President Trump for re-election
College Republicans at USD endorse Donald Trump for re-election
By: USD College Republicans
Given the incredibly high stakes of this year’s presidential race, we, as innovative changemakers committed to confronting humanity’s urgent challenges, are also committed to exercising this right responsibly by voting for the candidate who stands for decency and respect rather than hatred. The candidate who truly seeks to defeat racism. The candidate who believes in facts over fiction. The candidate who will put Americans first.
And that is why we, the College Republicans at the University of San Diego, are proud to endorse President Donald J. Trump for re-election.
Although many major news outlets give the president perpetually negative press, that doesn’t change the fact that the president’s record for true and positive changemaking speaks for itself.
Trump’s campaign and administration promised to cut back federal taxes and regulations in order to stimulate the economy like never before and put more money in the pockets of American workers. Since his inauguration, the national unemployment rate had reached its lowest level in 50 years before the unprecedented global pandemic that inevitably caused a loss of jobs, and security markets such as the Dow Jones and Nasdaq have shattered records over 450 times.
He has achieved record-low unemployment for minorities, and has also dramatically narrowed the unemployment gap between college graduates and those unable to attain higher education. Additionally, contrary to the common myth that the president’s tax cuts only benefited the very wealthy, MarketWatch reports that Americans earning between $40,000 and $50,000 per year saw the largest drop in average tax liability – about 14.5% – as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Americans and their businesses are now better off and have more opportunities to hire new employees and invest their capital.
Of course, one cannot speak about the economy without acknowledging the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are quick to blame the president for failing to listen to scientists and act in a timely manner to stop the spread of the virus, but his actions do not reflect these accusations.
The U.S. saw its first case of COVID on Jan. 20. Ten days later, on Jan. 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency, and the president immediately ordered a halt to all travel to or from China, a move which top epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci praised.
Upon declaring a national emergency on Mar. 13, President Trump established public-private partnerships with several manufacturers and retailers from across the globe to mass-produce and distribute tests, personal protective equipment for frontline workers, and medical devices such as ventilators. This partnership gave way to Operation Warp Speed, an effort by the administration to expedite research and deployment of vaccines and therapeutics. To this day, the administration’s resolve to defeat this virus has not wavered, and the president himself continues to follow experts’ recommendations and take decisive action to minimize the damage of COVID-19.
However, along with the pandemic, 2020 has brought another pivotal issue to the forefront of our society: racial injustice. In addition to yielding the lowest-ever unemployment rate for BIPOC, Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act established Opportunity Zones, creating tax incentives for people to invest their capital gains in economically-distressed and underserved communities in order to pump money into their local economies and create opportunities for residents to thrive. Among the key areas of life which President Trump sought to improve for residents of these underserved communities is education. By their decisive actions, his administration has fought hard for equal educational opportunities for all American students, regardless of their race, religion, or location. In the president’s own words, “School choice is the civil rights (issue) of all time … a child’s ZIP code in America should never determine their future.”
Most importantly, however, President Trump strongly believes that each and every American has the God-given right to life, and has distinguished himself as the most pro-life president in the history of our country. He has taken actions to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization which recently admitted that its own founder, Margaret Sanger, was in fact a white supremacist whose stated goal was to eugenically limit the growth of the Black population. However, to continue affirming the right to life for all BIPOC, President Trump cracked down on police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by signing an executive order creating a national database to report and track cases of police misconduct, to hold law enforcement agencies accountable for maintaining the integrity of their employees and ensuring that they unequivocally respect the dignity of each human being.
It is difficult to find opinions regarding Trump’s undeniable success as president, because the left-wing bias of popular corporate news outlets has caused our country to be perpetually inundated with biased facts. We believe that another four years of President Trump will not only discredit those who seek to destroy our country with hatred and division, but will ultimately lead the preservation of our constitutional freedoms and secure economic growth and opportunity for all Americans. His personality may be rather unconventional and unpolished at times, but he truly stands for “we the people” and seeks to pass policies that benefit everyday Americans, while pushing for accountability on all levels of government.
So come join us, the happy and accepting supporters of President Trump. All it takes is an open, analytical mind, a thirst for truth, and a love for your fellow American. We promise you, you will never look back.
The views expressed in the editorial and op-ed sections are not necessarily those of The USD Vista staff, the University of San Diego, or its student body.
