My fellow Americans, I’ll begin the brief time that we share today by asking you a simple question. A question that, two hundred forty-three years ago, propelled our forefathers to gather together and set forth the United States of America as a nation uniquely based on limited government and equal opportunity.

     But it’s not just a question of the past. It’s a question that we must continue to ask ourselves every single day. A question that hasn’t been asked in our government for too long. A question whose answers—the solutions that America needs for its changing problems in today’s world—haven’t been fulfilled by the lofty socialist promises that rise from left of the aisle.

     The question is, “How?”

     It’s one word, yes, but it encompasses the very essence of the landscape of our America.

     A landscape which, we all agree, must have every valley be exalted, every mountain and hill made low, the crooked made straight, and the rough places plain, so that each and every one of us can charge forward on our path of progress to a destination of a better future.

     For you—for me—for every American—this singular destination is what we seek. And it binds us all together into one, united America. But the ways by which we reach this destination are fundamentally different. Some of us may choose to travel by plane, others by boat, others by Tesla Cybertruck. The important thing is that most of these methods are viable and will eventually get you to the same place. In many cases, they’ll even supplement and combine with each other in new and beneficial ways to form a united America. An America that is much, much greater than the sum of its parts.

     However, there do exist among this batch some approaches that only cause us harm, so let’s weed them out and ask ourselves again:

     How? By effective communication of our policies and goals with the American people. I applaud those candidates who, like myself, have presented their varying views in an effective and organized manner on their campaign websites. Senator Helf, Senator Solomon, Senator Brent, Senator Cabral, and I have demonstrated that we’re up to facing the challenging demands of the presidency, and that our professionalism will help us succeed in such a role. But for Mayor Hammoud, whose website is populated by mile-long, unbroken, ranting slabs of text—check out his foreign policy platform—it appears to us that there’s a lot of work that needs to be done. And that is not to mention that Mayor Hammound’s website was not active until 5 days after all the other campaigns. How can we expect his urgency and professionalism in the future if he cannot display them at this early stage? It is Ali Hammound, after all. And the idea that this heart of his campaign, until recently, had a banana-themed background is, for lack of a better term, bananas. 

     How? Through an education system that stresses the importance of personalized learning and allows the federal government to take a step back from its current overreach into student loans that the private sector could handle more effectively. Not through the Democrats’ standardization under cookie-cutter curricula that teach to nationwide tests, nor through their waste of precious taxpayer dollars under unrealistic promises of making tuition free or eliminating debt.

     How? By getting rid of spending inefficiencies in our military operations, so that we can maintain and improve our proud position as the world’s leading superpower. This’ll help us deal with the rising threats posed by not only terrorists overseas, but also a tight budget here at home, that can’t handle a blind increase in military funding.

     How? With incentive-based tax breaks for green companies and a responsible reduction of income tax rates. The result would be a thriving economy and a balanced budget. The roughly $3.1 trillion budget deficit under Senator Helf’s tax plan would never even come close to achieving these goals. Even though he has come up with ways to spend money, he has no plans about where to get this funding. He’s trying to “Put the public back in Republican,” but he’s clearly no Reagan when it comes to bettering our economy with conservative policies.

     Here in B-212, let’s once again ask ourselves the same question that our forefathers asked in our nation’s infancy. That one word, so simple and so powerful, yet invariably leading to the same place: my plan of Contemporary Conservatism. Our best days are ahead of us, and when you elect me as your next president, we’ll get to live them hand in hand, united as Americans.

     Thank you, and God bless these United States of America.