WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 03: Congressman, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Moral Courage Award recipient Jared Golden speaks on stage during Headstrong Washington DC Gala at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on November 03, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Headstrong )
OAN’s Abril Elfi
1:40 PM – Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Maine’s Democrat representative, Jared Golden, says that he believes former President Donald Trump will win the 2024 presidential election and that Democrats need to stop fear mongering and playing into paranoid theories regarding the destruction of democracy.
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Golden (D-Maine) made these remarks in an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News. Following President Joe Biden’s poor performance in the first presidential debate, the representative stated in the article that he thinks Trump will be the clear winner of the election.
“While I don’t plan to vote for him, Donald Trump is going to win. And I’m OK with that,” he wrote. “Democrats’ post-debate hand-wringing is based on the idea that a Trump victory is not just a political loss but a unique threat to our democracy. I reject the premise. Unlike Biden and many others, I refuse to participate in a campaign to scare voters with the idea that Trump will end our democratic system.”
Rep. Golden pointed out that the country has withstood far more severe threats to its democracy than a Republican-led administration, including societal shifts, civil wars, and terrorist attacks. Even though Golden also noted that January 6th, 2021, was “a dark day,” he still maintained that the United States is a strong democracy and that it will continue to be even if Trump is re-elected.
Golden added: “Maine’s representatives will need to work with [Trump] when it benefits Mainers and hold him accountable when it does not.”
“Congress will need to stand up to economic elites and so-called experts in both parties who are already working overtime to stop Trump’s proposed trade policies that would reverse the harms of globalization and protect American businesses from unfair foreign competition,” he wrote. “We need to protect from extremists, [and] the law I helped pass that caps seniors’ insulin costs at $35…forc[ing] Big Pharma to negotiate and lower the cost of prescription drugs.”
“This election is about the economy, not democracy,” Rep. Golden wrote. “And when it comes to our economy, our Congress matters far more than who occupies the White House,” Golden continued. “I urge everyone—voters, elected officials, the media, and all citizens—to ignore the chattering class’s scare tactics and political pipedreams,” he added. “We don’t need party insiders in smoke-filled back rooms to save us. We can defend our democracy without them.”
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