Do the Democrats Need Their Own Donald Trump to Succeed?

Liz Peek, an Opinion writer for Fox News, has the article, Liz Peek: Struggling Dems need their own Donald Trump. Peek's intended audience for this article would be those who identify their political ideology as Democrat. She is speaking to the Democrats insisting on what she believes the type of candidate that they need. Those who are reading Peek's article can trust her credibility due to her being a published Opinion Columnist for Fox News. However, those who do not trust Fox News or are leaning more towards the Left usually will not be reading Fox News and most likely will not believe or agree with articles and or opinions that are stated from Fox.

In Peek's article, she explains how the Democratic party needs a candidate who "can weave progressive threads together with mainstream American values to create a new tapestry, winning over disaffected voters on the left and the right". This candidate that she is implying should be similar to Donald Trump, who succeeded against all odds because he was offering the country a new story. Peek does show the evidence that President Trump came out of nowhere. She even agrees that those who say he is not a Republican. He succeeded despite the very slim odds that the polls had predicted. He energized the country promising us a new and fresh start for the country. Many were fearing that our country was slipping in the wrong direction and a drastic change was needed and he was promising us just that. As Peek shows, as a candidate, President Trump was not afraid to tell us how it is.

Throughout the whole article, Peek effectively uses the examples of President Trump as to why the Democrats need a candidate similar to him to help boost their party. I do agree to an extent with Peek. I agree with Peek that, "the Democrats need a candidate that is willing to challenge the liberal orthodoxy". If they can get a candidate who is willing to do so, it will help them possibly gain more control and become stronger as one.

Second government shutdown in three weeks.

Government shutdowns are never good, let alone having two in only three weeks. They close almost all federal buildings and operations such as national parks, no pay for military or federal workers and much more. The most recent shutdown was resolved in the early morning of Friday, February 9, 2018. Lawmakers were struggling to pass a spending bill that would fund the government for this year. According to the ABC News article, it states that the lawmakers passed a bipartisan budget deal that would increase military spending by over $300 billion, $90 billion fusion for disaster relief and funding towards medical priorities like the opioid crisis and veterans medical facilities. The government will be running at least to March 23. Lawmakers need to pass another measure that will fund us for 2018 and longer. Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee of Responsible Federal Budget, believes that this should be classified as fiscal malpractice and that it could add up to $2 trillion to the national debt.

I emphasize everyone to read this article because no matter what political party you associate yourself with, the bills that are being passed and that have caused the shutdowns will affect you and your community.