Say the moment arrives – it’s Thanksgiving and you find yourself in conversation with your millennial niece while passing the dressing. She is shocked that you are conservative but that also you care for others and she wants to know why. You have a few precious moments before others join you at the table. What do you say?
The 2016 Republican Party Platform is 66 pages in length. Few are those who know it exists and fewer are those who have read it. The most effective approach to sharing its contents is to simplify with the power of three. Faith, Family, and Freedom are the three principles which reduce this large document into something which can be remembered and something which can persuade. But this trifecta is more than a mere summation of a platform, it is the essence of America from its inception in 1776.
With much on its mind, the bellwether does not have time to listen to complicated messages. Only those who can simplify and persuade will capture its attention. Especially when those messages speak to its patriotic soul.
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Meet our sixth millennial friend who #LeftTheLeft: Jose Mendez
Originally from Guatemala, Jose received his citizenship in ’17, and could not vote in the ’16 election. However, his is a story worth sharing, as the damaging effects of illegal immigration directly impacted his life. Foreign to America’s political system, the only thing that he knew about then President Obama was positive. But, as soon as he came to America and began the process of naturalization, Jose recognized that his values contrasted with the Democratic Party, leading him to support Donald Trump.