TRUMP IS A DEMAGOGUE,
A WOULD-BE DICTATOR AND A FASCIST
WHAT IS A:
DEMAGOGUE
A Politician Who Appeals to the Hates and Fears of People.
DICTATOR
A Ruler with total power over a County.
FASCIST
An Authoritarian Right-wing System of Government; Extreme Right-wing Authoritarian, or Intolerant Views or Practice.
Trump has no serious solutions to pressing problems just fanning of resentment and blame and anger and hate. He not only shouts that we should hate everyone who is not just like ourselves but makes it our patriotic duty.
Trump is the worst, the most hateful candidate to ever run for the presidency. Dona Ana County Republicans have a lot of explaining to do. But they have a lot of practice for they nominate Steve Pearce over and over again. Pearce is much like Trump.
STEVE PEARCE
The Center for America Progress analysis found that between January, 2013 and March, 2016, members of congress filed at least 44 bills or amendments that attempted to remove or undercut protection for parks and public lands – making the 114th Congress the most anti- conservation Congress in recent years.
In recognition of his work to sell off New Mexico (and our country’s) national parks and public lands, The Center for America Progress named Steve Pearce to the new Anti-parks Caucus. ( A caucus is a closed political meeting.)
PEARCE DOESN’T BELIEVE IN BIG FORESTS AND NATIONAL PARKS!!
He believes that public lands should be turned back (not sold) to the states and private owners. He wants very much to reverse the trend of public ownership of land.
Pearce has a lifetime score of 5% pro-environment votes. This means that he has a 95% anti-environment vote.
MONEY FROM BIG OIL
Steve Pearce has received $1.7 million from gas companies in campaign contributions.
So it’s no surprise that he is in favor of oil drilling on public lands and of off-shore drilling.
Steve Pearce tried to cheat American taxpayers out of Billions in oil royalties.
Pearce authored an amendment, an addition to a Department of Interior appropriation bill – how they pay for, among other thing, the Parks – that would have allowed oil drilling companies to continue not paying their proper share in royalties. It passed but was defeated by public review and outrage.
CLEAR CUTTING
Rep. Steve Pearce co-sponsored legislation that covers land seizure, attacks to the Antiquities Act, and legislation that makes logging much more important than recreation. He wants to open new areas to roads and clear cutting.
[Clear cutting means cutting down all he trees in an area.]
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From the Book of Common Prayer: A Prayer for Social Justice
Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart and especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers that divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatred cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
How do Trump and Pearce measure up to ideas of the value of every individual - no discrimination, no suspicion, and no hatred - in this prayer?
TRUMP
He’s abrasive. He doesn’t care if he is liked. It could be difficult to have someone like this represent us.
He embraces uninformed positions on finance.
He is a racist. On Twitter he made comments that black and Latino citizens commit most violent crime in major cities.
Diplomacy. He is the opposite of a diplomat, loud and foul mouthed.
Military. The terrible trouble that Trump and a Republican dominated congress could do is unthinkable. This is really scary.
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STEVE PEARCE, THE INCUMBENT, IS
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION
Steve Pearce was born in 1947, which makes him 69 years old. (He can get Medicare.) He votes with the Republican Party on the majority of bills but he leans farther to the right than some of his Republican colleagues. He is running for re-election this year, 2016.
He strongly favors privatizing Social Security.
Older Americans should be able to look forward to social and economic justice so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, fulfillment and security. Under a privatized Social Security system, this would not happen. There are many poor people in Southern New Mexico: people who might possibly not have even had a bank account would be asked to manage their Social Security.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Justice means being fair.
When I think of Steve Pearce, I do not think of words like fair, kind, caring, dependable, and responsible to all his constituents. He does not have a grand and wonderful vision of peace and justice for this country and its people. His vision is more limited to peace, justice and power for people like himself: rich and predominantly white.
I don’t think of him as a man who tries to break down barriers that divide us and work so that our divisions are healed, and we may live in justice and peace.
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TRUMP THE WOULD-BE DICTATOR’S
FIRST HUNDRED DAYS IN OFFICE
Trumps says that he will do all the things listed below in his first 100 days. Fortunately, that is impossible, for the Constitution gives us all kinds of checks and balances. He could not do any of these things without the agreement of the Congress.
1. Appoint Supreme Court justices
2. Change immigration rules
Mr Trump has said undocumented immigrants in the US take jobs that US citizens could have.
Controversially, he has also said repeatedly - although not in this speech - that he would build a wall on the southern border that Mexico would pay for, to stop Mexico's criminals and rapists from coming to the US.
He also wants to ban Muslims from entering the country in an attempt to prevent terrorism, a move that has provoked fierce criticism from within his own party.
3. Lift energy and drilling restrictions
Mr Trump has said there should be less regulation of energy production and that the US should drill more for oil and gas. He said the country's energy potential remains "untapped".
4. Repeal Obamacare
Mr Trump has called Obamacare a disaster and that he pledges to repeal and replace it. He says it is a job-killer and ineffective.
Obamacare, which is actually the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is President Barack Obama's signature law and aims to extend health insurance to those in the country that do not have it.
5. Punish firms that send jobs overseas
He has threatened to raise taxes on US-based companies that have moved operations overseas, like Pfizer, Ford and Nabisco.
6. Lower taxes for everyone
He said lowering taxes for all - businesses and people - would create millions of new jobs.
Mr Trump declared in his New York speech, wrongly, that the US has the highest taxes in the world. Politifact says it is actually ranked near the bottom among OECD countries.
His tax plan would not raise taxes on the top earners in the US.
7. Cancel trade rules with other countries
Trade deals with other countries are "killing" the country, he has said, and that he will defend the US against countries that "cheat" on trade like China.
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A Prayer For Our CountryFrom the Book of Common Prayer
Almighty God who has given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly ask you that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought here from many nations.
Give wisdom to those whom in your Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to your law, we may show forth your praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, do not let our trust in you fail; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen.
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