Why Catholics Should Vote for Trump article

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buffalo said:
The Constitution grants the federal government very limited rights over the states.
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Trump limited travel from China. He had the authority to do that. OK. But he did not ban travel from Europe like he should have. He had the authority to do that too. He had the authority to use the Defense Production Act to order the production of more testing reagents and swabs. But he didn’t. He has the authority to muzzle the public health experts. He did do that. He had the authority to contradict the public health recommendations, confusing the public. He did do that. So most of the things he did were counterproductive, and the things he didn’t do that he had the authority to were also counterproductive. The worst thing of all has nothing to do with Consitutional Powers. It has to to with his misuse of the bully pulpit. Where he could have used his position to encourage the country to follow public health recommendations, he did the opposite.
 
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This is a multivariable problem.
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There seems to be a frantic search on the part of some to find a variable - any variable - that can cloud the elephant in the room - which is that the US has done rather poorly in limiting deaths due to the pandemic…

Is this just national pride on the part of some? Or does it arise out of political loyalty to the governing leaders at this point in time?
 
LeafByNiggle said:
Trump limited travel from China. He had the authority to do that. OK.
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Donald Trump considers imposing travel ban on Italy​

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was considering US travel restrictions on Italy and South Korea over coronavirus fears, adding the situation would not inevitably worsen in the United States.

The president’s optimism about containing the pathogen contradicted a senior health official in his own administration and came as authorities said they had identified the first case of unknown origin in the United States.

“I don’t think it’s inevitable. I think that there’s a chance that it could get worse, a chance it could get fairly substantially worse, but nothing’s inevitable,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

As of Wednesday, there were 60 cases in the United States – 15 detected through the public health system and 45 repatriated from abroad, either from a cruise ship off Japan or from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the first cases were identified.
https://www.thelocal.it/20200227/trump-could-impose-travel-ban-on-italy
 
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umamibella said:
How come he swapped to Republican?
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Because he wanted to be President after Obama made him mad.

He knew the dems would never elect him, so he decided to go with the rep party and run on divisive policies with the carrot of acting like he is pro life for the real hook.

Many folks took the bait, hook line and sinker. Especially the single issue abortion voter.
 
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umamibella said:
I am asking if he is a registered member of the Republican party , how is he not a Republican, where are the big differences between his policies and those of the Republican party 🙂
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Pres. Trump is a Populist. He goes with what he believes, which is not necessarily in line with any Party Platform. Populists take stands that appeal to ordinary people, not intellectuals and not people that many consider “elite,” and DEFINITELY NOT career politicians and the political “establishment.” They “upset the apple cart” and “sow discord” because they force established politicians to think, to check in with their consituencies, and to stop promoting established policies that don’t do squat but cost a lot taxpayer monies.

Many Americans, including me, admire Populism because it seems to epitomize what the United States was founded on–freedom and independence and making our own way in this world.

Admittedly, Populism can be very confusing and lead to some way-out-there policies and opinions that terrify deep thinkers and intellectuals and academics.

Does this sound like Pres. Trump to you?!

But remember–many regular, working-class Americans admire Populism–which explains why so many of us admire Pres. Trump. We admire an ability to think for ourselves and take a stand outside of “popular” opinion and do what’s right for a large number of people in the U.S. rather than the 3 major cities and few large university towns.

Another example of a Populist was Ross Perot who ran for President in 1992 and 1996. He didn’t associate himself with either the Democratic or Republican Party, but ran as an Independent, and he was considered a Populist by many. He captured a respectable percentage of the vote, and many consider him the reason why the elections turned out the way they did (what I’m saying is that some people believed that he “stole votes” from the candidate that would have been the winner).
 
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Trump is no Ross Perot.

Perot was actually a patriot, and I don’t say that just because I live in the same town he was born in.

Perot also had policies which made sense, and some morals about himself. I voted for Perot.

Can’t say the same about Trump.
 
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