The Democratic National Convention has been showcasing a number of “defections” from the Republican Party to back Joe Biden’s bid for the White House. Some, like Colin Powell, hadn’t voted Republican in a while so it’s hard to call them defections. But one look at other defections shows why grassroots conservatives took a chance on a billionaire New Yorker and former Democrat named Donald Trump.
As we’ve acknowledged before, Trump’s style and presidency have been anything but smooth sailing. But, like chemotherapy, he’s been an essential treatment for some very serious problems.
One of those problems was a Republican establishment that had difficulty winning national elections and standing up to the slings and arrows of the Democrats and their Leftmedia brethren. And even when Republicans won elections, they rarely seemed to advance conservative issues.
Let’s take a look at the Left’s latest media darling, John Kasich, the former Republican congressman, Ohio governor, and failed presidential candidate who was featured on the opening night of the Democrat convention. On one core issue for conservatives — national security — Kasich is responsible for helping make our position with China far weaker than it had to be. In the mid-1990s, Bill Clinton’s administration wanted to halt B-2 bomber production at 20. Many on the Republican side wanted to see at least 40 of these advanced bombers built — and that number probably should have been even higher.
Kasich, though, came through for Clinton by teaming up with hard-left Congressman Ron Dellums to support this cut, cap our B-2 production, and weaken our national security. These days, with our bomber force in a pinch and an aggressive China and a meddlesome Russia, wouldn’t America be safer with a few more B-2s on hand?
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