CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 4, 2022
ANOTHER PRIMARY DAY HAS COME AND GONE AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAVE WON MOST OF THEIR CONTESTS. AS OF THIS WRITING, THE ARIZONA GOP GOVERNOR’S RACE HAS NOT BEEN CALLED AND WITH 60 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN, TV ANCHOR KARI LAKE IS TEN POINTS BEHIND HER OPPONENT.
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATES CLAIM THE 2020 ELECTION WAS STOLEN FROM TRUMP. HOW WILL THIS PLAY WITH INDEPENDENTS, WHO HAVE BEEN TRENDING IN POLLS TOWARDS THE GOP. THE LEFT WILL RUN ADS FEATURING TRUMP AND HIS ENDORSEMENTS, MAKING HIM THE MAIN ISSUE IN THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
ELECTIONS ARE NOT ABOUT THE PAST, AS FORMER VP MIKE PENCE HAS SAID. THEY ARE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND I WOULD ADD THE PRESENT. REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISASTER DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING OF THE NATION – FROM CONTINUING TO SUPPORT ABORTION, TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO MASSIVE SPENDING AND HIGHER TAXES DURING A PERIOD OF INFLATION
IF CANDIDATES ARE VIEWED AS TOO EXTREME IN SOME STATES THEY WILL LOSE AND WINNING IS THE POINT OF AN ELECTION. IF YOU CAN’T WIN, YOU DON’T HAVE THE POWER TO DO GOOD. I’M CAL THOMAS.
