The 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has had several allegations surrounding his election as well as his 2024 certification. In my youth I was a die hard Democrat, thoroughly enraged at the injustices of American politics. As I matured, I started to look deeper into the idea that Democrats are righteous and Republicans are wicked.
The 2024 Presidential Election made history and with it, all Americans considered which candidate fell in line with their values as well as what the future would hold if one candidate were to succeed another. Most notably, President Trump’s candidacy was wrought with accusations of fascism, corruption, and racism. I decided to take it upon myself to explore these elements and bring truth through facts so we can understand what is really going on.
What is Fascism?
The word’s origin is rooted in the word Fascio meaning bundle or group. The definition has since changed to mean:
A political philosophy claiming to represent ordinary people against the establishment by exalting nation and/or race over the individual, with a person, such as a monarch, ruling with unlimited power and influence. This ruler utilizes severe economic means to weaken an enemy’s economy and has strict control of how people behave or how something is done in addition to exerting forcible suppression of opposition https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism.
Plainly speaking, I can understand how others with no grasp of how a facist government works, could misinterpret this as the government in which Trump would like to establish however, if we assume he would attempt to practice such rule, we would also have to agree that this was also practiced by the Biden Administration in their minor transgender legislation.
An Indiana couple lost custody of their 16 yr old due to not complying with the child’s desired gender https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/interview-after-dcs-took-custody-of-their-trans-child-they-sued-and-lost-now-theyre-asking-the-supreme-court-to-weigh-in. A group of parents in Maryland attempted to challenge their school’s policy in refraining from telling parent’s how their child identified their gender in school. The parent’s lost https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/parents-cannot-challenge-school-gender-identity-policy-us-court-rules-2023-08-14/. Another case lead to the arrest of a father who refused to agree to hormone therapy or referring to their 14-yr old child by their preferred pronouns https://familylawyerab.com/blog/father-arrested-for-contempt-after-violating-orders-relating-to-transgender-son/.
If you are reading this as a loving parent or an American concerned with the welfare of children who’s brains have not finished developing, then we should be able to agree that there should be no law with the power to take a child from their home due to their curiosity about gender identity. Parents have a God given right to raise their children as they see fit following moral guidelines and once a child is an adult, we can agree that they have their own right to move about their adulthood as they please given they are not breaking the law.
In addition to the aforementioned, the longest standing facist governments were the 1922 Italian regime with a run of 21 years, 1933 Germany with a 12 yr run, and 1926 Japan with a 19 yr run.
We cannot continue to believe that everyone in this country is so dense that they have no basic knowledge of the atrocities practiced by foreign governments and how those citizens were/are horribly affected by their practices. We also must not think of ourselves higher than we ought to in assuming that because we have collegiate educations that our way of thinking, understanding, and researching is superior to those without post-secondary instruction.
Corruption
Another key point that is commonly spread is the idea that President Trump will corrupt the Senate and the rich will take over government.
Since 1776, acting American politicians have been convicted of corruption. Under the Obama administration, Independent General David Petraeus, Director of the Central Intelligence agency, was charged for providing classified information, Republican Mark D Siljanderwas was convicted of obstruction of justice, Democrat Jesse Jackson plead guilty to misuse of campaign funds totaling $750,000, Republican Rick Renzi was found guilty of wire fraud and conspiracy in addition to other crimes.
Under Trump’s first term, Democratic Lieutenant General Michael Flynn pleaded guilty of lying to the FBI, Republican Chris Collins pleaded guilty to insider trading, and Republican Duncan Hunter pleaded guilty to misuse of campaign funds.
Under the Biden Administration, Democrat Jamaal Bowman pleaded guilty to falsely pulling an alarm, Democrat Robert Mendez was convicted of 16 counts which included bribery and working illegally as a foreign agent, and Republican George Santos pleaded guilty to identity theft and wire fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_State.
In addition to these convicted corruptions, we also have Democrat Nancy Pelosi who in the span of 6 months, earned an estimated $4 million through a bet waged by her husband on Nvidia. This happened weeks before congress voted on providing subsidies to the manufacturing company https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/pelosi-nvidia-stock-bet-paying-off-big-trackers-indicate.
Former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert boosted his net worth by $2 million utilizing a road-building earmark. An earmark is congressional money appropriated for a specific purpose. By utilizing this congressional tool, Hastert drove up the value of land he purchased in Illinois, which happened to be a few miles away from the road-building earmark that was approved by congress.
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, utilized earmarks to increase the value of his land by sponsoring an $18 million dollar bridge connecting Laughlin, NV to Bullhead City, AZ. This approved earmark happened to be a few miles away from his 160-acre land.
Republican Senator Judd Gregg was able to earmark an estimated $66 million by turning Pease Airforce Base into a business park. This development was headed by his brother. The Senator invested $240,000 with a return between $240-650,000 https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-insider-trading-earmarks-real-estate-nancy-pelosi-rich-tax-payer-money-2011-11#sen-judd-gregg-r-nh-4.
Racism
Another point of propaganda with President Trump is wide spread racism that will inflict injury to those who are non-white Americans. I would like to preface this by saying that I do understand racism exists and is practiced by Americans and global citizens alike. I would like to put my own personal beliefs aside and look at the numbers reported by the FBI.
Hate crimes involving racism in Obama’s first year totaled 4,400 due to black bias. Under Trump’s first year, black hate crimes were reported at 4,200 https://sites.law.duq.edu/juris/2018/11/10/hate-crimes-in-the-u-s-what-do-the-numbers-show/.
By Trump’s 4th term, anti-black or African American hate crimes dropped to 2,871 https://www.justice.gov/archives/crs/highlights/2020-hate-crimes-statistics#:~:text=Participating%20agencies%20reported%205%2C227%20race,a%2049%25%20increase%20since%202019.
In 2021, during Biden’s first year, 6,643 hate crimes were due to race/ethnicity/ancestry https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/2021-hate-crime-statistics.
In 2023, 3,421 cases were reported under the Biden administration due to anti-black or African American hate crimes https://www.justice.gov/archives/crs/highlights/2022-hate-crime-statistics.
For clarity purposes, there were no numbers published by the FBI concentrated on Anti-Black or African American hate crimes in 2021, 2023, or 2024; only percentages were given.
The 2024 Presidential Election had the second highest voter turn out in American history.
57% of white Americans, 52% of other, 65% American Indian, 46% Hispanic, 39% Asian 13% blacks voted for President Trump https://www.statista.com/statistics/1535265/presidential-election-exit-polls-share-votes-race-and-ethnicity-us/.
The President of the People
Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential election by both the popular vote, earning over 2 million more votes than Kamala and the Electoral college at 312 compared to Harris’ 226.
President Trump currently holds the highest popular vote by an Presidential candidate in history https://www.cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers. Despite our own personal feelings about the current President of the United States, we must understand that this president was chosen by the people based on what he was running on and who he was running with. We should consider that we all live in the United States of America and attempt to look at our neighbors opinions with respect as we would like for our views to be seen as such. No president or government body will be able to save you nor will they determine what blessings you receive in life. The only One who can save is Jesus and the only Blessing Bestower is The Most High God.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
With Love,
Mother Ocia