Why I am voting for Donald Trump
Before I get into the article, I need to remind those who can vote to do so.
I am voting for Donald Trump on November 3rd. I feel that it is important to explain my position on the election. President Trump, whether you like him or hate him, has changed American politics. I feel that these changes have been both negative and positive. He is, let’s say different in the way he gets stuff accomplished, which is highly effective and something unique in comparison to the normal political discourse in Washington.
Now for the real reason you all are reading this. Why I am supporting the reelection of President Donald J. Trump.
Economy
President Trump and Joe Biden are definitely different when it comes to economic policy. Where President Trump has cut taxes across the board, Biden wants to roll back the tax cuts under Trump. Biden wants to increase regulations on businesses that were cut by Trump. Biden wants to kill fossil fuel jobs whereas Trump has embraced those jobs. Not to mention record low unemployment and record-high levels on the stock market, and what I find most important is the record-high median household income.
Criminal Justice Reform
When it comes to criminal justice President Trump has a much stronger record than Joe Biden. Joe Biden sponsored the 1994 Crime Bill. His own Vice Presidential pick Kamala Harris said, “it did contribute to mass incarceration in our country.” Speaking of Kamala Harris, let’s discuss her record on criminal justice. When Harris was a prosecutor it was said by Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent director Lara Bazelon that Harris “fought tooth and nail to uphold wrongful convictions that had been secured through official misconduct that included evidence tampering, false testimony and the suppression of crucial information by prosecutors.” Also, lawyers in Harris’s office whilst she was Attorney General of California fought to keep certain potential parolees in prison because it would “severely impact fire camp participation.”
On the other hand, President Trump signed the First Step Act on December 21, 2018, which shortened mandatory minimums sentences for nonviolent drug offenses and addressed several laws that increased racial disparities in the federal prison system.
COVID-19 Response
Has the COVID response by the U.S. been perfect? No. I personally believe that regardless of who would have been in the White House the response wouldn’t have been perfect. The facts about COVID have been all over the board from literally everyone. At first, Dr. Anthony Fauci even said that “there is no need to change anything that you’re doing on a day-by-day basis.” The media has conveniently has forgotten about it. This doesn’t even mention how Joe Biden has opposed almost every single policy the President has put in place in regards to COVID. A perfect example of this is when he called on the President to “Stop the xenophobic fear-mongering.” after Trump put in place a halt on travel in regards to China.
The “Fine People” Myth
This has to be my biggest annoyance and the biggest lie that has been pushed by the media and the left that I had to address it. This is the topic of Trump’s response to the terrible events that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. The narrative has been pushed by the media and even Joe Biden in ads and speeches that President Trump praised white supremacists and called them good people. This is a blatant lie. Did President Trump say the phrase “you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides”? Yes, he did say that. However, the left and media couldn’t even take the time to look at the transcript of the comment and look literally at the beginning of the sentence where he says “you had some very bad people in that group.” If the media and the left cared to look down the page a paragraph or so you will also see that Trump straight up says that “they should be condemned totally.” when referencing neo-nazis and white nationalists.
Would Donald Trump have been my selection if I could have chosen any person for President? Definitely not. But, the world and this election aren’t perfect. Although it is a cliche to say that this election is the most important in recent history, this one may just be that important. The two major candidates have vastly different views for America. Both will have significant effects on the future of this country.
If anyone wants to discuss this article with me, or politics in general, feel free to approach me.
Annissa ♦ Nov 6, 2020 at 17:39
Ok, dude, first thing I learned when writing an essay where I get outside information is to cite the website, so can I see where you go that from, second, John, Bush crippled the economy, and Obama brought it back, you can find that at https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. Next, so saying that the media is constantly ‘lying’ is a Nazi tactic.” “Fake News” is a fair translation of the German “Lügenpresse” or “lying press”—a charge used by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis to discredit independent reporting”, you can find this at https://hac.bard.edu/. Just because you don’t hear what you want to hear on a website, does not mean that it is biased. Brookings has been called left leaning, and right leaning. John, here is an article telling how many jobs were lost in coal under Obama, https://www.countoncoal.org/. The article states “America has 83,000 fewer coal jobs and 400 coal mines than it did when Barack Obama was elected in 2008′. If you continue to read in the article, you will find that the reason this number has decreased was due to environmental protections put in place. And I don’t know about you, but I prefer to have a planet that is not polluted so much that everyone is choked by the amount of toxins in the air. And while Trump did bring back some coal jobs, he isn’t the God like man you seem to be making him out to be. On the website https://www.npr.org/, the article reads that jobs increased Alabama (494), Virginia (243) and Pennsylvania (124), in those states. and here are all the environmental bills he repealed, allowing for companies to do whatever they would like to the environment, as long as they are making money: https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/tracking-deregulation-in-the-trump-era/. Also, would I be able to see the websites that you have used to find this information?
Jacob Mock ♦ Oct 26, 2020 at 13:45
I feel that I should have the opportunity to respond and defend my article. This is my official response.
Economy
Before I get into the meat and potatoes of the argument, I would first like to make sure the record shows that The Brookings Institute, which was used as a source arguing against President Trump’s economic triumphs, is literally a liberal think tank. It has been called such by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Also, the Brookings Institute led all major think tanks in contributions between 2003 and 2010 made by employees with 239,229 contributions with second place being a full 69,609 contributions behind. These contributions favored Democrats at a 97.60% rate. This source is far from unbiased, and I personally do not believe they are the most credible source to use for critical information on a Republican President.
We could sit here and talk numbers all day and interpret them as many ways as we want. However, 56% of Americans believe that they are financially better off than they were 4 years ago. Plain and simple, there are more quality economic opportunities under Trump.
Criminal Justice
Yes, it is a known fact the Crime Bill had support from both sides of the aisle. Yes, Mitch McConnell supported one of the first drafts of the bill. I don’t really know what Mitch McConnel has to do with Joe Biden’s record? Also, I’m not sure what McConnel saying that the bill had nonrelated spending has to do with anything? However, Joe Biden not only voted for the bill, but he wrote the Senate version of the bill. Joe Biden is also running for President while saying, “Tackling systemic racism and fighting for civil rights has been a driving force throughout Biden’s career in public service.” Sounds a little hypocritical if you ask me.
COVID
The entire point of this section is to show that the consensus opinions have been all over the board. Oh, where do I start with China? How can we trust China’s COVID numbers? This is a legitimate question. How can we trust a country that was not honest and upfront since the beginning of the outbreak? How can we trust a country that silenced scientists who blew the whistle on the severity of the virus? How can we trust China with literally anything, none the less their COVID response and data?
Fine People Myth
The reason I made this section was to expose the lies that are being pushed by the media and Democrats. It seems that the media has lost any shred of journalistic integrity and has become another platform that is pushing the ideology of the Democratic party.
John Mack ♦ Oct 26, 2020 at 09:21
By no means am I insinuating that. Actually, if you want to talk about the Obama economy, it was a disaster. There has no been a President in American history that has killed an entire states economy like Obama did. His war on coal crippled the state of West Virginia’s economy, right as it was recovering from the Recession of 2009. It now has the 50th ranked economy in America. Trump’s undoing of Obama’s crippling regulations on business is what has lead for the growth that we have seen since Trump took office.
Annissa ♦ Oct 23, 2020 at 11:25
Using your own logic, Trump inherited a growing economy from Obama
John Mack ♦ Oct 23, 2020 at 09:36
I would like to defend the author, and further some comments he made in the article.
First, it otta be noted that former President Obama inherited an economy for the Bush Administration that was already in a recession. It is not hard for the GDP to increase when your at the bottom. Also, if you take a look at GDP growth it grew 2.5% per year under President Trump prior to COVID, and 2.25% per year under President Obama, so a clear increase in yearly growth there. Also, the author is clearly referring to some record economic achievements under the current administration including record unemployment among American Americans. Record Dow Jones peaks, which means everyone’s 401ks are doing better, hence good for America and the common middle class worker.
Annissa ♦ Oct 22, 2020 at 17:45
Hello, I would like to address some misleading information on your story. Regarding the economy, it is mediocre in regards to other president’s work. The average GDP under Trump has been 2.6%. The GDP has only grown 0.4% from what he received from Obama. During Obama’s presidency, the GDP grew by 1.1%. A growth of only 0.4% in the GDP in certainly not what I would call a “record high”. Under other Republicans the economy also grew more than Trump’s. You can find information that I have provided here on Brookings.edu. With the ‘Criminal Justice Reform’ section Biden came out with a statement saying he regretted supporting the bill. Records do show that most Senators supported the bill, including Mitch McConnell. McConnell switched his vote on the last version of the bill though saying “it was porked up” You can find this information on factcheck.org. The “COVID-19 Response” section adds that information regarding COVID has been all over the board. It has, but that is because it is a new virus, and what we know about it will change as we research it more. There are many other countries that handled this much better by shutting down businesses and schools quickly and taking it as a real threat. China handled it so well, that they were out of the top ten worst outbreak countries by April 30th (The US was leading by then by the way). In response to the ‘The “Fine People” Myth” section, it is pretty easy to say that White Supremists are bad. I agree with you that I like neither candidate, but Biden is the lesser of two evils.