Principled people must vote for Trump in spite of Trump
Vote for Trump today so you can vote for someone better tomorrow
Until quite recently, I was going to vote for Ron DeSantis rather than Trump
Protest votes are emotional, not rational, and they prioritize our personal feelings over the wellbeing of those we love
We should vote for Trump today so we can vote for someone better tomorrow
If principled people withhold their votes, unprincipled people will make all the decisions
We don’t have to like our choices, but we must make them and we must make them wisely
I wasn’t going to vote for Trump
I came extremely close to not voting for Donald Trump this year. Not that I would have voted for a Democrat, of course, but I almost wrote in Ron DeSantis as a protest vote.
And why not? Trump had caved on pre-natal murder (euphemistically called “abortion”), embraced the sexual depravity movement, signaled openness to marijuana legalization, and effectively told disaffected Christians that they had to vote for him anyway because no one else would have them.
It seemed that he didn’t really want my vote, so I was happy to withhold it. And judging by the Conservative posts on X (formerly Twitter), I was not alone.
But then my brain kicked in
At some point, however, I realized that my reaction was emotional, not rational. I wanted to punish Trump both for these betrayals and for the imbecility of thinking that they would cause Democrats to vote for him.
But withholding my vote wouldn’t really punish Trump, it would punish hundreds of millions in this country and, by extension, billions around the world.
The impending Dem-ocracy
Harris and her Party are openly trying to end our constitutional republic and the freedoms of all those who depend upon it. They want to eliminate freedom of speech, disarm the citizenry, end the Senate filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, eradicate the Electoral College, eliminate our borders, and make elections completely unreliable (which, of course, renders them ineffective). They even have their shills in the press openly calling for an end to the Constitution.
They talk a lot about “democracy,” but there’s nothing democratic about their agenda. Using specious justifications like climate, social justice, and equity, they intend to seize control over every facet of your life. You will live where they let you live, go where they let you go, drive what they let you drive, work where they let you work, earn what they let you earn, own what they let you own, eat what they let you eat, read what they let you read, and say what they let you say.
This isn’t a democracy, it’s a Dem-ocracy: a government that exists solely of, by, and for high-ranking Democrats, and it has no room for your rights.
By effectively eliminating the First and Second Amendments, they take both the pen and the sword, leaving us voiceless and defenseless…just like the unborn children they murder with such delight. And make no mistake: those willing to kill defenseless babies will not hesitate to kill defenseless adults.
Which is more important: feelings or families?
So taking all of this into account, I had to ask myself: am I willing to subject my family, friends, countrymen, and fellow human beings to communist-level horrors for the cathartic pleasure of punishing Donald Trump?
The answer had to be “no.” I had to vote for Donald Trump because the alternative was an undisguised tyranny.
Trump, of course, is not a great candidate, but voting for him today means we can vote for someone better tomorrow. If Harris wins, however, voting, like every other facet of liberty, will likely become a thing of the past, and I’m not willing to risk that for the sake of my feelings.
I don’t like Trump as a person, but there are only two viable applicants for the job of president, and he is the less likely to cause serious, perhaps fatal, harm. To paraphrase Dennis Prager: When my house is on fire, I don’t require the fireman to be a good man, I just need him to be a good fireman.
And unfortunately, that’s where we are. The country is on fire and we need a good fireman. Granted, I’d much rather it was someone principled like Ron DeSantis; and I’m well aware of the fact that our fundamental problems are spiritual, not political — politics is just a symptom. But I also recognize that I live in a world of limited choices, and barring a black-swan event, either Trump or Harris will be the next president. Withholding my vote will not change that, so I may as well contribute it to the cause of liberty.
The wise choice isn’t necessarily a pleasant one
I know there are Christians and Conservatives who say they cannot bring themselves to vote for a candidate who isn’t firmly pro-life. Until a few months ago, I was one of them. But I eventually had to come to terms with the reality that our present choice is not between life and abortion, it’s between limited abortion and unlimited abortion.
Babies are going to be murdered under both Trump and Harris, but far more will be murdered under Harris. The math is grim, but it isn’t complicated: fewer murders is better.
If principled people withhold their votes, America’s policies will be decided by unprincipled people, only accelerating our descent into injustice, oppression, destitution, and carnage.
We don’t have to like our choices, but since we must make them, we are responsible to God and those we love for doing so wisely. We can either oppose evil today, with ballots, or do so tomorrow with bullets, and between these there is only one wise choice. Choose well.