By Ray Cardello for April 22, 2023, Season 17 / Post 37

Both sides are starting to fill in names on the list of candidates. Larry Elder is the most recent entry on the GOP side, joining an impressive list of patriots who have already thrown their hats in the ring. Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Asa Hutchinson have name recognition, while outsiders Vivek Ramaswamy and Perry Johnson have an uphill battle. Much attention and media advertising is aimed at Governor Ron DeSantis, who remains in the undeclared column. Former President Donald Trump still holds a comfortable lead in the polls, which is growing. Trump is also securing support from governors and DC politicians alike. Today, the GOP nomination appears to be Trump’s to lose.

We look to be heading toward a 2020 rematch that would probably set new vote total records. 2024 could be the first time we have two indicted individuals vying for the Presidency and the leadership of the Free World. The noose is tightening around the entire Biden family. As many as nine members of the First Family may be implicated by Congress as recipients of money from foreign adversaries due to the efforts of Hunter Biden to cash in on the power of the Biden name.

We also are getting information from the IRS whistleblower, who claims to have information that links Secretary Antony Blinken and Attorney General Merrick Garland to the letter from over 50 former Intelligence Community members claiming the Hunter Biden laptop was a misinformation campaign. If true, this would be considered collusion to influence an election. In this case, the 2020 and 2022 elections were both impacted.

I was initially a Ron DeSantis supporter for the 2024 nomination. I recently changed my support back to Donald Trump. I say back because I supported Trump in 2016 and 2020 but thought his running in 2024 would be too divisive for the country. With each day and more damage to this country created by Joe Biden and his inept administration, I not only support Trump, but think the country needs Donald Trump back in the White House.

I could support many of the GOP candidates in more traditional times, but we are far from traditional in today’s America. We are at a tipping point in this country where we are on the precipice of losing our Republic. We are witnessing a breakdown of society, and the lack of trust in our government is at an all-time high. Our banking industry and economy are unstable, and the battle between inflation and interest rates stresses everyone. The government is trying to gain more control over the people who are fighting back to hold onto our rights and freedoms.

We have a broken Border that will only get worse in May when Title 42 expires and an administration that appears to be accepting of the chaos and the accompanying influx of Fentanyl that is coming from Mexico and killing 100,000 of our young people a year. Young rioters are destroying our cities, and local and state politicians blame their actions on society, not the perpetrators.

Like Rome before us, America is burning. We need someone to win the 2024 election that can hit the ground running on Day 1. We do not have time on our side. There is only one person who can turn us around. Donald Trump proved to us during his first Presidency that he has the ability and the strength to reverse the damage Joe Biden inflicted on America. After eight years of Obama and Biden, Trump jump-started our economy and restored our place as a superpower on the world stage. He did it once, and we need him to repeat the feat. The only thing that brought Trump down was a global pandemic. If we fail to put this man in the White House, we deserve the dreadful fate we will face. Trump can restore this country to greatness with an uninterrupted term without COVID and impeachment attempts.