Maybe Trump’s win was about policy
To the Editor:
The liberal media, including TV personalities and “journalists,” were really shocked over the Trump victory. “Oh, the humanity!!” It is almost comical to see the culture elites who believe that they are endowed with wisdom and understanding to be totally dumbfounded, particularly when they tell us how we should think.
They paint with a broad of a brush, about how ill informed the electorate is and how dangerous the decision was. I heard about “internment camps” and Social Security and Medicare being destroyed and Trump sitting up all night plotting his revenge.
Jimmie Kimmel started off his show with a skit about him leaving the country because Trump was elected. He went on to say that Tuesday was a “terrible night for women and children and immigrants, and healthcare and science, for journalist, for justice, for free speech, for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors … blah , blah, blah. Whoopi Goldberg pondered about American voters, “How dumb are you? “A writer for the Guardian claimed that “women’s bodies (and rights) are of little consequence to the people who voted for Donald Trump.”
For these liberal elites it is simply not fathomable that other people could have different thoughts about what is best for the country. My favorite had to be Sonny Hostin from “The View” who insisted that the win for Trump had to be about “racism and misogyny” and it “definitely was not about policy.” That must be because the policies from Biden/Harris were so great? And incidentally, Harris said when she asked if she would change anything about the administration she said, “nothing comes to mind.”
For example, the wonderful border policy which allowed 11 million illegals to enter our country, some of which were gang members and criminals who have committed horrendous crimes including rape and murder. The plan was clear. To allow as many as possible in, and then grant them amnesty and citizenship so they could vote “blue” and the Dems could remain in control forever.
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Surely, it was not the economy, with inflation peaking at over 9% just two years after Biden/Harris were in office, but it was, of course, Donald Trump’s fault. It had nothing to do with exorbitant government spending. Or how about the “Inflation Reduction Act,” which itself was inflationary and was nothing more than a “green energy deal” in sheep’s clothing. What about going over budget every year by trillions of dollars, leaving an enormous debt to our children and grandchildren. That’s inflationary.
How about the policy of letting the “boys” who consider themselves “girls” being allowed in the girl’s restroom or sex change surgery for those in the military or transgender (formerly males) competing in sports against young women who were female at birth. Or how about their insistence on multiple education loan forgiveness programs even after the Supreme Court overruled it. And speaking of the Supreme Court, the Democrats have lambasted the court for “robbing” women of the “right to abortions” when all they did was verify that since abortion is not mentioned in the Constitution, it is a state issue, which, by the way, is constitutional.
Could it be that the majority of Americans are sick of being told what to think and sick of politicians who swear to follow the Constitution and then ignore it when their best ideas are “price controls” and weaponizing the judicial system to go after your political opponents. Both plans have worked so well — in communist Russia and China.
Could it be that the majority of Americans envision a different America. One that rewards hard work where the leaders put America first rather than the rest of the world. One where fair-trade agreements are negotiated, where we do not give billions of dollars to our enemies so they can fund terrorists to kill us and our allies.
Is it possible that we, the majority of Americans are more than just “garbage” and we can think for ourselves without being told what to think by the enlightened culturally elite. Is it possible that we actually voted for the candidate that we believe will return The United States to its core values, and thus truly “make America great again?”
There is one thing that I did agree with Kamala about. It is time to “turn the page.” “Turn the page” to a new administration that doesn’t force its liberal agenda down our throats whether we like it or not. “Turn the page” to a new chapter in America that allows people to think for themselves and vote as they believe. Maybe that was the reason that over 73 million voted for Donald Trump, which is about 4 million more than those who wanted to stay on the same page, in the same playbook. Is it possible that the vote was not about race or hatred of women or abortion or even personalities? Maybe, it was all about policy after all.
David Lawson, MD
Lake Junaluska
