Letter: There was a good reason Democrats were voted out last time and they have nothing new to offer now

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Something’s happening with voters on the right. Not the MAGA crowd. They’re still solidly behind President Trump. But others have fallen into an abyss of endless conspiracy theories, identity politics, victim mentality, or pessimism. Talking heads spin tales by “just asking questions,” and make statements 180° from their previous views.

Julia Dawn Seaver

Everything Trump has accomplished is ignored amid endless complaints that he didn’t fix decades of problems within a year-and-a-half. Some claim there’s no difference in the parties and are threatening to take their votes and go home.

Just some of the accomplishments being ignored:

* Closed the border.

* Lowest violent crime rate in over 100 years.

* Decrease in drug deaths.

* Highest income in U.S. history.

* Increased tax breaks.

* Uncovered $260+ Billion in fraud.

* Located 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children lost under Biden.

* Secured additional defense capabilities in Greenland.

* Secured the release of the Oct. 7th hostages.

* Helped end wars in foreign countries.

* Degraded the nuclear capabilities of the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

* Policies under the “Donroe Doctrine” have helped eight Latin countries move from socialism to more conservative leadership.

Some say Democrats will do a better job with “affordability,” (formerly known as the economy) but that’s an easy test. Just look at the states with the highest cost of living. They’re run by Democrats. Highest tax rates? Democrats. Cities with the highest crime rate? Democrats. Meanwhile, Florida has cut its spending four years running, and is working on eliminating property taxes.

Concerned about threats to democracy? Only one party had the IRS table applications from the opposing political party, imposed prolonged Covid shut downs, perpetrated a hoax against a duly elected president, forced experimental injections on workers, spied on journalists and congress, treated parents like domestic terrorists, had the DOJ compile a list of over 600,000 donors and voters from the opposing party, and demanded Christians violate religious beliefs. Only one party is endorsed by socialists and terrorists.

So no, contrary to social media post claims, there is no uniparty. There are stark differences between the two parties and those differences always impact the middle class.

Younger generations want us to believe things have never been worse, that their future prospects are dismal, but that’s simply not true. Every generation has its challenges. They should talk to the Boomers they love to hate about growing up with the draft and Vietnam body counts on the nightly news; terrorists conducting near weekly plane hijackings, blowing up Marines, and parading blindfolded Americans around the streets of Tehran (no, this is not a new war); oil embargoes and gas lines; recessions, dot-com and housing bubbles, 18% mortgages and 19% car loans.

Then ask about their parents and grandparents who lived through the 1929 stock market crash and the crushing Great Depression that followed, the Dust Bowl, World War ll, rationing, and the Korean War.

Yes, it would be nice if the cost of living were lower now. But remember, those high loan rates of the ‘80s came after Ronald Reagan was elected as part of the corrective measures to Jimmy Carter’s disastrous economic policies. It was painful and took time, but it worked. Just as it will take time to undo Joe Biden’s 21% inflation, war on energy, and open border policy.

There was a good reason Democrats were voted out last time and they have nothing new to offer now. Ignore the naysayers and get out and vote.

Julia Dawn Seaver
Vancouver