Jim Bratten
This election presents the most starkly opposite choices; not simply between major political parties or two very different candidates, but between two diametrically opposed realities. Three current issues illustrate the dichotomies best: the economy, the courts, and a Chinese virus.
Concerning the economy, President Trump, in his first term, has increased median household income by $6,000. Black and Latino unemployment hit the lowest rates on record; overall unemployment hit lows not seen in 60 years. Under Trump, stock markets have experienced the largest gains in history. Before the advent of the Wuhan virus, the economy set records. The virus hit and within two months over 30 million people were unemployed, thousands of businesses closed. But as President Trump predicted, the “V” recovery is happening as expected, things improving. In September, 661,000 jobs were created, wages were up 4.7%; the labor force participation rate was 61.4% and the unemployment rate dropped further, to 7.4% from a high of over ten. The Commerce Department announced that the Third Quarter GDP increased 7.4%, the annualized rate up 33.1%. It’s the largest single quarter increase and largest economic recovery in U.S. history. Under a Biden administration, none of this would be possible, since socialism will advance and capitalism will be forced to retreat, and with it, prosperity.
President Trump kept his promise of realigning the courts toward constitutional originalism. He has confirmed three appointments to the Supreme Court in his first presidential term, and appointed 220 federal judges in less than four years – a record. Currently, there are NO vacancies in the U.S. circuit courts, not seen in years. This has the Left frantic; their dependable judicial short-cut to ideological objectives has shrunk. Joe Biden will pack the courts with progressive, controllable judges and diminish the rule of law, as he has with Democrat support for the Antifa/BLM lawlessness committed by Biden voters.
When the Wuhan virus was released from Communist China in late 2019, no one knew what was coming. President Trump acted as he acquired information. Sadly, his White House “virus team” was staffed by Deep State bureaucrats, 
who struggled to keep the status quo and their budgets intact. The CDC was totally unprepared for a pandemic, its primary reason for existence. President Trump streamlined processes and decision making; the bureaucrats objected, gave bad advice and cooked the numbers. Trump replenished supplies and cut red tape.
Death rates from the virus continue to fall across all age groups, but government emphasizes the number of cases, not the falling death rate. Few diseases enjoy this type of slanted reporting. Trump has overcome fake news, overturned previous decisions and corrected errors made by his “virus team.” Democrats still demand a national lockdown, causing higher casualties than the virus. So what’s the objective if it isn’t to slow the virus or save lives? Biden knows, that’s why he prefers lockdowns and masks to acquired immunity and targeted treatment. He’ll 
only prolong the misery, but the objective is control.
With Joe Biden and Democrats in the White House, this nation would be locked down with steadily increasing poverty rates and expanding food stamp consumption.
Is it “America First” or “China First”? Is it “More Prosperity” or “Higher Taxes”? Is it “Constitutional Rule of Law” or “Antifa/BLM Anarchy and Fascism”?
November 3, the choice will be obvious for Americans who love this country.
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