The Fate of the Essential Liberties                                              ISSUE 02                                                                                 March/ 2018                                                                                 Highlights                                                                                 Pg 3 Texting & Driving                                                                                 Pg 3 Golden Tribe                                                                                 Pg 4 State of our Union  Following the horrific   jobs, and they care       “No free man shall ever be debarredmassacre in Parkland,      about their students to               the use of arms.”Florida this past          the point that givingmonth, Governor Scott      them the necessary                  - Thomas Jeffersonhas put forth his policy   tools to protect themplan for preventing        is, in the mind of this   believed. Thomas            very moment, and wefuture attacks such        writer, an admirable      Jefferson put it best       must make our bestas these. In a historic    pursuit. As for the       when he said, “The laws     effort here and nowfirst for the Republican   reliance on our police    that forbid the carrying    to stop the furtherParty, a major player in   force as our only         of arms are laws of         erosion of essentialthe party is advocating    means of protection, I    such a nature...They        liberty, or we will spendfor a policy change        think we have all seen    disarm only those who       our twilight yearsthat would leave 18,       the problems which        are neither inclined        telling our children19, and 20-year old’s      that creates, especially  nor determined to           and grandchildren ofwithout their second       in the Parkland attack,   commit crimes...Such        the land that was onceamendment right.           where those very law      laws make things worse      called America--thatThe Governor even          enforcement officers      for the assaulted and       once offered the worldwent against President     (who failed miserably     better for the assailants;  a beacon of hope whenTrump on the issue         in their jobs) are now,   they serve rather to        all other light fadedof arming teachers,        under Governor Scott’s    encourage than to           away.stating “I want our        plan, supposed to be      prevent homicides,teachers to teach.         trusted. Our Founding     for an unarmed manAnd I want our law         Fathers made it quite     may be attacked withenforcement officers       clear that they believed  greater confidenceto be able to protect      our safety was best       than an armed man.”the students.” Well        left to the citizens      The time is here, myGovernor, with that        themselves, as no         fellow Americans. Thelogic should teachers      one else has more         future of our nation isnot concern themselves     motivation than you       being decided at thiswith utilizing fire        when it comes to yourextinguishers? Should      own self-preservation.they stop teaching to      As for the Governor’sconduct fire, tornado,     call to ban the sale ofor any of the other        all firearms to anyonedrills they already do to  under 21, that is notprepare themselves to      only unconstitutional,protect our students?      but inherentlyOur teachers are           against everythingpassionate about their     our Founding Fathers
Upcoming Speaker  This upcoming          Community                to serve, representing    While Senatorweek, the Florida State  College and              parts of Polk, Hardee,  Grimsley faces a busyUniversity College       Warner Southern          DeSoto, Charlotte,      schedule betweenRepublicans will get     College while            Glades, Highlands,      work, her campaign,the chance to host       earning her              Okeechobee, and Lee     and her family, shecurrent State Senator    MBA from the             counties. Grimsley      still finds it vital toDenise Grimsley, who     University of            serves on several       get the conservativeis also running as a     Miami.                   committees and          message out to youngcandidate for Florida’s                           subcommittees, but      college students toCommissioner of            Senator                her real leadership is  help build a strongerAgriculture.             Grimsley was             shown through her       future for our state                         first elected            chairmanship of the     and our nation. We  Grimsley is a fifth    to the Florida           Senate Agriculture      certainly look forwardgeneration Floridian     House of                 Committee. In           to hearing what shefrom Wauchula. She       Representatives in       2018 alone, she has     has to share.grew up immersed         2004, winning her        introduced billsin agriculture and is    race handily against     advocating for betterinvolved in the citrus   Pauline New Born         health care, backingand cattle ranching      and carrying over        law enforcement andindustries. She shares   65% of the vote. She     emergency medicalmemberships in the       served eight years in    responders, andPeace River Valley and   the House, serving       protecting land rightsHighland’s County        on the Agriculture       for homeowners andCitrus Grower’s          and Health Care          businesses.Associations. She        Committees andis also a registered     as Chair of thenurse and a Hospital     AppropriationsAdministrator for        Committee. AfterWauchula and             reaching her term-has served as Vice       limits in the House, inPresident and Chief      2012 she chose to runOperating Officer of     for the Florida Senateher family business,     in the 21st District.Grimsley Oil             After redistrictingCompany. Grimsley        in 2016, she movedgraduated with           to the 26th Districtdegrees from Polk        where she continues
Tougher restrictions on texting while driving                                     Upcomingcould soon pass in the legislature                                                Events  This week,      a secondary         This bill does      as the firearm          Denise Grimsley -the Florida       offense,            face resistance     debate is now           Senator Grimsley is goingLegislature has   which               in the Senate. In   raging on the           to be at our next GBMentered into the  means that          fact, one Senator   hill; with it being     meeting.last few days of  you must            (Sen. Rob           crunch timethe legislative   be stopped          Bradley) says       for producing           Tuesday Meetings -session. In the   for another         giving that extra   the budget, thisshadow of the     reason to           power to police     legislation may         Our weekly meetins are atraging firearm    then be             officers brings     not survive the         7:30 p.m. in a NEW ROOMdebate on         charged             up privacy          week.                   Bellamay 180.Capitol Hill, a   for texting         issues since inonce-prominent    while driving.      order to prove                              Spring Break - Springbill working its  Should this         you’re texting,way through       Bill go through     they may                                    Break is next week so havethe legislative   the Senate          have to search                              fun!process has       successfully,       your phone.now quietly       it would allow      Though if you’re                            Check our website regularlypassed in the     officers to pull    concerned with                              for further updates!Florida House of  you over just       this bill, you mayRepresentatives.  for texting.        want to hold offHouse Bill 33     However,            on having toopassed 112-2      exemptions          much anxiety,in the Florida    would exist thatHouse this        would still allowweek, pushing     you to makethe State one     phone calls andstep closer to    use your phonemaking texting    for directions.while driving     It is of note thata primary         laws like thisoffense. As of    bill have beennow, texting is   passed in 43                  other states.SGA Senators Tackle Golden TribeThe SGA Student Senate has finally taken up the issue of the abusescommitted over the years by the Golden Tribe Lecture series. Last month, theCollege Republicans protested the invitation of Angela Davis, an outspokenneo-marxist. Now, one month later we have yet another liberal speaker,Roxane Gay, being invited to speak for the lecture series. Thankfully theseabuses may yet be quelled, as this week Senators Ready, Arthmann, Knight-Baker, Denton, Alvarez, Poole, Steinberg, and Pinango have banded togetherto provide a bipartisan solution that should move the Golden Tribe lectureseries back to center and realign its mission by hosting speakers from all walksof life and from multiple political perspectives. We here at the Red Ink arepleased to see the Senate back in action and fighting for the Student Body!
State of our Union  On January 30, 2018,        since the election a little  opioid drug epidemic,          friends. Trump’s foreignPresident Donald Trump        over a year ago. He also     which claimed the lives of     policy also outlined plansdelivered the first State of  mentioned the fact that      64,000 Americans in 2016.      to ramp up pressure onthe Union address of his      unemployment claims hit      To help demonstrate the        the rogue regimes of Iranpresidency. Addressing a      a 45-year low, including     opioid crisis in full detail,  and North Korea. Thejoint session of Congress     the lowest unemployment      Trump invited guest Ryan       stories of Otto Warmbier,for the second time since     rates ever recorded for      Holets, who saved the life     an American held captivehe was sworn in, his          the African-American         of an unborn baby last         in the Democraticspeech was both hard-         and Hispanic-American        year by offering to adopt      Republic who died severalhitting and a breath of       communities.                 it from a homeless woman       days after being releasedfresh air from speeches                                    who had nowhere else to        in 2017, and Seong-ho, awe’ve heard over the            Trump outlined several     turn.                          North Korean defectorpast few years. He            other accomplishments                                       whose awe-inspiringoutlined some of the          from the past year             The final leg of Trump’s     story of survival wasaccomplishments so far        including gutting harmful    speech focused on the          an inspiration to many,during his presidency, and    regulations on the           situation abroad, calling      helped show the truelaid forth his vision for a   energy industry, which       for us to stand strong         nature of the regime, andstrong, safe, and proud       have brought coal jobs       against rogue regimes,         why it is necessary to keepAmerica.                      roaring back, working        terrorist groups, and          up pressure on them.                              to renew reliability and     rivals such as Russia and  Trump’s speech focused      accountability at the VA,    China. He called for the         President Trump endedon several key issues, one    and the appointment of       buildup of the military        his speech reflectingof which being the tax        Justice Neil Gorsuch to      and the modernization          on the majestic legacycuts that Republicans         the Supreme Court.           of our nuclear arsenal,        that America has leftpassed in December                                         in the hopes of deterring      on the world and calledof last year. Trump             Throughout the             any potential aggressors.      for us to come togethertouted the tax cuts as a      speech, the president        Trump told of the U.S.’s       to right the wrongs of“tremendous relief for the    also outlined his agenda     successful war against         our time. While manymiddle class and small        for 2018: infrastructure,    ISIS, proudly proclaiming      approved of Trump’sbusinesses.” Indeed,          mainlining affordable        that the coalition to          speech, Democrats werewhen the tax bill goes        medication, and a            defeat ISIS has liberated      diametrically opposedinto effect this year,        crackdown on gang            “almost 100 percent of         to anything Trump hadmany families will see an     violence. One of the         the territory once held        to offer, so going intoincrease in their paycheck    main points of Trump’s       by these killers in Iraq       2018, any hopes of Trumpthat will augment family      speech was his outline for   and Syria.” He also cited      seeing his agenda throughincome by an average          immigration reform. His      his initiative to formally     will rely on how theof more than $4,000           plan, in which he calls      recognize Jerusalem as         country votes in 2018. Ina year. He continued          for bipartisan support,      the capital of Israel. And     his closing words, theto talk about how they        includes four pillars: a     after he recalled how the      President claimed that,slashed the business tax      pathway to citizenship       United Nations General         “our Nation will forever berate from 35 percent to       for immigrants brought       Assembly voted against         safe and strong and proud21 percent. This, along       here at a young age who      America’s decision to do       and mighty and free.”with the giant tax break      meet education and work      so, he called on Congress      And so, with those words,for small businesses has      requirements, building       to make sure American          Trump set off on the nextlead to companies such        the illustrious Wall,        foreign-assistance dollars     big year ahead with a clearas Apple, Chrysler, and       ending the visa lottery      only go towards American       vision of our future.many others announcing        system and replacing         interests and Americantheir plans to invest         it with a merit-basedin America and create         immigration system, andmore jobs for tens of         ending chain migration.thousands of Americans        This plan, he says, isacross the country.           necessary, “not just forThese breakthroughs           our economy, but for ourhave led to rising wages      security, and our future.”and an increase of over2.4 million new jobs            Later in his speech                              the President outlined                              his plan to combat the
A Thought on Gun Violence  The recent tragedy at    shootings. All of them      moment and turn gun           The Parkland shooterStoneman Douglas High      have faded from public      control from a political    had been Baker ActedSchool in Parkland,        attention with fair         position into zeitgeist.    in the past and beenFlorida seems to have      rapidity. Until Parkland.   As Republicans, we          reported as a potentialcaptured the Nation’s      So what’s so special        must recognize that         threat to the police. Ericattention more than any    about this latest tragedy   the popular moment          Harris, the dominant ofother shooting in recent   that has made it as, if     for restrictions on gun     the two Columbine boys,history. Normally, events  not more, infamous          rights has truly arrived.   had been diagnosedlike these pass out of     than any in the past        We can only limit,          with clinical depression,our collective attention   two decades? Many           but not eliminate, the      and records show hiswithin a week or two of    observers would note        damage that will stem       doctors were awaretheir taking place. Not    the unprecedented           from this. Our best hope    that the drug he hadso with Parkland. The      activity of Stoneman        is to push for legislation  been prescribed foronly other modern act      Douglas students on         encouraging our law         this condition gave himof gun violence with       social media, many of       enforcement community       homicidal and suicidalcomparable staying         whom have actively          to be more proactive in     thoughts.power would likely         campaigned for gun          these types of situations.be the Columbine           reform.                     This could be achieved        To some amongstHigh School shooting                                   with the establishment      us, it may yet seemof April, 1999. In all       For better or for worse,  of a federal database for   anathema to put anylikelihood, Columbine’s    these students’ activism    those with criminal and     kind of restrictionendurance is testament     seems to have captured      mental health records.      on our gun rights.to the novelty of the      the public imagination,     A quick ID check could      But in the situationsituation, and the         and for once even some      then permit our firearm     we find ourselves in,peculiar character         of our Republican public    merchants to verify if      compromise is key.of its perpetrators,       officials, including        their potential customer    There is a real possibilityconsidering the mythos     Florida’s own Senator       is worthy to own a          that if the midtermthat has arisen around     Rubio, are calling for      firearm. If such a system   elections go poorly,those two boys, derived    action against gun          had been in place, both     ownership of anyfrom the widely available  violence.                   the Columbine and           semiautomatic weaponwritings and recordings                                Parkland shootings          could be restrictedthat proved testament to     In this kind of           could have been             or even banned. Ourthe premeditative nature   atmosphere, it is more      prevented. Not only did     best bet is to co-op theof that incident.          important than ever         the perpetrators in both    spirit of the moment                           to find conservative        tragedies have records of   and achieve our own  Since Columbine,         solutions to gun violence   criminality, but also of    proposals while there isthere have been            in our country, lest        mental instability.         yet time.numerous other school      the left overmuch gain                           the momentum of theThe Future of the cabinet	 One of the hallmarks of this presidency has been the seemingly endless revolving door of job open-ings that this White House has constantly had to deal with. As of March 1, 2018, 18 people have been letgo or resigned from their jobs, the latest being former Communications Director Hope Hicks. This listis all-inclusive, ranging from advisors, to communications staff, to cabinet Secretaries—the most infa-mous of which being former Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, whose tenure at the WhiteHouse lasted only 10 days. Many have begun speculating over who will be the next person to leave theadministration. Of the people most likely to leave next, Attorney General Jeff Sessions tops the list. Hisdifferences with the president on several key issues recently, as well as his seemingly uneasy tenure overthe Justice Department have made him a topic of consideration for quite a while; also in consideration areNational Security Advisor H. R. McMaster, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and several others who havebeen rumored to have numbered days working for the administration. As to who will go next, only timewill tell, but it will likely not be long until we have our answer. Until then, keep placing your bets on whowill be the next person voted off the island.
Monetary Policy Through a Conservative Lens  Whenever people        before the                 event of a recession.     was so anti-regulationtalk about economic      economy took               Finally, it is necessary  in his ways that hegrowth, the typical      a nose-dive in             to keep a small amount    allowed banks to setargument revolves        2008, the Fed              of inflation (about       the stage for the greataround fiscal policy     Funds Rate                 2%). The reasoning        recession. George W.(in simple terms, the    sat at a rate              behind this is that       Bush appointed Benallocation of American   of just above              it encourages wage        Bernanke, who intax dollars). There      5%. Almost                 growth, as well as        my opinion was theis, however, a second    immediately, the           borrowing. This brings    best Fed chairman inhalf to the American     Federal Reserve            us to the present.        modern history. And ofeconomy that is          Board (under               Jerome Powell has just    course, Barack Obamatypically overlooked     then chairman              assumed the office        appointed Janet Yellen,–monetary policy.        Ben Bernanke) lowered      of Chairman of the        who in my opinion willMonetary policy is       the rate to near zero.     Federal Reserve. Powell   remain but a footnotethat which falls under   This was in an attempt     is a very controversial   in Fed history. I say allthe scope of the         to encourage lending       pick, not only because    this to illustrate that,Federal Reserve. This    and expand the             he does not have a        while partisanshipincludes controlling     economy, even when         PhD in economics, but     does not guarantee athe American money       under such duress. In      because he is expected    good or bad Fed chair,supply, setting certain  2013, President Barack     to be more aggressive     I believe that Donaldinterest rates, and      Obama appointed Janet      about raising interest    Trump made the rightgeneral banking          Yellen to be the first     rates. While this may     call. I believe thatregulation. While        chairwoman of the          slow the economy in       Jerome Powell will bethere is typically not   Federal Reserve. While     the short-run, it may     the wake-up call thatan official Republican   incredibly qualified,      just pay off when our     the American economyor Democratic stance     she seemed skittish in     next cyclical recession   needs, and that underon monetary policy,      raising the Fed Funds      hits. I am not here to    his leadership we willI will, as a partisan    Rate. With Yellen at       tell you that Republican  bounce back from ourRepublican, attempt      the helm, raises in the    presidents pick           next recession betterto explain my view       rate have been few and     good Fed chairs, and      than ever.through a historic       small-usually about a      Democrats do not.context. I also believe  quarter of a percent.      Jimmy Carter appointedthat I can explain the   With rates this low,       Paul Volcker, who issudden dip in the        lending has been cheap,    widely credited forDow Jones Industrial     and the economy has        controlling massiveAverage. The Federal     been allowed to boom.      inflation. RonaldFunds Rate, in laymen’s  Historically, this is the  Reagan appointedterms, is the interest   time when the Fed          Alan Greenspan, whorate (as set by the      would raise interestFederal Reserve, or the  rates. There are aFed) at which banks      couple reasons for this.borrow money. This       One, you do not wantrate plays a large part  the economy to growin determining rates on  too fast, thus creatingother kinds of loans,    a bubble. Two, it isincluding consumer       better to have higherloans such as mortgages  interest rates so thatand car loans. Right     you can lower them as                         a first defense in the
Legislator of the Month  Representative    Rep. Caldwell’s      as an expansion      in May of 2017.Matthew Caldwell    blood. A seventh     of the Everglades    More recently,of Fort Myers,      generation           Forever Act,         he has taken anFlorida, has        Floridian, he        intended to          active part in thebeen serving the    is descended         assist in the        recent debatesFlorida House’s     from Samuel          restoration of the   on gun violence,79th District       James Bradley        Everglades south     toting his life-since he was        Perry, who was       of Okeechobee.       long N.R.Afirst elected       Secretary of the                          membership,in 2010. Born       Florida Senate         Having             and criticizingin Gainesville      in 1856. During      connections to       corporations thatthe same year       his time in our      the agricultural     have “caved” tothat Ronald         state legislature,   community of         popular pressure.Reagan become       Rep. Caldwell has    our state, Rep.      While stillpresident, Rep.     contributed to the   Caldwell is          acknowledgingCaldwell grew up    Appropriations       outspokenly in       that privatein Lee County,      Committee, the       favor of our 2nd     corporationsand attended        Finance & Tax        Amendment            have the rightFlorida Gulf        Committee, the       Rights, rolling      not to sell guns,Coast University,   Government           back business        comparing it toreceiving his B.A   Operations           regulation, and      the right to notin history with     Appropriations       cutting taxes.       sell same-sexthe class of 2004.  Subcommittee,        Caldwell is also     wedding cakes,Having made his     the Local            in favor of the      he’s pointedliving as a real    Government           program Legacy       out that he andestate appraiser,   Affairs              Florida, as well     millions of otherRep. Caldwell       Subcommittee,        as the Florida       responsibleis married to       the Rules,           Forever program,     gun owners willYvonne Medina,      Calendar,            which has            now spend theiralso of Lee         & Ethics             allocated some $3    “dollars whereCounty Florida,     Committee, and       billion for Florida  they’re morewho is a school     has risen to Chair   land conservation    welcome.”teacher.            the State Affairs    over the next 17                    Committee.           years.  Caldwell’s time   Over the coursein the Florida      of his tenure in       RepresentativeHouse will expire   the legislature,     Caldwell formallyin 2019, as he      Caldwell has         announced hiswill have by        sponsored a few      candidacy forthis time next      significant pieces   the positionyear served four    of legislation that  of Florida’sfull terms, the     have been singed     Agriculturalstate of Florida’s  into law by the      Commissionerconstitutional      governor, suchlimit for service   as the Andrewin our House of     Widman Act,Representatives.    authored toWith this likely    crack down onon his mind, he     career criminals,has declared his    alongside actscandidacy to be     regarding termFlorida’s next      limits andAgricultural        pensions inCommissioner.       Florida, as well  Politics runs in
Against the Mainstream  Growing up mere            profound empathy            that all my life.            I believe thatmiles from one of the        for liberal views. I          For a very long time I     individuals are capablelargest and most liberal     do not agree with                                        of incredible things.metropolitan areas in        liberal politics, but I     was afraid to talk about     Given opportunity, itthe United States, I was     understand why many         my political views with      is up to each person toraised amidst a culture      people want to be           anyone besides my            take responsibility forof left-leaning ideas and    liberal. I understand       parents and my closest       their lives and live it toinitiatives. There were      that the majority of        friends. I would not use     their fullest potential.plenty of conservatives      liberals that I meet        the word conservative        It means that I believein my life, but in school    everyday are kind,          to describe myself to a      taking from one personespecially I was formed      idealistic people who       teacher, despite the fact    to give to another is ainto a political person      have been shown my          that I was a courteous       disservice to the personby a liberal system. I       politics as a beacon        and engaged student          being taken from.have friends, family,        of hate. I understand       who had immenseand mentors “on the          the draw of a political     respect for the people         It does not mean thatleft” who I hold to          perspective that claims     around me. Even now,         I don’t believe in charitybe the kindest and           to have a monopoly on       I am still just coming       or assisting peoplemost accomplished            love and peace, and I       into the fact that I have a  in need. It doesn’tindividuals I have ever      understand why good         political belief that was    mean that I believe inmet, but I have never        people are drawn to that    never represented to me      anarchy or the completebeen able to become one      narrative. I disagree with  as the norm amongst          abolition of ourof them.                     their methods and their     my peers. Worse still,       government. It doesn’t                             beliefs, but I don’t blame  my views are demonized       mean that I deny the fact  This is not for lack       the political beliefs of    by some people who           that other people haven’tof trying. I am now          most liberals on malice     disagree with me,            lived as fortunate a lifeembarrassed to admit         or a lack of integrity.     without my having the        as I have, or that I thinkthat out of hope to fit                                  opportunity to explain       my life is the only onein, I tried to train myself    However, my journey       them or explore them         that matters. It doesn’tin my early teens to see     into the left also gave me  openly.                      mean I can’t toleratethe world through the        an abiding anxiety about                                 opposing opinions,eyes of someone on the       being a conservative.         Being a conservative       or that I believe inopposite side of the         I couldn’t share in a       absolutely does not          belittling the personalaisle. I would plunge        system of beliefs that      mean that I hate             choices made by others.myself into political        told me to be ashamed       minorities or people         In its purest sense, thenews and try to adopt        of myself all the time.     who don’t think like me.     only thing it means tothe views that I thought     I didn’t want to be told    It does not mean that        me is that In its purestpeople would respect         that the fact I was born    I hate anyone. Being a       sense, the only thingbecause I assumed that       a woman automatically       conservative means that      it means to me is thatif so many authorities       guaranteed my               I am skeptical of a large    the law is not writtenin my life felt differently  victimhood at the hands     central government’s         to protect feelings orthan I did, I must be        of a system perpetuated     ability to administer to     eliminate perspectives,wrong. This method           by my own loving,           the people in a just and     it is written to protectdidn’t work. I am still      supportive father. I        efficient way. It means      personal freedoms andwho I am. I opened           didn’t want to be a part    that I believe there are     preserve the physicalmy mind to a liberal         of a system that told       certain things about the     safety of Americans.ideology, and hoped I        me that, because my         American way of lifecould embrace it, but it     parents were successful     that should not change,just didn’t stick with me.   and conservative in their   most importantly that                             views, I had to recognize   we should prioritize  What it did do was         their innate avarice and    economic, intellectual,make two very different      misunderstanding of the     and political freedom.contributions to my life.    world, and hold them to                                                           I call myself a  The first was a                                        conservative because
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Conservative Successes and Optimism for theFuture, CPAC 2018  On February             so far, in the            unity, declaring, “There  cheers and chants of21st, thousands of        year since the            will always be more       “USA, USA, USA!!!”conservatives from all    Presidential              that unites us than will  Trump’s speech, likeover our great nation     election,                 ever divide the good      Pence’s, placed emphasisconverged on the Capital  including                 and great people of this  on the optimism thatto attend the annual      achieving                 country.” Pence’s speech  all conservatives shouldConservative Political    funding to                on the stage of CPAC      have for the direction ofAction Conference         help rebuild              inspired the attendees    this country. A big point(CPAC). 		                the military,             and invigorated them      in Trump’s speech that The conference was       the newfound              to political action       stuck with those in thefounded in 1973, where    support of law            in our nation as the      audience I spoke to isRonald Reagan gave        enforcement,              critical 2018 midterms    that Trump recognizedthe inaugural keynote     the progress              approach, in addition     that he did not do thisspeech. Since that        made                      to setting the tone for   himself; he knows thatfirst gathering, the      against the               the President’s address   he needs our supportconservative movement     monumental                to the conference the     in order to continuehas grown to encompass    problem of                following day.            accomplishing themore ideas and a wider    illegal immigration, the                            agenda that he ran on.range of people.          repeal the individual       The enthusiasm at       This was epitomized                          mandate of the            the conference for        in his question to  Four delegates          unpopular and failing     the much-anticipated      the audience, “We’refrom our chapter of       Obamacare, confirming     address by President      hanging in there,College Republicans       a record number of        Trump reached its peak    right?” Trump, as ishere at FSU, Secretary    judges to the federal     on Friday morning         proper, commendedJoey Wolski, Kelvin       courts, and heavily       when conference-goers     the accomplishmentsReady, Corey Adamyk       reducing business-        began arriving at six     of his administrationand, myself, Steven       killing regulations that  in the morning, eager     so far, with focus on theRichards attended         have had a stranglehold   to get a good spot for    paramountCPAC 2018 to be a part    on our nation’s           the speech. When theof the discussion of      economic growth.          President arrived, theconservative values       Despite the number of     crowd erupted intoand to hear directly      accomplishments, andfrom prominent figures    the lack of credit givenin the movement,          to the administrationincluding key members     by the media, Viceof President Trump’s      President Pence insistedadministration. This      that our work is notyear’s highlights         done. He acknowledgedincluded speeches from    that there is still muchVice President Mike       to be done to advancePence and President       the conservative agendaDonald Trump.             and make progress                          towards getting this  Pence’s speech,         nation back on track.which came first on       The Vice President alsoThursday, focused on      preached a message ofthe successes of theTrump administration
Conservative Successes cont.  confirmation       election, the       and continue        complacency isof Neil Gorsuch      incumbentto the Supreme       party becomes       to guide this       what kills theCourt, the much-     complacent          country down        movement. Asanticipated          because they have   a conservative      you considertax cuts, and        just achieved       path. In the        this, take thesethe statistics       a great victory.    words of these      closing remarksregarding            Following this,     great leaders, and  of our Presidentunemployment         Trump told the      many others at      to heart: “I will letand economic         representatives of  CPAC, we must       you know in theconfidence. In       the conservative    stay committed      absolute strongestaddition to his      movement in         to, and active in,  of terms, we’refocus on the         attendance at       the cause, not      going to makeadministration’s     CPAC that it        only when we are    America greataccomplishments,     is absolutely       in the minority,    again and I willTrump questioned     necessary to stay   but also when       never, ever, everthe historical       engaged during      we are in the       let you down.”disadvantage that    the midterms        majority becausethe incumbent        and to do all weparty tends          can to help theto have in our       party to avoidcountry’s midterm    this complacencyelections. After     that plaguesdescribing           incumbentthe trend,           parties.President Trumphighlighted one        Both Vicefactor contributes   President Pencethe most to it:      and Presidentcomplacency.         Trump, theHe detailed          leaders of ourhow, after an        great party, haveelectoral victory    faith that we canin the presidential  achieve victories                     in the midtermsTake our Survey!https://goo.gl/forms/PQksXO8OWP9wt2L22
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