The Case for Hilary in 2016

Michael Mahdesian

 BY MICHAEL MAHDESIAN

The Big Picture

As the Republican and Democratic Conventions end, the 2016 Presidential election comes down to a choice between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The stakes are high. The control of the Supreme Court could shape the legal landscape for the next 25 years. Social justice, criminal justice reform, LGBT rights, reproductive rights, voting rights, civil rights, all will be heavily impacted. Other major issues like climate change, immigration reform, economic growth for all Americans, and how we engage with our friends, enemies, and others abroad hang in the balance. The contrasting visions of what we should do, and how we should act, at home and abroad, couldn’t be more different.

Donald Trump’s vision is a dark one in which the heartland is being overrun by lawlessness, illegal immigrants, and ISIS infiltrators posing as refugees from Syria, while abroad, the world is “spinning out of control”