I received a letter from Ron Kaufman, Treasurer of the Republican National Committee. The letter requested a donation to the party, softly berated me for "having deserted the party" (meaning not having made any recent donations) and soliciting my "opinions." I sent no money but with this letter sent numerous opinions.

Dear Mr. Kaufman:

I have enclosed the solicitation I just received from you.  Without exception, solicitations that include “surveys” or ask opinions along with donations, are really interested only in donations.  I am 75, I pay a great deal of attention to politics.  Until 20 years ago I was a Republican; I became a Libertarian when I realized the Republicans stood for nothing they were willing to defend through the inevitable hate and storms.  I recall the failure of Newt Gingrich’s “contract with America,” a great concept which the Republicans were not willing to force on the Democrats.

I receive solicitations all the time, thanks to the propensity of you folks to share my name and address with people I do not know, so they can ask for money. The only person to whom I donated money in the 2018 election was Lauren Boebert who stands uncompromisingly for gun rights. In 2016 I was an enthusiastic Trump supporter, even “have the T-shirt;” I did vote for him but he let me down in policy that is important to me irrespective of his accomplishments. He released us from foreign oil; kept us out of that farce we call “The Paris Climate Accord” which happily excludes China and India. He did well with those policies.

Remember when Obama would threaten to bankrupt a school district that did not feed kids only what Michelle wanted; or forced higher education to prosecute alleged (male) rapists with no due process? Trump did reverse much of that, but it was almost like he was hiding from it. He was never public about that, almost like he was ashamed. Why did he not proclaim aggressive enforcement of a gender-neutral policy.? Betsy DeVos was on the right track but she was wimp.

I believe the 1st and 2nd amendments are the most important.  Thus when a school sent home a child with a Trump T-shirt Trump should have been at the school with all the teeth of DoJ. I once wrote him asking for aggressive support of the 2nd amendment.  In the end he did almost nothing about that controversial issue and did not write me back. Heck he has all the protection he needs, let us not be concerned with the common citizen who is pulled from his car and beaten by four black thugs because he wore a Trump hat.

Again, Trump made some strides but here is where he failed most significantly:

The Dems made sure he was able to accomplish very little over 4 years.  I ask why all exempt people anywhere in his administration who did not agree with him were not fired.  The democrats would have not been able to do any more to him than they did.  TRUMP HAD ONLY ONE WEAPON and those folks who still think that the democrats are about compromise, have their head in the sand.  That weapon was the veto of the “continuing resolution," (short term government funding).  After he signed such a bill he lamented it publicly, and yet signed another one.  Might he had been overridden had he vetoed the resolution?  Quite possibly but life with the Left is not about compromise.  It is about challenging them head on.  He could have looked at himself in the mirror.  Governing is not about “party” it is about working ONLY for the citizens. Further, my scheme says Trump would have told the democrats quite publicly that he had (for example) ten items through which they would negotiate publicly and then if he were satisfied with the outcome he would sign a continuing resolution (those are nonsense, BTW, the government should be creating longer term budgets.)  Heck, maybe he and even some other Republicans would have been elected out of office; since he was anyway he had nothing to lose and may have received some points for being a strong “executive.” 

The RNC will likely contribute to Lee Zeldin, the Fed House #1 from Long Island who wants to run for governor.  This guy defines “RiNo” and I have told him so until he stopped sending me e-mails. Okay so he marches in veterans’ parades.  That is soooooo much less important than supporting gun rights (EXTREMELY oppressive in NY and there is a big case before SCoTUS that I only hope breaks open my right to protect myself with the weapon of my choice) or free speech, fighting against CRT or the 1609 project.  

So, no matter what Trump promises for 2024 I will not vote for him or give money to his campaign.  He will be better than any democrat but not good enough. (Keep an eye on Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, who has promise.)  I would vote with no further information for either Cruz or deSantis; they are principled and resolved.  

I will not give to the RNC for people like Zeldin. And Susan Collins?  What a horrible person, let alone Senator.  IF YOU ANSWER THIS THOUGHTFULLY AND provide me some names of true stalwart conservatives and you can line-item my donations to them, or tell me where to send money to them I will.  I want NONE of my contributions to go to people like Susan Collins or Lee Zeldin.

The “lesser of evils” is still evil.  I confess to overstatement but a Republican who is only slightly less democrat than a democrat, will never get my support. I actually don’t care if you agree with me.  You have the right not to and I have the right to not support any candidate financially.

Quite sincerely,

John M. Tyson

bonner83856@gmail.com