Defend America
What to know: Most Americans believe political violence is wrong, though a growing number of young people defend feeling “joy” at the death of a political opponent, a new poll shows.
The TPPF take: The radical Left’s assault on the Right is an assault on our nation.
“We don’t face threats just to our political or partisan preferences, but to our nation’s very existence,” says TPPF’s Joshua Treviño. “For America, this means the fight is not Right versus Left, but Americans versus un-Americans. This is useful as a polemic, and also happens to be wholly descriptive. We are the ones who hold public debates. They are the ones who shoot the debaters.”
For more on Charlie Kirk’s death and what it means, click here.
Taking a Moment for the Constitution
What to know: We oughtn’t let Constitution Day pass unnoted; the document is now 238 years old, and resulted in the freest and most prosperous nation in world history.
The TPPF take: The Constitution is unique.
“It is no overstatement to say that the Constitution is perhaps the greatest advancement in human history—greater than the steam engine, than electricity, than plumbing,” says TPPF’s Austin Prochko. “Why? The Constitution broke the millennia-old law that power rules. It understood, and tried to solve, something no other governmental structure ever had—the fact that because power corrupts, it must not just be limited, but also incentivized to limit itself.”
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Crime
What to know: President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime in big cities could restore the American dream, TPPF board member Doug Deason writes in the Washington Examiner.
The TPPF take: He’s right, and the Democrats are dead wrong on crime.
“Hugs for thugs hasn’t made blue cities safe,” says TPPF’s Robert Henneke. “Letting murderers, rapists and other violent criminals roam the streets makes for a more dangerous city. The Texas response is to address the legal loopholes that allow activist judges to release these miscreants.”
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