Never Going Back
Vice President Kamala Harris has found her campaign slogan: “We are not going back!” Not only does it resonate deeply with Democrats, Independents, and Never Trumpers who don’t ever want to see Donald Trump in the White House again, but it is also a powerful message that forces the comparison of Trump’s presidency against the record of Biden/Harris.
Here is why America doesn’t want to go back:
Economy
Trump:
Lost 2.7 million jobs
Increased the U.S. Debt by 40%,
Increased the U.S. Trade Deficit by over 40%
Ended with 6.3% unemployment
Awarded billions in contracts to companies who offshored 200,000 US jobs
39 million Americans earning under $15 an hour prior to the pandemic
Biden/Harris:
Created 16 million jobs
Reduced the debt-to-GDP ratio from 133% to 123%
Kept Unemployment low, including at or below 4% for 27 months, a streak not seen since the 1960s
Brought manufacturing back to the U.S., creating 800,000 jobs
Broke ground on infrastructure projects nationwide, also creating 800,000 jobs
An economy outpacing China’s for the first time in almost 50 years
17 million Americans now earn under $15 an hour
National Security/Foreign Policy
Trump:
Negotiated with terrorists and gave them everything they wanted
Terrorist attacks happened within the U.S.
Threatened to abandon NATO
Wanted to give areas of Ukraine to Putin
Cratered U.S. standing on the world stage
Laughed at by world leaders while addressing the U.N. General Assembly
Undermined U.S. elections
Caused an insurrection against the U.S. Capitol
Biden/Harris
Restored U.S. standing on the world stage
No new or continuing wars involving U.S. troops
Built an international coalition to deal with Russian tyranny and Iranian aggression
No terrorist attacks inside the US
NATO is the strongest it has ever been, with several new members and more members meeting the military spending level
Didn’t have a foreign enemy help get them elected
Crime
Trump:
Saw gun deaths (excluding suicides) rise from 15,000 a year to 19,500, and mass shootings increase from 383 to 610
Had the largest increase in homicides in U.S. history
Calls the insurrectionists who mercilessly beat Capitol police officers “patriots”
Is a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, fraud, and defamer
Biden/Harris
Violent crime at a 50-year low
Gun deaths have lowered and continue to decrease
Mass Shootings down 30% in 2024
Higher police funding
Other
Trump:
Appointed Supreme Court Justices who overturned Roe v Wade
Left the Paris Climate Agreement
Tossed paper towels to Puerto Ricans after a massive hurricane
Lied about the pandemic at the cost of American lives
Biden/Harris:
Rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement
Forgave student debt
Forced airlines to give cash refunds for issues/cancellations/delays
Highest energy production in history
Historic investments in green energy have reduced US CO2 emissions
Even border crossings are below where they were when Trump’s presidency ended.
Then there is what Trump has said he would do with a second term in the Oval Office:
Be a dictator
Terminate the Constitution
Use the military on civilians
Round people up into camps
Seek vengeance against his enemies
Project 2025
Asked the Supreme Court for immunity for any horrible thing he might do
This is what the 2024 election is all about: moving forward or going backward, freedom or oppression, democracy or authoritarianism.
We will not go back.