By Rick Manning
Joe Biden was fond of calling this election “a battle for the soul of America” and he was right.
There was a stark contrast between Donald Trump and his America First agenda and the Kamala Harris agenda of increasing dependency through entitlements, open borders, the transsexualization of our children, and stomping out the last gasp of free market capitalism through her green agenda.
Standing against seemingly impossible odds, Donald Trump fought a year’s long battle for America and its people doing the impossible winning a majority of the votes cast nationwide by building a diverse, unique coalition together in a potentially transformational electoral coalition.
But ultimately, Donald Trump won the argument about who Americans want America to be.
Americans are the most generous people in the world, but we also want our government to care more about our well-being than that of those around the world who don’t like us very much.
Americans want their kids to have a better opportunity for their future than they had, and when that is threatened they fight back.
Americans don’t want their government engaging in a gun-wielding raid, because some pet squirrel got famous and an offended busybody alerted the authorities that someone was having fun somewhere and it must be stopped.
Americans want their government to leave them alone and let them take care of their families and responsibilities free from devastating price hikes caused by politicians wanting to get credit for handing out helicopter money that caused the problem.
Americans don’t want boys participating in girls’ sports. Americans in 2024 embraced women’s sports as a whole largely due to the Caitlin Clark phenomenon. Incredibly at this same time the federal government actively pushed for those same sports opportunities to be taken away by biological male participation in them.
Americans generally like one another, and don’t think their neighbor is “garbage” and deserving of persecution because of who they support for President.
Americans like Israel, and understand that Israel has a both an historic and religious right to exist as a Jewish state.
Americans like their internal combustion engine cars and don’t want the government to make them impossible to purchase in the future.
Americans want their sports teams to play sports, Hollywood to shut up and make good movies and their politicians to support criminal justice laws which are strict but compassionate, focusing upon those who commit crimes but not giving up on anyone’s future potential.
Americans are sick of jobs being shipped overseas and manufacturing plants being closed.
Americans are tired of being told what to do by elites who not only don’t respect them but cannot hide their contempt for them.
Americans want a leader who will be their champion around the world, as opposed to one who feels America owes the world an apology.
Americans rightfully believe that we live in the greatest country in the history of the world, and while it has gotten off track, it can be restored to a greater place than ever before.
Americans look at people of different colors at the workplace or in their neighborhood and see a fellow American, not a skin color.
Americans love their country and believe the best of each other, even their politicians, until proven wrong.
There was a battle for the soul of America on November 5, 2024, and America won.
Rick Manning is the President of Americans for Limited Government.
