RIGHT SPEAK: Staying Home Won’t Punish Republicans, It Will Undo Trump’s Wins: Trump may not literally be on the ballot, but his accomplishments and future victories are

Staying Home Won’t Punish Republicans, It Will Undo Trump’s Wins:

Trump may not literally be on the ballot, but his accomplishments and future victories are

President Donald Trump closed out night one of the Republican National Committee (RNC) first-ever midterm convention with one simple plea: “Pretend that I’m on the ballot.”
“I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. Just one more time, because if we lose, you’re going to lose your border, you’re going to lose your tax cuts, you’re going to lose your safety and security, you’re going to lose your wealth,” Trump said.

It’s an important ask, given how Republicans have struggled to turn out voters when Trump is not literally on the ballot. But while Trump’s name may not literally appear on the ballot, it is for all intents and purposes next to every single “R” on the ticket.

Trump’s agenda is on the ballot. But more importantly, so are his accomplishments.

Over the past two years, Trump has used his authority to shut down the southern border, restore immigration enforcement, dismantle federal DEI programs, and reverse Biden’s ridiculous definition of sex, among other things. Congressional Republicans have funded some of that agenda, like immigration enforcement, and passed Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill, which adds incentives for states to crack down on fraud and waste while also introducing no tax on tips and overtime for certain employment sectors.

Securing a Republican Congress is a priority. Many of Trump’s aforementioned accomplishments were through executive order in order to restore sanity more immediately. None of that would have been easy or even possible without a Republican Congress that provided funding or stepped aside and let the president do what he promised.

That said, congressional Republicans have also still failed to codify a lot of Trump’s work — which is why the election matters even more so. Executive orders can be — and typically are — rescinded by the next president.

It’s easy to forget what life was like a mere two years ago: tens of thousands of migrants rushing the southern border, tearing down barriers and flooding the country illegally. Trump is, to some extent, a victim of his own success. Americans don’t see the problem because it doesn’t currently exist, and they become complacent.

But the absence of a crisis does not mean the threat has disappeared. It means Trump’s policies worked. And unless Congress can codify those policies, many of Trump’s victories will remain short-term, just waiting to be undone by a future Democrat president. That’s why Trump’s accomplishments, and not just his future agenda, are on the ballot. The question for voters is not whether they want the border secured for the next two years but whether they want Congress to make the border security permanent past Trump’s last day in office.

Give Democrats control of Congress, and they may not be able to order Trump to reopen the border, but they can certainly withhold funding, kneecap the president with baseless investigations and impeachments, and ensure that all Trump’s successes on border security and immigration are temporary. Trump could keep issuing executive orders, but those again remain vulnerable to immediate reversal in the next presidential election cycle. --->READ MORE HERE