By Raynard
Jackson
Columnist
With the next Republican presidential debate coming in two
days, I expect more theatrics than substance.
With eleven candidates on stage, it’s impossible to have any type of
substantive dialogue. Each candidate
will have 10 minutes of total talk time.
And of course the media will try to focus on trivial things like say
something nice about one of your opponents or gotcha
questions like what is the name of Putin’s vice president.
D.C. insiders continue to display their utter disdain for
Donald Trump and his presidential campaign.
As I have previously written, Trump is not the issue, but rather the lack
of leadership and vision displayed by our Republican presidential
candidates.
I challenge anyone to name me three issues that all
Republicans can rally around as a contrast to the Democrats; and state them in a
manner that would resonate with the average voter.
Far too many supposed Republican leaders and presidential
candidates are to the left of Obama when it comes to amnesty for those in the
country illegally. How can you
aggressively support this type of policy when it will continue to depress wages
of the lower and middle classes?
This cheap labor will also exacerbate the Black unemployment
rate, which is the highest of any group in the country. Oh, I forgot, Blacks don’t count; so
Republicans remain silent on this issue.
Isn’t it amazing that the two people who have specifically
opposed amnesty solely on the grounds of its negative impact on the Black
community have been Republican author and commentator, Ann Coulter and Donald
Trump?
Isn’t it also amazing that these two people are often labeled
in the media as “racist” and “xenophobic?”
I have known Coulter for many years and she, second only to me, has
constantly used her media platform to strongly encourage the Republican Party to
do a better job courting the Black vote; especially using issues like blocking
amnesty and supporting entrepreneurship as the gateway into the Black
community.
More than anyone else in the Republican field, Trump
understands the impact of illegal, cheap labor on the Black unemployment
rate. On this issue, he is more in tune
with the grassroots in the Black community than Obama, the NAACP, the National
Urban League, and the Congressional Black Caucus—go figure.
Now these very same groups have come to the asinine
conclusion that America has a “moral” obligation to take in refugees from
Syria. Are you kidding me? America
cannot afford to play Santa Claus to the world.
These refugees are Europe’s problems, not ours. There are many ways to help without bringing
them to our country.
We can’t even track notorious criminal gang members from
Central America who are part of MS 13, but yet we are supposed to know who the
terrorists from Syria are? What
responsible family would take their only loaf of bread and send it to an unknown
family on the other side of the world?
A person’s first “moral” obligation is to provide for their
own family; anything thing else would be irresponsible.
One of the things that drives me crazy with Republicans who
support amnesty is they always ask what are you going to do with the 30 million
illegals who are already in the country?
You can’t deport 30 million people they say. Oh really?
Why can’t we?
Every Republican candidate for president has said that
America is an exceptional country; of course they never define what they
mean. Basically, American exceptionalism
means we can do anything we put our minds to.
We can put a man on the moon, we can liberate Kuwait from Iraq, and we
can elect a Black to be president.
So, Republicans, which is it? Are we an exceptional nation or not? When they say we can’t deport 30 million
people they mean they don’t have the will to deport 30 million illegals because
deep down inside, like liberals, they believe in open borders and cheap labor;
not free market capitalism.
So Trump comes along and says he will build a wall, deport
those in the country illegally, and make America great again. These are simple sound bites that resonate
with the American people; and the American people, thus far, believe Trump will
deliver on his promises.
Slowly Trump is beginning to grow into a presidential
candidate that must be taken seriously.
The other candidates can’t match the size of Trump’s personality; but
they can match him on the issues if they choose to tap into the frustration
Americans are feeling about their lives and the wrong direction our country is
headed in.
But if the other candidates are only going to offer
Democratic lite policies, then Trump will definitely be our presidential nominee
and will have a decent chance of becoming the next U.S. president. To this there is no debate.
Raynard
Jackson & Associates, LLC is an internationally recognized political
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He has coined the phrase “straticist.”
As a straticist, he has merged strategic planning with public
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