Kamala Harris has a record – a bad record

The DNC closed with a speech from new presidential candidate Kamala Harris. She recalled her youth, portrayed herself as a former tough prosecutor, and then launched into a Trump-bashing tirade. She falsely accused Trump of being “self-interested,” ordered J6 armed gangs, tied Trump to a think tank called Project 2025, and slashed Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, she proposed corporate tax hikes and price controls as she sought to detach herself from Biden’s “border czar” and “chart a new path forward.” Her rhetoric does not reflect her record.

Consider the 4-year Biden-Harris story: disastrous Afghanistan exit; involvement in two wars; letting in 12-20 million illegal immigrants; allowing in fentanyl drug cartels, sex traffickers, terrorists, 320,000 missing children, many raped or dead; gender reassignment for minors; support for bail fund for rioters. Consider the Biden-Harris energy dependency on foreign adversaries. A recent poll found that over 70% of Democrats/Independents were unaware of Harris’s top 10 past positions.

Contrast this with Trump’s lower gas and food prices and his ongoing policies to: close the borders, end inflation, cut taxes, eliminate burdensome regulations, protect Social Security and Medicare, restore domestic drilling to create energy independence, strengthen the U.S. military, prevent World War III, eliminate the electric vehicle requirement, and defend constitutional freedoms.

Neo-Marxist big government policies and armouring with big tech and media allies have attacked patriots who don’t buy the party line narratives. Hijacked by radicals, the JFK Democratic Party is no more. No wonder RFK Jr. among many ex-Democrats supports Trump. He sees what’s best for America.

Tim Bickel

Cedar Rapids

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