A couple for Trump over the past couple of days and no real surprises:
How did President Trump do it? First, by trusting the free market. He championed lowering the corporate tax rate to a figure more in line with the rest of the industrialized world. He cut cumbersome regulations, particularly ones rammed through as President Barack Obama was headed out the door. He streamlined the permitting process that would delay infrastructure projects by years, sometimes decades.
A Joe Biden administration would be beholden to a socialist left that sees an opportunity to remake the nation in its vision, one more dependent on government debt. Consider Biden’s dance on fracking — against it for his party, in favor of it in general because he knows what a positive force it’s been for Pennsylvania. Which position would he have in office?
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The Spokesman Review "with misgivings":
The economy and markets roared under Trump’s championship of market-based solutions and individualism. Unemployment among communities of color reached record lows. He reset trade and diplomatic relationships in America’s favor. He provided historically high support for traditionally Black colleges. He rolled back extreme environmental regulations and led the way for U.S. energy independence. He backed federal sentencing reform to address inordinately high American incarceration rates. And he’s committed to supporting law and order in American cities.
Biden might win on personality and comity, but his policies would strike at the economic well-being of the country. He favors massive growth in government and a historic increase in federal spending through green initiatives, free health services, free education and other ideas grounded in reliance on the state as savior rather than creating an environment in which individual liberty and hard work can thrive. Public employee unions would hold outsized power and demand greater spending.
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More for Joe Biden:
America got a good, hard look at the contrast between two candidates for the highest office in the land Tuesday night, if you could stomach it.
One of the candidates for president was able to denounce white supremacy. Hardly a profile in courage, but here we are.
The other failed this most basic test, instead telling the Proud Boys, a gang of racist goons, to “stand back and stand by.”
One of the candidates on stage Tuesday night communicated his belief that America is capable of holding an election and counting votes.
The other did not.
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La Opinion, which is in Spanish.
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But there’s a difference now: The king has failed disastrously. Trump needs to be removed from office, and Joe Biden is the only guy who can do it.
The coronavirus is the most glaring example of his failure. Not only did Trump fail to provide leadership in the battle against the disease that has killed 210,000 Americans, he actually impeded the effort to fight the killer to protect his own interests.
In character, when it was determined that allowing the 3,500 Grand Princess passengers to disembark would prevent the spread of the disease to others on the ship, Trump spoke out against the move because it would add 40 infected passengers to the U.S. totals.
He lied to play down the disease’s severity. He overruled or blocked the recommendations of experts. He lied to claim his administration’s success at fighting the disease. He mocked those who wear masks, and refused to wear one himself. It was inevitable he would catch the disease due to his lack of caution.
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The presidency of Donald Trump is heading for the finish line, according to all polls.
Truthfully, who isn’t weary of his erratic behavior, inability to tell the truth in even small matters, boorishness and disregard for the “law and order” he clings to as a campaign strategy.
To say the time is right for a change is a colossal understatement. The election of Joe Biden as the next president is more than a vote for new leadership — it is essential to begin to heal America from the ruinous reign of the Trump storm.
An argument could be made that the Trump presidency was, in the first three years, good for the economy and had some successes in foreign affairs. Terrorism was held in check.
But through it all, even the feckless impeachment spectacle, Trump kept up his bizarre habits of overnight tweets insulting and slandering anyone who dared cross his path.
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With that consideration made, we believe the presidential candidate best equipped to lead the nation forward into a period of stability and renewed promise is former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. This conviction is underscored by our trust that our nation — nearly 250 years into the American experiment — holds true to the belief that government, at every level, has the capacity to do good.
We acknowledge that many of our readers support President Donald J. Trump — and that many will not be swayed by this affirmation of our values that, taken together, lead us to conclude that Biden’s candidacy offers inspiring — and, more importantly, tangible — possibility for the future health of the United States of America.
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