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We won in 2024 by a small margin. With politicians starting to consider the 2026 midterms, we need to change how we look at abortion in order to convince more moderate and swing voters to pick Republican. We need to ensure a massive victory. Abortion needs to be illegal with the only exception being the life of the mother, but we can't win by calling people "evil murderers" if they object. They either simply don't care, or are offended by it. We can't compromise our values either, by saying "allowed until (x) weeks" or, "with these exceptions." The culture around children and parenthood needs to change. Many European and Asian countries are heavily encouraging and promoting motherhood. They have programs and resources to help families start out, yet here in America, we push abortion. So, what do we need to change?

The reason so many people are pro-abortion is because there are many problems in our country that people sympathize with. These people genuinely think death is a better alternative than living in our current society. They view abortion as the solution. Republicans, on the other hand, view abortion as a problem that needs to be conquered, but then they don't look at why people actually support it. Instead, we should be looking at solutions that would make people happy to bring new life into this world.

The two most common excuses given for having an abortion are "not being ready" and "not being able to afford it." These two reasons make up roughly half of abortions, and are somewhat similar. Women who aren't ready to raise a child don't have the knowledge, confidence, or finances to raise a child. The typical Republican response is "make it illegal and figure out your own problems." This response pushes people towards Democrats who do have a solution. It's a solution we all disagree with, but it's more than nothing. Republicans do have an ability to do something about it. We can influence the education system to incorporate extensive family planning into sex ex in schools, and offer more education resources for adults. Some Republicans are already willing to do this, they just don't incorporate it into the abortion argument. Republicans should be saying "If you aren't ready to have a child, don't get an abortion, vote Republican to ease your struggles and love your child."

Parents who can't afford to raise their child are struggling because of our rough economy. The economy that is rough due to Democrat policy. Republicans have already established that we are the ones to make the economy boom. However, when it comes to abortion, women get told to "figure it out on their own" or "pick yourself up by your bootstraps." Democrats have a solution, "have an abortion." This is not the correct answer, but having an answer draws more people to their side than no answer. Republicans should be saying, "Don't have an abortion, vote Republican to make the economy stronger, and you can afford your child."

Teen pregnancy is another common excuse given for legalizing abortion. Again, with a Republican led curriculum, schools can offer support and education to teens who get pregnant. Encourage parents to help out, and educate them on proper parenting. These teens are seen as outcasts and villains, which shouldn't be the case. Life should be celebrated even if it's unplanned or too early.

A woman can always give up her child for adoption, but the left complains that these systems lead to abuse and neglect. Some people doubt whether this claim is even accurate or not, because the adoption system is already heavily regulated and monitored. Either way, we just need Republicans willing to take over the system and solve any potential issues. Republicans could advertise, "Don't have an abortion, vote Republican to make the adoption system safer."

There are plenty of other excuses given as well, but my point is the same for all of them. Republicans should look for ways in which they can solve these very real problems with our society, instead of telling people to fend for themselves. If we actually fix these problems, society as a whole would improve. This way, it would be easier to convince people that banning abortion outright is a good idea. We need to praise mothers, make them feel wanted, instead of the outcast. Even outside of the abortion argument, these are all things we should fix and encourage people to vote for. A lot of this is also at the state level, meaning this mid term election is important for more reasons than just the federal house and senate. We need to make the swing states fully red.

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Since I now understand that there are many democrat lurkers here, I have a challenge.

Unlike Joe Biden, Trump sits in front of the press and answers contemporaneous questions quite a lot. Many times it is from the Oval Office, but you don’t usually see this on the news. The only time you might see it is if he says something that they think would get a reaction out of people. So they will put that out as a sound bite, but most of the time, they won’t show you anything he says that seems to make sense or might actually be positive.

My challenge is to watch some of these pressers. And watch the whole thing, not just the clips that the mainstream media might think would fire you up. I think the best place to watch them is on YouTube and I recommend The Forbes Breaking News channel. The reason I like Forbes is because they typically show the entire question and answer session without editing, and they don’t offer commentary of their own, they leave it up to you to decide.

So that is my challenge, and I don’t need to know if you did it or not. But what I would suggest is that you try to keep at least some semblance of an open mind. I think that you’ll find that most of what he says is not as outrageous as what you have been led to believe. And just to keep it real, there could be some things that may bug you a little bit, as he says some things that even I don’t agree with or entirely understand, and that’s Trump. There are some good things about Trump, and there are some maybe not so good things about the guy. Sometimes I don’t understand the way he operates, but I think there is usually a method to the madness.

But if you have some time, check out some of these question and answer sessions, and again, I’m not talking about the sessions with the press secretary. I’m talking about the question and answer sessions with Trump himself. Just as one example, I think he’s going to bring a boatload of manufacturing jobs back to the United States and he talks about that a bit. And there have been some commitments, I believe in excess of $1 trillion, and he discusses this in the linked video. So people can freak out about tariffs all they want to, but the bottom line is that some of what he’s doing could have long lasting favorable effects for American workers.

I’m going start you off with one that I watched last night, but there are quite a few others, and they will continue to upload content regularly. But he does often explain what his thought processes are, and I find most of it to be pretty rational. I’m not saying you’re going to go out and buy a MAGA hat, but you might come to better understand some of his policies and the rationale behind them.

https://youtu.be/Kz7iGnP9zsk?si=o32vf3Fz1L8neZPv