Painting the candidates with their own records

8-7-2024

Painting the candidates with their own records

I normally shy away from watching political talking heads telling us “what they really meant” versus listening and watching what they actually said. On one channel the headline was something along the line that Trump and Vance paint the Harris Walz democratic ticket as dangerously left. I say let their record show where they stand on the issues that are important to all Americans.

Watching JD Vance live this morning a number of questions were race-baiting type questions in order to get Vance to defend Trump’s statement about Harris’ ethnic heritage during the recent NABJ. Vance didn’t hesitate or evade the questions but called out the “reporters” for simply repeating the left’s talking points instead of doing their own due diligence. Vance went on to say the neither he nor Trump care about voting for someone based on racial or ethnic criteria but should be based on merit.

A question about Walz criticizing Vance for going to an ivy league college and Vance responded saying he worked his way through college and was proud of being the first one in his family to do so.

Vance then brought up Walz’s weapons banning claim where he favored banning weapons he carried in war and Vance said he was a marine and when sent to Iraq he went, but asked Walz what war he was in since he joined the National Guard at 17 and worked his way up to Command Sergeant Major but quit and left his battalion when it was alerted to deploy to Iraq and they left without him. Walz retired as a Master Sergeant 2 years before his service commitment was over to run for congress.

So maybe it was a bad decision or poor choice of words for Walz’ support for banning weapons because they are used in war, and as a 24-year US Army National Guard veteran he should have known better phraseology “banning weapons soldiers use in war” is an attempt to overturn the constitutional right to own and carry arms (hunting rifles and/or other guns ).

It would have helped if Vance had researched in more detail into Walz’s military service record since Walz had been deployed to Europe during Operation Enduring Freedom, but I saw nothing noted about Walz having served in combat or in a combat zone. Walz had a 24-year career with the Army National Guard but abruptly retired to run for congress at a time when his unit was alerted for deployment to Iraq. As the senior enlisted member of his battalion it is unconscionable for the Command Sergeant Major to abandon his assigned post and position for politics and to avoid potential combat.

Thus far I have yet to hear from team Harris about their policy on immigration, foreign affairs, or the economy, or anything else for that matter. Harris said this race isn’t about beating Trump, yet that seems to be her only focus. Walz said “we’re not going back” and that “Trump will #@! take us back”.

He must have been talking about Trump taking America back to safety, security and prosperity because team Harris is definitely headed in the opposite direction, say back to the summer of 2020 when Governor Walz refused to activate the Minnesota National Guard “they’re only a bunch of 19 year old cooks and clerks” of which he was their commander and chief.

Instead Walz ran for congress AND WAS ELECTED by the very same people he left behind in the riots of 2020. We mustn’t forget that Harris set up funding to get the rioters bailed out of jail without being charged for their lawless crimes.

We certainly don’t want to go back to 2020, but we don’t want to head in the direction team Harris is aimlessly leading her campaign.  Instead of pie in the sky talking, why is she not telling American voters what she aims to do TOO AMERICA?

This being said it is incumbent to focus on policy, policy, policy instead of attacking the character of ones political opponent (that is a key democratic fall back position) – Let the records show!

JD Vance gave very specific goals that team Trump will do on day one – for starters close the border, begin deportations beginning with the very worst of the worst illegal migrants and change the course of our nation putting America back on track for success. – RTM