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Trump’s Strategy Began in 2016

And it got him elected president for a second time in 2024.

Jerrie (South)DeRose
3 min readFeb 21, 2025
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Prior to the 2018 midterm elections Donald Trump, along with the Republican National Committee and Christian Evangelical leaders began putting a plan into play with the goal of increasing the number of Christian conservatives elected at the local, state and federal level. Republicans echoed what they had been doing successfully for over a decade telling voters that Democrats and Progressives were eroding the moral fabric of the United States.

Conservative PACs like KOCH’s Citizens United, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the Charles KOCH Foundation used misinformation and distortion against Democrats and Progressives in a blitz of television and print media ads. Their strategy worked and after the 2018 midterms Republicans (only MAG) at that time, controlled both the legislative and executive branches of the government.

After Trump put Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, Republicans controlled the Judicial Branch as well. Now that he has been elected for a second term, and still in control of the legislative branches…

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Jerrie (South)DeRose
Jerrie (South)DeRose

Written by Jerrie (South)DeRose

Early Childhood ED background, BOD, promote prevention/intervention, Home and Community based SVC MH, journalism, creative writing, cultural diversity, Army Vet

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