Trump's victory is an opportunity for all Americans: Parker

It’s now time for the country to set aside its differences and advance an agenda that creates opportunities for all Americans. — Image credit: Getty Images

President-elect Donald Trump made an extraordinary political comeback, once again outperforming poll expectations for the third election in a row. His messaging on the economy and immigration resonated with a majority of voters. Vice President Kamala Harris, whose messaging also addressed housing, immigration and the costs of living, warned that Trump was too polarizing and that he was driven by revenge.

Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker reviews the diverse groups of Americans Trump drew to his campaign and examines where she thinks Harris’ message fell short. Parker says it’s now time for the country to set aside its differences and “advance an agenda that creates opportunities for all Americans.”

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The following is an excerpt from the above video

The election is over, so the political ads and text messages will finally stop. That’s something we can all celebrate. Donald Trump assembled a broad coalition of support and made significant inroads with Hispanics, young people, Catholic voters. He received about three times as much support from young and middle-aged Blacks as he did from older Black voters. And we’re still looking for the numbers to see if he doubled what he had in 2020. Despite running against a female candidate who relentlessly pressed the abortion issue, Trump won a higher percentage of support from women than he did in 2020. President Trump ran strong with low- and middle-income working-class voters. Many of these voters believe that they’ve been insulted and disrespected by elites in the media, academia and the political class.

They want inflation brought under control and better employment opportunities for themselves and for their children. They want a secure border, less crime, and a greater emphasis on personal responsibility. There were times when Trump certainly veered off message, but the core elements of his campaign, they resonated with many voters. Even in states that Trump lost, he received higher levels of support than he did in 2020.

The election is over, so the political ads and text messages will finally stop. That’s something we can all celebrate. Donald Trump assembled a broad coalition of support and made significant inroads with Hispanics, young people, Catholic voters, he received about three times as much support from young and middle aged blacks as he did from older black voters. And we’re still looking for the numbers to see if he doubled what he had in 2020 despite running against a female candidate who relentlessly pressed the abortion issue, Trump won a higher percentage of support from women than he did in 2020 President Trump ran strong with low and middle income, working class voters. Many of these voters believe that they’ve been insulted and disrespected by elites in the media, academia and the political class. They want inflation brought under control and better employment opportunities for themselves and for their children. They want a secure border, less crime and a greater emphasis on personal responsibility. There were times when Trump certainly veered off message, but the core elements of his campaign, they resonated with many voters. Even in states that Trump lost, he received higher levels of support than he did in 2020 voters in California decided to get much tougher on crime, and that far left Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, oh, he’s gone. He was soundly defeated and yes, while abortion referendums passed in several states, they were defeated in three states where the governors, the Attorney Generals and the civic leaders worked together and explained that they would allow abortion on demand up until the moment of birth, and that these abortion amendments have posed threats to religious liberty, the religious liberty of doctors, of nurses, of private citizens. You know, Republicans have gained a majority in the United States Senate as well, but the House of Representatives, we’re not quite sure yet. However, it’s almost evenly divided. President Trump will need to unify members of his own party around a common sense agenda, and he will need to enlist the support of the American people who who got behind him and and we’ll stay behind him to get the measure of bipartisan cooperation necessary to enact an agenda into law. His agenda, Kamala Harris talked a lot about freedom, but that message was focused most entirely on abortion. The American people deserve freedom, freedom to spend more of their own money on things that matter to them and their families and to support charitable organizations that share their values. They should be able to direct more of their earnings toward personal retirement security, and they should have freedom to choose how their children are educated. Parents, not the government, have the primary responsibility to guide the upbringing of their children, and their public policy should reflect that. Our public policy should reflect that, and probably will the most important principles for freedom are that we’re left alone, that government is reduced in its size. So let’s put our differences aside for a moment and advance an agenda that creates greater opportunity for all Americans and all of the naysayers who said that they’re going to leave the country if President Trump returned to Washington while flights are flying all over the world, including in countries that are not as free as our great nation, one nation now under God with liberty and justice for all proven in this election.