Washington, D.C. –
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund, the Super PAC affiliated with the
largest tea-party organization in the country, announced today in a
statement by Chairman Jenny Beth Martin that it is endorsing Donald J.
Trump for President. Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund intends to work
with its supporters in four key states to get out the vote for Donald
Trump and Republican Senate Candidates as part of the March to Victory
program: Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. TPPCF has over
57,000 supporters in Pennsylvania, over 48,000 supporters in Ohio, more
than 37,000 supporters in North Carolina and over 97,000 supporters in
Florida.
“On the question of
whether to support Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Tea Party Patriots
Citizens Fund – the Super PAC affiliated with the largest tea party
organization in the country – has made its choice.
“Hillary Clinton
stands opposed to everything the Tea Party stands for, on the policy,
political, and personal fronts. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has
pledged to fight to uphold our core values. In making a choice between
the two of them, there is really no choice at all – we choose Trump.
“On the policy
front, Hillary Clinton believes more
government is the
answer to every public policy problem. She takes
the
same
dim
view of
the Constitution’s limits on government (and, specifically, the
executive) taken by the current president. She
supports President
Obama’s disastrous nuclear ‘deal’ with Iran, wants to double down on
his unconstitutional executive amnesty – including full
citizenship
for
illegal
immigrants –
and
wants to
increase
President
Obama’s
limit for
accepting
Syrian refugees by more than 500 percent. And while we don’t
know who would be the liberal extremists she would try to jam through a
Democrat-controlled Senate to put on the federal bench, including the
Supreme Court, we know they would be extreme and out of touch with
constitutionally limited government.
“On the political
front, she cynically runs under a campaign slogan of ‘Stronger
Together,’ when, in fact, the policies she supports would result in
more division, not less. She used her influence over her party’s
national organization to unfairly
advantage
her
candidacy in
her pursuit of her party’s presidential nomination. She has publicly
referred to Republicans as her ‘enemies.’
“On the personal
front, she is the least honest and trustworthy candidate for president
nominated by her party since the advent of public opinion polling. She
is, in the unforgettable words of a former White House senior advisor,
a “congenital liar,” as prone to lie about little things as about big
things and about things that just don’t matter. In attempting to hide
from the public her co-mingling of official State Department business
with Clinton Foundation and other personal business, she
chose
to
put
America’s national security at risk by employing an illegal,
unsecured private server to host her official emails, many of which contained
classified
information, and then lied repeatedly about it, and is still lying about it.
“Simply put, America
cannot afford a Hillary Clinton presidency.
“Our unique
endorsement process kicked off in January of this year and consisted of
multiple rounds of voting, in which our members and supporters cast
more than 100,000 ballots. Throughout the presidential nominating
process, our members and supporters – more than three million strong –
have consistently told us that they do not want Hillary Clinton to be
president and that they want someone in the White House who will
champion our issues and defend our core principles. The issues of
highest priority to our supporters include the future of the Supreme
Court, securing the border, fighting terrorism, repealing Obamacare,
fundamental tax reform, and the exploding federal debt.
“Now that the GOP
nomination process has concluded, and Trump has won the party’s
nomination for president, we have surveyed our members and supporters
again, and it is clear that as they look to the November general
election, Donald Trump is their choice.
“This should not be
surprising. Donald Trump is not a career politician, and – especially
given the mess made by career politicians in Washington, DC – our
members and supporters view that as a unique strength of his candidacy.
He speaks boldly about core issues, and his call to ‘Make America Great
Again’ reflects an unspoken desire in their hearts. His leadership in
declaring himself four-square behind securing our southern border by
building a wall, and actually using the words ‘radical Islamic
terrorists’ to describe our enemies, and standing up and fighting for
the men and women of America’s overstressed and overtaxed middle class,
all combine to create a compelling argument for his candidacy, and his
presidency.
“The simple fact is
this: With a Republican House and a Republican Senate and Donald Trump
in the White House, Tea Party members and supporters will be far more
likely to see our preferred policy choices enacted into law: We are far
likelier to see the future of the Supreme Court protected, the borders
secured, terrorism fought effectively, ObamaCare repealed, the national
debt reduced, and the tax code reformed in such a way that the economy
is energized and job growth soars.
“Consequently, Tea
Party Patriots Citizens Fund endorses Donald Trump for President.
“An endorsement, by
itself, is not enough. We are not sitting idly by while our nation’s
future is at stake. We are taking action. We have launched our March to
Victory to mobilize our grassroots and get out the vote in key states,
with the goal of helping to defeat Hillary Clinton and maintain control
of the Senate.”
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