SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 15, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed targeting Utah voters.
On Monday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump did the same.
Both pieces ran in the Deseret News, which had reached out to major candidates asking them to share their thoughts.
To read what Clinton had to say last week, click here.
Here’s what Trump had to say, read on:
“In just over two months, Utah and all of America will choose our next president. The bottom line is that we can’t afford a third Obama term, and that’s what Hillary Clinton represents. Utahns know that after eight years adrift under President Obama, we need to make America great again by supporting our law enforcement, ending illegal immigration, defeating ISIS, bringing back jobs and restoring conservative values.
“Under the Obama-Clinton administration, lawlessness has run rampant. We have witnessed the tragic murder of police officers, slain in the line of duty in Dallas, Baton Rouge and New York. We cannot tolerate this anymore and we must stand with the brave men and women who put themselves on the front lines of defending our communities. They deserve better treatment than what they are getting, and when I become president, we will work with law enforcement to restore law and order.
“While we embrace our nation’s history of legal immigration, we cannot allow illegal immigration to continue jeopardizing our nation’s safety and upending the economic well-being of our middle class. We will build a wall on our southern border to end the inflow of drugs and crime that puts communities all across our nation at risk. Politicians have talked about border security for years, but they have done very little to achieve it. Those same politicians are more concerned with being politically correct than protecting our people. However, securing the border should not be controversial — it should be common sense.
“Radical Islamic terrorists continue to spread their warped ideology through the brutal murder of innocent people across the globe. We watch as they kill women and children simply because they cannot tolerate another person’s religion or way of life. Unfortunately, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have enabled this by leading from behind in world affairs. They refuse to even identify radical Islamic terrorism by its name, and when tragedy occurs, they do not take action to stop future attacks. ISIS now occupies large swaths of the Middle East, recruiting, training and harboring killers — we must take more aggressive action to stop these radical, barbaric murderers before they commit more mass atrocities.
“Politicians also weigh down the ingenuity and work ethic of our businesses and citizens with government decrees in order to advance politically correct goals — goals that too often are completely divorced from the economic reality faced every day by most Americans.
“When I am president, we will make smarter trade deals and bring back good paying jobs that will reignite the engine of America’s economy. Just last week, I laid out the choice for the American worker — highlighting the true difference between Hillary Clinton and myself.
“Hillary Clinton — who has spent her career voting for tax increases — plans another massive, job-killing $1.3 trillion-dollar tax increase. Her plan would tax many small businesses almost 50 percent. On the other hand, I am proposing an across-the-board income tax reduction, especially for middle-income Americans. This will lead to millions of new, good-paying jobs.
“Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have tried to undermine our religious liberties on the altar of political correctness. They have challenged the rights of businesses and religious institutions to speak openly about their faith. Undermining religious liberty has been a trend in the Democratic Party for decades.”
