In today’s vitriolic political climate, any post in support of Trump garners immediate ire and attack. As I give my reasons for voting for Trump instead of Harris, I discover that my Facebook friends list grows noticeably smaller. I have had people from the Left, from the Right, and from Religious Sectors question why I am going to vote for Donald Trump and the Republicans.   I do not have to justify my vote, but I would like to explain my reasons briefly.

My Christian worldview and values are the primary reason I vote as I do. It is from my Biblical Christian worldview and values that I derive my identity. It defines who I am, what I believe, and why I believe the way I do.   You may disagree with me vehemently; that is your right.   I believe you are wrong, but that is another debate for another time.

I am concerned about America and Americans, myself included.  I am concerned about the future of this Country and what kind of Republic my grandchildren and their children will live in.   I am concerned about all our freedoms, including Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Right to Self Defense and Self Protection.   I am concerned about the ability to choose the occupation you desire and the right to private property.

I am concerned about many things.  When I compare the Trump administration with the current administration, I can honestly say we were better off fiscally, socially, and nationally under Trump.   We were energy independent, our economy was far better, and the American Dream was much more reachable. 

I am Pro-Life and believe that the rights of the unborn in the womb must be protected.  When I hear the arguments that abortion is about women’s health, I cringe.   Most of the time, it is not about health but preference and convenience.   When I hear that a woman has a right to decide what to do with her own body, I agree, to a point.   However, abortion is not about the woman’s body other than she is the host of a totally separate and distinct life. 

If we allow abortion because the pregnancy could interfere with a woman’s career path, that is not about health but preference.   If we allow abortion because the baby has some physical or medical defect, that is not about the woman’s health but preference or convenience.   I believe that it is a biblical and moral position to value the life of the defenseless.   My convenience or yours is not the question that should have been considered before the acts that produced the pregnancy.

Donald Trump is being vilified because he said that the abortion issue belongs to the States to decide.  Constitutionally, he is right.   If the mother’s life is endangered, the decision must be placed in the physician and the mother and father (if there is a father present).  However, in my view, it must be legitimately a danger to the mother’s life, and even then, I know women who opted to give birth because they valued the life of the unborn so strongly. 

Transgenderism and allowing children who are in elementary school to determine what sex they think they should be is profoundly troubling and will be the downfall of our society.   Providing taxpayer dollars for medical treatments and operations to alter the birth sex of anyone is both unconstitutional and morally wrong.   That is forcing those of us who believe this is wrong to fund an action that violates our religious beliefs.   That is constitutionally wrong.

National Security is a significant concern.  Donald Trump desires a secure border and was effectively moving in that direction, whereas Biden and Kamala Harris purposefully opened the floodgates.   It is a national security concern, public safety concern, health concern, and fiscal concern to have millions of unvetted illegal immigrants enter our country.   The threat of terrorism, crime, drug, and human trafficking, as well as the influx of diseases we had virtually eradicated, is real.

Recently, the Governor of Virginia took action to ensure that only Legal American Citizens could vote in Virginia’s elections.  The League of Women’s Voters and now the Biden Administration’s DOJ have sued Virginia to force them to put the 6,000-plus known non-citizens back on the voter rolls.  Those people self-identified as non-citizens by checking the box indicating they were not citizens.  Why would they want them back on the rolls?

The League of Women’s Voters argued that “suppose some of them became citizens before the election.”  Seriously?  The proviso of Virginia was that they were contacted and given the opportunity to prove the non-citizen identification was an error.  They also can, with proper identification, cast a provisional ballot and then be given the opportunity to provide proof of citizenship.  The Virginia Constitution requires every voter to be a citizen of the United States. 

We know that many non-citizens have voted and are registered to vote.  No American, regardless of political ideology, should want non-citizens to vote.  We should all desire free and fair elections.  We should desire ‘one vote for one person.’  Kamala Harris and her party support keeping illegals and non-citizens on the voter rolls, but Trump does not—another reason to vote for him.

In my home State of Texas, the Senate race between Ted Cruz and Colin Allred is a clear choice between ultra-liberalism and constitutional conservatism.  Allred is on record calling the Border Wall a Racist Wall and vowing to tear it down.  He is on the record declaring that he would reinstate abortion nationally.   He had a 100% Biden score in Congress.  He voted with Biden 100% of the time until one vote just before announcing his Senate candidacy.  Imagine that!

Allred has dug back into the annals of history and brought up an incomplete quote by Cruz regarding cutting Social Security and Medicare or pushing the retirement age forward. The issues with Social Security and Medicare are directly associated with federal spending. Social Security was solvent until Lyndon Johnson tampered with it, and once Congress gets its hands on money, it never gives up access to that source.

Allred is too liberal for Texas.  He may win the election, but that would be a severe blow to Texas.  If you are voting for or against him because he is a Black man, that is racist.  If you are voting for him because he is a former Athlete, that is ridiculous.   If you are voting for him because you do not like Ted Cruz, that is like cutting your nose off to spite your face.  Consider the facts and the records, and in every election, vote both for your conscience and for what is best for everyone.

We are not electing a pastor.  Donald Trump is a flawed human being, as are the rest of us.  I view Trump as a person who, as president, can help move us in a Constitutional direction, giving us hope of remaining a Free Constitutional Republic.  Claiming his moral failings is sufficient reason to vote against him while ignoring those of Biden, Harris, Waltz, and many others seeking office is evidence of preference not principle.

You may find what I am saying objectionable; that is your right. But I ask everyone to carefully examine the records, pray earnestly, set aside preference and personality, and vote for the platform that is best for America. 

God bless you, and God bless America!