WRITE OF CENTER
Relying on President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’s low approval ratings won’t ensure a 2024 GOP victory. It’s reasonable to ask how Republicans would do better. Many answers lie in the recently adopted GOP platform.
It reads: “We will be a nation based on truth, justice and common sense. The Republican Party must return to its roots as the party of industry, manufacturing, infrastructure and workers.
Common sense tells us clearly that we must unleash American energy if we want to destroy inflation and bring down prices, build a great economy, fuel emerging industries and establish the USA as the manufacturing superpower of the world.
Common sense tells us clearly that if we don’t have domestic manufacturing with low inflation, not only will our economy — and even our military equipment and supplies — be at the mercy of foreign nations, but our towns, communities, and people cannot thrive.
Common sense tells us clearly that if we don’t have a strong military, we won’t be able to defend our interests and will be at the mercy of hostile nations.
Common sense tells us clearly that the Republican Party must ensure the equal application of law to all regardless of political affiliation or personal beliefs.”
The platform says inflation won’t disappear while Biden- Harris policies remain. Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary during the Obama administration, warned that Biden-Harris policies would produce rapid inflation. The disastrous result has devastated the purchasing power of American families.
Republicans advocate the unleashing of American energy, reining in wasteful spending, cutting excessive regulations, securing our borders and restoring peace through strength. These principles, combined with sensible policies, will reduce inflation and high interest rates that currently limit business expansion and home ownership.
The platform notes that under President Trump, the U.S. became the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world. By lifting restrictions on American energy production, homes, cars and factories will be provided with affordable energy, thus reducing inflation.
It’s fair to say that Democrats, desiring the elimination of fossil fuels, actually favor $4-5 per gallon gas prices, which would cost working families thousands of dollars each year. The 48% increase seen during the Biden/ Harris years is bad enough.
Reining in wasteful spending will stabilize the economy and promote economic growth. From 2018 to 2024, federal spending grew by 69% vs. combined inflation and population growth of 30%.
Had the federal government followed the sensible approach of limiting spending growth to a combination of inflation and population growth used by Texas and other Republican states, we would not have 2024’s disastrous $1.9 trillion deficit.
Biden-Harris Democrats used Covid as an excuse to vastly increase spending. Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel once stated, “We should never let a crisis go to waste.” Democrats didn’t.
The GOP platform advocates reducing costly and burdensome regulations. During President Trump’s term, regulation reductions saved American families thousands of dollars. Biden/ Harris eliminated this progress.
Republicans will secure the border. President Trump stated, “If we don’t have a border, we don’t have a nation.” By restoring Trump’s sensible border policies, illegal immigration can greatly be reduced.
Don’t fall for Democrat claims that the GOP is anti- immigrant. Trump’s mother was an immigrant. The GOP favors legal immigration; we are a nation of laws.
Democrats, under “Border Czar” Harris, opened our borders to the financial and safety detriment of communities all across America.
Other GOP priorities include sensible policies on fair trade, taxes on American workers, affordable housing, returning to a peace- through- strength posture, public safety, protecting the Constitution, freedom of speech and religion, ending the radical left’s weaponization of government and its assault on American liberty, and much more.
The left claims that a Trump presidency would end democracy, force women into back-alley abortions, offering any scare tactic they can conjure up. In his first inaugural address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” FDR would not approve of today’s Democrat Party offering nothing but fear.
The 2024 GOP platform is bold and offers sensible policy prescriptions for our beloved nation. Common sense has not been so common in Washington DC the last few years. It’s time to bring it back. Vote Republican.
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