OPINION

No Regrets

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Greetings, everyone. Leave it up to Kamala Harris to tell you who she is definitively. Recall the interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, where the Vice President stated that "her values have not changed." This was her response to the question about flipping on many issues from her 2019 failed Democrat presidential primary endeavor. Last week, during a visit with the women of The View, Harris was asked if she would change anything done over the past three and a half years. Her response was, "I have no regrets." No regrets about this?

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Voter registration ended here in Texas a week ago, and early voting begins a week later today. Voters should now ponder what "I have no regrets" means.

Kamala Harris has no regrets that she inherited a 1.4% inflation rate and shot it up to 9.1%. It was at 7% before Russia invaded Ukraine, so you cannot use that as an excuse. Kamala Harris has no regrets that the Federal Reserve has to implement drastic manipulation of interest rates because of the record $7 trillion in new spending. 

All of this has resulted in year-over-year inflation for critical commodities of up to 20%, while wages have not kept pace. Harris has no regrets that the Bureau of Labor Statistics downgraded 818K reported new jobs that did not exist. She has no regrets about Americans not being able to afford new homes or buy cars due to high interest rates or that Americans have seen their 401(k) and savings accounts dwindle while their credit card bills have skyrocketed.

But doggone, we just need to tax those billionaires and get their fair share, even as the top 1% of taxpayers pay close to 50% of taxes. But ask yourself, what the heck is a "fair share?"

Kamala Harris has no regrets about making America energy-dependent and putting a boot on our oil and gas industry. She is okey dokey with depleting our strategic petroleum reserve, even selling some of it to China.  We were a net exporter of our energy resources. Port Arthur, Texas, was the world's #1 exporter of LNG; now, the Biden-HARRIS administration has restricted our LNG exports. No regrets.

Kamala Harris has no regrets over the abject debacle of the Afghanistan withdrawal. After all, it was the fault of "Orange Man Bad." Harris admitted that she was the last person in the room and stood by the decision that resulted in the unnecessary loss of life for (13) Marines, a Soldier, and a Sailor. And recently, an Afghan man was arrested for planning a terrorist attack in Oklahoma on election day. Harris has no regrets that the once bankrupt Iran is now flush with cash, enabling them to fund Islamic terrorist groups like the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad. And she has no regrets that the Biden-HARRIS administration lifted the oil sanctions on Iran and reentered talks with them on the Iranian nuclear agreement.

Let us not forget that Harris has no regrets for the millions of illegal immigrants that have freely flowed into our Republic, a specified duty under her purview. Harris has no regrets that a Dallas woman was followed home by four Hispanic men who beat her, threatened her with torture, and robbed her in her home. The four were apprehended, and all are from Venezuela and members of the Tren de Aragua gang, the same gang members that were responsible for the death of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston, Texas, just like Laken Riley and countless other women who have been assaulted, raped, and even killed by illegal immigrants. No regrets.

Harris has no regrets about the 250K Americans dead from fentanyl poisoning. She has no regrets that we have some 425K criminal illegal immigrants, including some 30K murderers and rapists, in this Country now. There are no regrets for enabling a terrorist infiltration and invasion. There are no regrets about the explosion of human and sex trafficking, which Tren de Aragua focuses on. There are no regrets for losing some 300K children by way of this wanton illegal immigration situation she created.

I am pretty sure we could continue, but you get the picture. The aforementioned is not a recipe for joy. I would still like to know what type of Glock handgun Kamala Harris owns. I do know that she believes in, and has no regrets about, gun confiscation. Interestingly, she has no regrets about opening up our border, supporting violent protesters in Minneapolis, defunding our law enforcement, abolishing ICE, and disarming Americans.

Last but not least, I suppose that Kamala Harris has no regrets for choosing a pathological liar and coward who abandoned his unit when they were called to deploy to Iraq.

One thing that I will not regret is not voting for her. Policy, governing principles, and national security are the imperatives upon which I am basing my electoral support. It is certainly not about "joy."

My prayer is that on November 6th, America will have no regrets.

Steadfast and Loyal.