Student Opinion: Americans should pick Clinton over Trump

By Juan Villanueva | Big Stick Editor |

Over the past year, Donald Trump has often found himself making a fool out of his family, his party, and mostly himself, which makes him a man unfit to be many things, one of them, the president.

With many racial outbursts such as referring to Mexicans as “criminals” and “rapists,” implying Muslims are “terrorists,” making “nasty” comments about women, and even saying he’d date Ivanka Trump if she wasn’t his daughter, Mr. Trump was sure to never get a seat as the Republican Candidate this year. However, with many different political views from individuals, anything can be expected and indeed, Mr. Trump was officially nominated in July.

With Mr. Trump running for president, all Americans would expect him to at least have some political experience, which for some individuals may be the case, but in reality, this is not true. Over his life, Mr. Trump has instead focused on being a businessman, being ranked the 324th richest person in the world. Sure, Mr. Trump has been involved in politics for perhaps the last two decades, which has shown his support as a democrat, and currently a republican, but Mr. Trump has never worn politician’s shoes.

On the other hand, his opponent, Hillary Clinton, knows what it means to be a politician. Mrs. Clinton has served as First Lady, in the U.S. Senate, and most recently as Secretary of State. Even if Mrs. Clinton had not served for her country as a politician, she’d still have more social and political experience than her opponent as she has spent many decades of her life helping those in need, fighting for women’s rights and gaining equality for everyone. “I have made the cause of children and families really my life’s work,” Clinton said in the last presidential debate. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has spent his last 30 years getting richer and often criticizing individuals such as former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, commenting on her weight, calling her “Miss Piggy” and “an eating machine.”

Unlike Mr. Trump, who often talks about building a wall to separate Mexico from the United States and policies that don’t make sense, Mrs. Clinton focuses on speaking about ideas to better the economy and healthcare for Americans. Mrs. Clinton wants to help middle and lower class Americans who live from pay check to pay check and tax the wealthiest, which to many, make sense. Most importantly, Mrs. Clinton wants to keep the ideology that makes America, America and not deport 11 million immigrants, many of whom over decades have simply strived for a better life for their families.

With all three debates over and many polls giving about tied results, as of now, it can’t be said who is to win the election. Furthermore, with 4 days until official election day, one day left of early voting, and with both candidates having some type of negative publicity (e.g. Mr. Trump’s comments on women such as the leaked 2005 audio and Mrs. Clinton’s leaked campaign emails from her time as Secretary of State, whose case reopened last Friday by the FBI), in the end, it is only up to Americans to decide whether or not their country will finally have a Mrs. President.

Remember to visit vote.gov to learn on how to vote if you are eligible. Early voting continues until today and official voting day is Nov. 8

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