Elections determine the direction of the country, so consider where certain policies lead. What happens when illegal entry is tolerated, sanctuary policies impede immigration enforcement, or crimes committed by people here illegally are minimized? What happens when citizenship and identification safeguards for voting are opposed in the name of access and fairness?

Democrats say they favor election integrity and border security, but their policies and actions often undermine their ostensible support. Voters should look beyond political language and examine what candidates actually support, how they vote, and whether the resulting policies protect national sovereignty, public safety, and election integrity.

Consider another set of dividing lines. Democratic organizations and many Democratic lawmakers continue defending transgender protections, including access to gender-changing medical care for minors, while 130 Democratic members of Congress joined a Supreme Court brief opposing categorical state bans on transgender students competing on teams matching their gender identity, not their biological birth sex.

Energy presents another distinction. Democrats advocate solar, wind, and geothermal development while shutting down federal support for oil and gas. These are legitimate subjects for voters to examine. So are religious liberty and national security when it comes to Islam and confronting Islamist ideology and terrorism.

Then there are ideas emerging farther from the political center. The Democratic Socialists of America has advocated abolishing the Senate, replacing the presidency and Supreme Court as presently constituted, abolishing ICE, and ultimately eliminating national borders. Its national co-chair publicly defended those positions this year.

Political violence deserves an equally firm standard. Assassination, attempted assassination, or rationalization of murder because someone holds objectionable political beliefs attacks the foundation of ordered liberty. That principle applies regardless of ideology. A republic survives disagreement through ballots, debate, courts, and constitutional government rather than bullets.

Americans therefore have some serious questions before casting a ballot. Which candidates support border security? Which defend equal protection for women and girls? Which protect children from irreversible medical decisions? Which favor abundant American energy, secure elections, religious liberty, constitutional checks and balances, and peaceful political debate? And which candidates belong to parties, factions, or movements advancing policies that move in the opposite direction?

Examine their platforms, legislation, votes, and public statements rather than campaign slogans.

Jesus said in Matthew 7:16, “You will know them by their fruits.”

Political labels can change, and rhetoric can disguise intent, but the fruit of policy eventually becomes visible. Discern, then ask: Which candidates are for America and which are against it?

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https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_Democratic_Party_Platform_8a2cf8.pdf

Murray, Hirono, Bicameral Colleagues File Amicus Brief Opposing Bans on Transgender Students in School Sports
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Democrats Say They Don’t Oppose Voter ID, but Argue That GOP Voting Bill Is Too Strict
https://apnews.com/article/2d44f778d671ff4d8e2caec1a85bcb36

FACT FOCUS: Only Some Driver’s Licenses Usable for Voter Registration Under the SAVE America Act
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DSA Program: Workers Deserve More!
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DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer: “The Open Borders Is Part of a Longer Term International Plan”
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America’s welfare state was built over generations, but its greatest expansions came under Democratic presidents and Congresses. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal dramatically expanded government control of personal lives. Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society added more control with Medicare, Medicaid, and the War on Poverty. Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act expanded federal financing and control of healthcare.

Republicans have sometimes expanded these programs and frequently failed to reverse them. Yet the century-long direction is difficult to miss. Democratic policy repeatedly took control from individuals and placed it in the hands of government. Each big step made today’s move toward socialism a small step.

Social Security deserves distinction because workers and employers paid dedicated payroll taxes into a retirement insurance system. But when Social Security collected more than required for current benefits, its surpluses were “invested” in Treasury securities by the Democrats in control. Then that borrowed cash was spent for other purposes, leaving Social Security an interest-bearing government IOU promising repayment that never happens.

Beginning in 1969, following Johnson administration action, Social Security transactions were included in the unified federal budget, allowing its surpluses to reduce the reported overall deficit. The retirement obligation remained legally owed to Social Security, but accumulated cash helped finance broader government operations [translated: more social, regulatory, economic control].

Healthcare shows how far this progression has traveled. Medicare primarily serves people who paid payroll taxes throughout their working lives, while Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies represent broader government financing of healthcare.

CBO projects federal health insurance subsidies totaling $33.6 trillion from 2026 through 2036, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA subsidies. The ACA retained private insurers, hospitals, and healthcare corporations while expanding government subsidies and regulation, creating a hybrid socialist system of private enterprises increasingly dependent upon government-directed money.

Democrats continue advocating expanded government involvement in healthcare and economic security. What began as a safety net has grown into a government-supported welfare state.

That history provides context for today’s Democratic Socialists. The Democratic Party remains distinct from DSA, yet Democratic-socialist candidates seek and win office through Democratic primaries. Is this a departure from the Democratic Party’s historical direction, or an acceleration of it?

The welfare state grew program by program and subsidy by subsidy as responsibilities steadily migrated toward Washington.

First Samuel 8:11 warned Israel about concentrating authority in earthly government: “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you.”

Government dependency has a price. History teaches that authority surrendered by the people is exceedingly difficult to reclaim. History also points to the Democratic Party as the champion of socialism in America over the last 100 years. It is a dangerous progression.

Christian News | The Daily Jot

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Social Security Administration, “The Social Security Trust Funds and the Federal Budget”
https://www.ssa.gov/history/BudgetTreatment.html

Social Security Administration, “Internet Myths and Social Security”
https://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths2.html

Congressional Budget Office, “Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance, 2026 to 2036”
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62539

Congressional Budget Office, “Affordable Care Act”
https://www.cbo.gov/topics/health-care/affordable-care-act

Democratic Party, Party Platform
https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/

Democratic Socialists of America, “What is Democratic Socialism?”
https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/

Democratic Socialists of America, Political Program
https://program.dsausa.org/