Bad News & Good News, Denouncing Farrakhan, Calling All Statesmen
Absentee ballots are still being counted. But as of this writing, Democrat Connor Lamb is clinging to 49.8% to 49.6% lead and appears to be the winner.
President Trump went into the district several days ago as polling showed Lamb pulling away by as much as six points. It appears the president's visit helped, but it wasn't enough.
Lamb is a former Marine and a former federal prosecutor. Lamb says he is personally against abortion and supports the Second Amendment right to own a firearm. He also said he supported the president's tariffs on foreign steel.
On MSNBC this morning, Lamb repeated his call for Nancy Pelosi to step aside as House Minority Leader. So this was not a case of a Bernie Sanders/Hillary Clinton progressive defeating a conservative Republican. Perhaps Democrats learned something from last year's high-profile loss in Georgia by progressive Jon Ossoff.
Nonetheless, the mainstream media are crowing. The resistance is cheering. And Republican insiders in Washington are privately worried about holding the House in November.
They should be worried. After last night's apparent loss, Democrats need to win only 23 seats to make Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House. Twenty-three Republicans represent districts that Hillary Clinton won. And if Democrats can flip a Trump district like this one, then scores of GOP House seats could well be vulnerable.
Good News - There has been a lot of fallout from Hillary Clinton's latest attack on Middle America. Many former aides and surrogates are begging her to knock it off.
The Republican Party should seize the opportunity. The good news about the 2018 political landscape is that we have an excellent opportunity to expand our majority in the Senate.
Conservative candidates in Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia (all states Donald Trump won by double digits) should be demanding that their Democrat opponents denounce Hillary Clinton's continuing attack on religious liberty, our families and our country. I hope Republicans realize that they won't win these elections on tax cuts alone.
My friends, I cannot overemphasize the urgency of maintaining control of the Senate. Control of the courts is at stake. We must have a Republican majority to confirm President Trump's conservative judges.
Denouncing Farrakhan - As we have reported, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan recently delivered a disgusting anti-Semitic speech. His address was attended by the co-president of the progressive Women's March movement, and there has been increased scrutiny of politicians who associate with Farrakhan.
I am pleased to report that Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) introduced a resolution yesterday calling upon the House of Representatives to denounce Louis Farrakhan "for promoting ideas that create animosity and anger toward Jewish Americans and the Jewish religion."
In a report last week, I included several quotes from Farrakhan about "Satanic Jews" and his belief that Israel carried out the 9/11 attacks. Members of Congress would be right to denounce this bigot, and it wouldn't be the first time. In 1994, the House voted 361-to-34 to condemn Farrakhan's anti-Semitism.
Take Action: Call your representative at 202-224-3121. Demand that they denounce anti-Semitism by co-sponsoring House Resolution 772.
Calling All Statesmen - America was founded on the belief that our rights come from God, not government. Our founders wrote our country's "mission statement" in the second paragraph of our Declaration of Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
That belief in God-given rights makes America a very unique place. Our founders wanted this country to be "a shining city upon a hill," guided by men and women of faith. In fact, faith was so important to our founding fathers that they protected religious liberty in the very first amendment to the Constitution.
Sadly, these essential founding principles, so long taken for granted, are under tremendous attack today.
If we are going to preserve liberty in America, if our children and grandchildren are to enjoy the freedom and prosperity we have enjoyed, if America is truly to become great again, we need a new generation of leaders.
We need statesmen committed to the values of faith, family and freedom.
My friends, I am excited to announce that I am partnering with our friends at the Center for Christian Statesmanship to train a new generation of leaders seeking to serve in government or in the public policy arena.
The Center for Christian Statesmanship is committed to training 300 Leadership Fellows a year. To be clear, this is not for everyone. This is an intense three-week "boot camp" for established, successful individuals looking to impact our culture and our country.
You will learn from distinguished leaders such as Os Guinness, Richard Land, Frank Wright, Ambassador John Bolton, Ralph Reed, David Barton, Janet Parshall, William Federer, Jeff Myers and many more gifted and talented visiting faculty, including yours truly.
The first training session begins May 6th. The deadline to apply is April 16th.
To learn more or to complete the online application, please visit statesman.org. You can also contact Dr. Linda Smith at 202-745-0515 or l.smith@statesman.org. And please let them know that Gary Bauer referred you.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families
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