Twelve-year-old Joselyn was found with her hands and feet bound. She had no pants. The two men who raped and killed her belonged to a known violent gang. These men were illegal immigrants who flooded into the country along with millions of others, under the watch of Vice President Kamala Harris.
A Trump rally crowd in North Carolina listened to the details as Joselyn’s mother said she needed a country in which her next child could be safe. Open borders where anyone in the world can come in, have terrifying consequences.
The Trump rally on Saturday showed a gamut of emotions and themes.
“We’re gonna frack like we’ve never fracked before,” said Trump in the Gastonia, North Carolina rally Saturday morning. “We got gas down to $1.84.” The crowd cheered as he promised to do it again.
Meanwhile, Harris spent her week delivering empty promises of things she hasn’t done.
“It’s a lot of bullshit is what it is,” said Trump Saturday morning. He called her “incompetent” and “a total fake.” A 1929 economic style depression would await if she were elected, he opined.
Even with the jabs and heartbreaking videos of children's death caused by the illegal immigration crisis, for the first time in my lifetime, I feel like I am witnessing an election of hope.
People have faith that politics will actually change things for them this time. They cling to the promises of President Trump: that their taxes will be lower, their groceries will be more affordable, and their kids will be safer.
Like the ashes of Grizzly 399 will dance among the cold Teton air, so too will the sounds of liberty resonate after this election season, a tribute to the renegade spirit of freedom’s supreme meaning.
The tribalism on both sides resounds. But for today, I still sense a strong kinship. Partisan devotions are deep, the election is hotly contested, but never has it felt more “American” to be American, because people across the political spectrum are coming home to the ideals that actually define them.
Win or lose we are divided, but we are proud. The electorate is awakened. Eyes stay watchful, but they turn off the news. They've made up their minds.
The importance of your vote is significant. In 2020, Biden won by a 0.03% margin.
Especially if you are young and even if you have never voted before. According to the last census, Millennials and Generation Z comprise 44% of all voters in 2024.
Joe Rogan said, in his recent interview with President Trump, “You wanna be a rebel? You want to be punk rock? You want to buck the system? You’re a conservative now.”
But this is a point that I’ve made before. This isn’t about Democrat and Republican; this is about conservative and not.
After all, my generation polls as distrustful of the two-party system. Donald Trump is now supported by long-time Democrats Robert F. Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard. The big umbrella as we imagined the Reagan Republican party to be is here.
Vice President Harris is joined by Liz Cheney on the campaign trail, which exposes her strategy – the platform is not about change. If they wanted to change anything they already could have. Instead, the strategy is repeating that Trump is bad.
But how can those life-long Democrats be conservative? Because they believe in some fundamental truths that bind them together and give them common ground. Trump, Tulsi and RFK believe in freedom of speech, no censorship or weaponization of the system against the opponents who fight within it. They believe in protecting the health and safety of our kids. They believe American families should be prosperous and not taxed to fund forever wars overseas.
The conservative avengers of sorts. We’re rabid, and we’re punk rock. So go ahead, sign up. Remember superheroes are usually everyday people, until they put on the cape.
Cassie Craven can be reached at: ccraven.law@gmail.com
