Despite the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) blasting Democratic voters across New York State with texts to not cast a ballot to protest Joe Biden’s perceived support of Israel, both Biden and Republican Donald J. Trump cruised to victories in their respective primaries here in Suffolk County.
The DSA text that only went out to Democratic voters and obtained by the South Shore Press read as follows:
“Today is Presidential Primary Day. We're asking registered Democrats to vote but submit a BLANK ballot to support Palestinian human rights. We can send the Biden administration a message that we DON'T support aid for genocide. Will you vote blank with us today?”
Protest votes like this didn’t work in either the Republican or Democratic primaries, as both President Trump and President Biden cruised to victory in what amounted to be a mostly uncontested primary election.
Suffolk County Republican Presidential Primary Results
Donald J. Trump: 14,081 (87%)
Nikki Haley: 1,456 (9%)
Chris Christie: 524 (3%)
Suffolk County Democratic Presidential Primary Results
Joseph Biden: 11,649 (93%)
Marianne Williamson: 536 (4%)
Dean Phillips: 390 (3%)
Yours truly and Dr. Christina Greer, a political science professor at Fordham University appeared on political show “Capital Tonight” on Spectrum News to provide analysis on the Presidential primary results across New York State.
No question the battle lines are being drawn on how both Biden and Trump will court voters in what will be a rematch of the 2024 election.
Democrats and Biden cannot run on the economy, border security, or “law and order” issues. Inflation is sky high, families can barely afford to put food on the table, pump gas in the car, or pay their rent and mortgage. The southern border is wide open, with gangs, illegal immigrants, and fentanyl flowing freely in every corner of the country. The Democratic Party has aligned itself with the radical progressives of the Working Families Party, whose main platform is to Defund the Police.
I guarantee President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are going to focus on this one singular issue to drive out their Democratic base: abortion.
The Democrats are going to make the 2024 election about abortion rights in order to energize their base. That’s all they really have. They’ll scare the hell out of the electorate, especially women, that the horrible Republicans led by President Trump will take away a women’s right to choose.
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| The South Shore Press’s Stefan Mychajliw and Dr. Christina Greer appear on “Capital Tonight” NY1 |
“I would argue that abortion is a pocketbook issue. A woman's right to choose, making her have a child or not, is a pocketbook issue,” said Dr. Greer.
While I’m proudly pro-life and believe we must protect life in the womb, Dr. Greer is 100% spot on from a purely political perspective on Democrats needing to rally around the issue of abortion if they have a sliver of a shot of keeping the White House or Senate.
It’s all “they” got.
This election is going to be about kitchen table issues that matter to people. It will boil down to one question for President Trump and Republicans: are you better off now than you were four years ago. Unless you’re an illegal immigrant getting paid more than some veterans in New York, the honest answer is “no, absolutely not.”
If President Trump is to become the first Republican to win in the People’s Republic of New York since Ronald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale with 54% of the vote here, he can’t get into a street brawl over reproductive rights.
Focus on that one question to every single American: are you better off now than you were when Joe Biden stepped into the Presidency? If they do that, you’ll see an Electoral College landslide for President Trump this November.