lobbyists to run the very agencies whose job is to oversight their
industries.
Donald Trump is NOT a Republican, he is a charlatan simply telling
his followers what they want to hear so that they will allow him to ignore
existing laws, obstruct justice, and divide our country solely to pursue his
own personal agenda to enrich himself and his cronies. He has ignored all of the principles and
values under which our party was founded.
On the other hand, Joe Biden has a long and distinguished
history of serving his country and upholding these principles. He has shown us by
his actions that his morality and faith in God are not merely words spoken to
gather votes, but are the guiding principles in his life. His perseverance during times of extremely
personal crises have shown us that he has the courage, ethics, and morality to
lead our nation out of this time of darkness by uniting rather than dividing
us.
Perhaps most importantly of all, a President’s job is lead
and unite the people. We are, after all,
the UNITED States. Instead, Trump has divided
us. Every one of his words and actions
are designed to enrich himself by dividing us.
He actions have done great harm to our moral fiber as a nation, and he
is totally unfit to hold the office of President of the United States.
As a TRUE REPUBLICAN, I proudly ENDORSE JOE BIDEN for
PRESIDENT of the United States.
