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Trump revealed

To the Journal editor:

Donald Trump looks like the front runner for the Republican nomination. He states he is a common sense conservative, catchy phrase and that he does not agree with much Rubio or Cruz believes even though they are conservative.

We must ask are the Republicans making the same mistake as the Democrats made? If you look at both Trump and Obama, each has a phrase “Hope and Change” versus “Make America Great Again.”

Like the President, Trump is vague on substance. He is for free speech as long as you don’t criticize him, gun rights, stopping illegal immigration and a strong national defense. The rest like health care, abortion, environmental, federal spending, religious freedom, taxes and support of our constitution he would end up on the liberal side of the issues.

As a conservative I am fed up with being told one thing, then seeing the opposite done by our so-called conservative leaders.

In Washington, there are too many who run for elective office as a conservative and forget to mention they are also progressives, progressivism is a parasite to our constitutional republic.

In invades its host our government and slowly eats away at our constitutional rights. Electing true conservatives or even libertarians is the cure. A majority on both sides take the oath to solemnly swear to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States” when elected, then do not. Trump has no problems until you go after his record, ask Megyn Kelly or now he is threatening Cruz with legal action.

He even in his book in 2000 said that Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons. Now he factually states President Bush lied about it. Common sense conservative, really, he sounded like a left leaning if I repeat it enough liberal then it must be true.

I know what a conservative is and Trump is no conservative.

Daniel Niemi

Ishpeming

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