Piers Akerman: In Texas Trump is the hero of the common man, even a Mexican ‘illegal’ would vote Biden out
A belated recognition of ‘Go woke, go broke’ fits with the same spirit driving the Trump renaissance. The US is pumping more than gas. Trump is on a roll, writes Piers Akerman.
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Gleanings from a visit to Texas this past week would indicate that Donald Trump will defeat Joe Biden in November.
Texas is not America but the passion of those with whom I’ve spoken (not a taxi driver or saloon keeper among them) would indicate that there is a profound contempt for the incumbent and a more than residual fondness for his predecessor in this state.
Not that Trump’s personality is a winner, but the constant refrain in dozens of conversations is that his policies were good for America and the benefits, both domestically and abroad, have been undone by Biden.
Down here in the sparse Hill Country where LBJ cut his political teeth buying votes from corrupt county bosses, Trump is regarded as a hero who has been the victim of the Eastern Establishment.
That is the denizens of the Washington swamp he pledged to drain and the wishy washy liberal Democrats who support climate change hysteria, Black Lives Matter, and who are now backing Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
There is a lesson here for Anthony Albanese and his supporters as they bend ever more toward placating their Green rivals for the activist vote.
No matter how far to the Left Biden goes, it is never far enough for the New York Times and the bleeding heart elites who plead for illegal immigrants to be let across the Rio Grande border so long as they don’t travel north to liberal New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Just last week, Texas governor Greg Abbott pardoned a man who had killed a Black Lives Matter protester during a riot in the state capital, Austin, in 2020.
US army veteran Daniel Perry, convicted of murdering BLM protester Garrett Foster, walked free.
Foster, a US air force veteran, had taken his AK-47 rifle to the “peaceful” demonstration, as one does, when he confronted Perry, who had a revolver.
Both men were legally armed and in an era of racial identification, both were white. The full Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had earlier recommended a full pardon for Perry, who was serving 25 years in prison for the killing.
The board upheld Perry’s right to shoot Foster under the state’s self-defence laws, restoring his right to own and carry a firearm.
BLM has certainly had its day here.
The issues that mostly affect the locals are the cost of living and illegal immigration. Some 2.5 million illegal migrants last year crossed the border just a few hours south of here and those who live near the river crossing tell horror stories about the callous people smugglers.
Amy, a widow from a ranch four kilometres from the border told how her fences were regularly cut by people smugglers so they could move their cargoes more rapidly.
“These coyotes (the smugglers) are ruthless. If you can’t walk fast enough they’ll kill you. My neighbours have had three dead women left on their property. Shot in the head and abandoned.”
The illegals, mostly from Central America but also increasingly Iran, China, and Russia, with some on the terrorist watch list, rouse the ire of locals. Not the Mexicans who have been slipping over for years. They’re part of the local economy.
“There are no unemployed Mexicans,” a rancher said.
One such, a 27-year-old illegal immigrant who has been back-and-forth to Mexico since he was 15, told me that if he could vote in November, he’d vote for Trump.
“I pay $300 a week for food and $50 a week for gas (petrol), it’s too much.”
Corporate boardrooms are also jettisoning woke policies. It’s been shown that virtuous climate policy and social justice issues don’t contribute to the bottom line.
This belated recognition of “Go woke, go broke” is recharging Wall St and fits in with the same spirit driving the Trump renaissance.
The US is pumping more than gas. Trump is on a roll.
Originally published as Piers Akerman: In Texas Trump is the hero of the common man, even a Mexican ‘illegal’ would vote Biden out
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