To the editor:<\/p>\n
In response to a recent Guest Commentary:<\/p>\n
Perhaps the writer, who states he worked in the administrations of both President Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, should explain what a \u201cprincipled Republican\u201d is.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m an American conservative. I voted for Ronald Reagan, twice. George H. W. Bush, twice, and Donald J. Trump, three times. Did I agree with everything they did in office? No. Did I agree they were the best at the time? Absolutely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The writer complains about Gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds because he supports President Trump\u2019s policies. He also complains Donalds supports President Trump\u2019s military actions.<\/p>\n
Perhaps he forgets about President Reagan\u2019s support for the Contras, the Lebanon deployment (241 marines killed), involvement in the Persian Gulf, etc\u2026<\/p>\n
He must have also forgotten about President Bush and the Gulf War. I\u2019ll leave that alone.<\/p>\n
But Trump apparently is a war monger. (Trump also stopped eight \u201cwars\u201d around the globe.)\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for President Trump\u2019s policies, seems to me he\u2019s done what a vast majority of Americans asked him to do, myself included. \u00a0If we wanted another typical \u201cprincipled Republican,\u201d we would have elected Jeb Bush, or Nikki Haley. But we didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We wanted someone that a lot of \u201cprincipled Republicans\u201d hated. Someone who would be with the people, not the swamp. Not the military industrial complex, not the \u201crino\u2019s\u201d that continuously vote against what the people want to pad their own bank accounts. Those were OUR principles.<\/p>\n
So, it seems the writer\u2019s complaints about Byron Donalds aren\u2019t about Byron Donalds, they\u2019re about President Trump. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s called TDS. There\u2019s a lot of that going around.<\/p>\n
We \u201cAmerican conservatives\u201d, will judge each candidate on their own merits. We have the free minds to do that. \u00a0And our own \u201cprinciples.\u201d <\/p>\n
And Byron Donalds will be no different.<\/p>\n
Scott Dary<\/p>\n
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