Why I'm Co-Hosting a Trump Fundraiser

Ben Shapiro on Mar 20, 2024

When Donald Trump was president, we did not have unconstitutional attempts to simply wipe away student loan debt, or a Department of Justice dedicated to the targeting of political opposition.

When Donald Trump was president, the world was not on fire.

When Donald Trump was president, we did not cut and run in the face of 8th-century barbarians in Afghanistan, who blew up 13 American soldiers, hunted down our allies, and reestablished al-Qaida bases.

When Donald Trump was president, peace was breaking out in the Middle East between Arab nations and Israel, and Iran was in a box. We certainly didn't have a multi-front hot war between Iranian proxies and American allies -- or American soldiers directly -- and we weren't trying to pay billions in bribes to the Iranian mullahs.

When Donald Trump was president, we didn't have war in Ukraine.

When Donald Trump was president, we didn't have China threatening imminent blockade of Taiwan.

When Donald Trump was president, America was better off.

I'll always be honest with you about Donald Trump. He wasn't my first choice in the primaries; he's a deeply flawed man. I've been open in my criticisms of Trump on both character and policy. And I'm not going to stop criticizing Donald Trump when I disagree with him. I always have, and I always will. That's my job, and the job of all Americans.

But Donald Trump is the man standing between America and a second Joe Biden term. And a second Joe Biden term means America in dire, dire trouble.

It's that simple.

It's Trump or Biden.

Unlike in 2016, we don't have to guess at what a Trump administration will be. And we don't have to guess what a Biden administration will be either. We know. America cannot afford another Joe Biden term.

Or, perhaps more realistically, a Kamala Harris term.

Joe Biden is here to finish the job that Barack Obama started, of fundamentally transforming America into the image of the left. That cannot happen. That's why I'm not just giving Donald Trump my vote, I'm giving him my money. Because this election matters. And Donald Trump must be the next president of the United States.

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Ben Shapiro, 39, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of "The Ben Shapiro Show," and co-founder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author; his latest book is "The Authoritarian Moment: How The Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent." To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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