Jesse Romero - A Catholic Vote for Trump: The Only Choice in 2020 for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents Alike

A CATHOLIC VOTE FOR TRUMP

A

CATHOLIC
VOTE

FOR

TRUMP

The Only Choice in 2020 for
Republicans, Democrats, and
Independents Alike

JESSE ROMERO

WITH JOHN MCCULLOUGH

TAN Books
Gastonia, North Carolina

Copyright 2020 Jesse Romero and John McCullough

All rights reserved. With the exception of short excerpts used in articles and critical reviews, no part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form whatsoever, printed or electronic, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version of the BibleSecond Catholic Edition (Ignatius Edition), copyright 2006 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Excerpts from the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for use in the United States of America copyright 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Used with permission.

Passages from papal documents, encyclicals, and addresses Libreria Editrice Vaticana unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Excerpts from James Howard Kunstlers blog James Howard Kustler. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the Author.

Brian Cates article Brian Cates 2020 and UncoverDC.com. Used by permission of Author and Publisher.

Excerpts from The Last Refuge www.theconservativetreehouse.com. Used by permission.

List of Trump accomplishments in compiled by Robby Starbuck. Used by permission.

Cover design by Caroline K. Green

Cover image: US President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House December 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski via Getty Images.

Closeup of American flag by STILLFX via Shutterstock

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020934235

ISBN: 978-1-5051-1729-5

Published in the United States by

TAN Books

P.O. Box 269

Gastonia, NC 28053

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To Melania and the Trump family, in gratitude for the sacrifices
you have made and any suffering you may have endured so
that your husband and father (and grandfather) can carry
out the heroic task with which he has been entrusted.

JR and JM

To all my Latino Catholic brothers and sisters who
have been deceived by the modernist liberal mainstream
propagandist media. I hope this information helps
the scales to fall from your eyes (cf. Acts 9:18).

JR

And with gratitude to two American heroes whose stories
will be truthfully told one day, Lieutenant General
Michael Flynn and Admiral Michael Rogers.

JM

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him we humbly pray, and do
thou O Prince of the Heavenly Host,
by the power of God, cast into Hell Satan and all evil spirits
who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

No one can be, at the same time, a sincere
Catholic and a true Socialist.

Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno, 1931

CONTENTS

WHEN I do my daily broadcasts from our TV studio at our Priests for Life headquarters, I have a photo of President Donald Trump clearly visible behind me.

On a regular basis, one or another viewer, whose comments I can see during the broadcast, will ask, Why do you have a picture of President Trump over your shoulder?

I respond first by saying, Well, this program is coming to you from the United States of America, and he is our president.

And second, if he were not where he is, we would not be where we are.

I pause for a moment to let that sink in, and then I explain further that under the Obama administration, Priests for Life was one of the religious groups that had to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to avoid crippling fines for our refusal to include abortion in the health insurance plan that we offer our employees.

The Supreme Court, in the end, didnt technically decide the case. Donald Trump did. The court had asked that we work out a solution with the administration, and the Obama administration was simply unwilling to honor our religious objections.

President Trump did, and we were forever set free from the oppressive mandate that, had it been enforced under a President Hillary Clinton, would not have allowed our ministryand countless othersto function.

If President Trump were not where he is, we would not be where we are.

Many voters, whose faith means something to them, realize this, and its time that the rest did as well. Thats why this book is so important and so timely.

Because religious people care about virtue, some will complain if they do not think the president is living out the Christian faith.

Now I reject the premise. I believe he does live the Christian faith. He is a man who believes in Christ, keeps his promises, protects his nation as his constitutional duties require him to do, loves his family and raises beautiful children (By their fruits you will know them), and is generousincluding with his salary. A pastor who ministers to him said that he had rarely met a man more open to the Holy Spirit than President Trump.

He lives his faith.

But to those who think he doesnt, I ask, would you rather have a president who does not live out his faith, or a president who does not allow you to live out your faith?

No president has protected religious freedom and conscience more than President Trump. And he has done so proactively, putting in place executive policies that enable faith-based organizations to do their work with fewer obstacles, and without discrimination, and punishing institutions that violate existing law that protects religious freedom. President Trump even created a new federal office to protect conscience and religious freedom!

Theres another dimension to consider as well. This election is not about personalities. It is about a clash of world-views, which shape multiple issues, far beyond the most fundamental ones of abortion and religious freedom.

The election is not about private virtue; it is about public virtue. Instead of worrying about the presidents marriages, ask yourself what impact the judges he appoints will make on the shape of marriage in our country for the next generation. Instead of worrying how religious he is, ask yourself what impact his policies will have on the Churchs freedom to help people live out their religion for the next generation. Instead of being concerned about the tweets he sends, pay more attention to the laws he signs. Its the public virtue, not the private virtue, that should shape our vote.

Pro-abortion Democrats try to make us focus on what they believe in private about abortion, as an excuse for us to ignore the public policies they create that make it continue. Lets not make the same mistake in reverse.

The president himself has said that the election is not about him; its about you. The attacks launched against him are really attacks on you. They are an attempt to deprive you of the impact of your vote and of your values on our public life. President Trump is just the messenger, the vehicle, of a whole set of policies and worldviews. Stay focused, ask the right questions, and see the big picture.

And think for yourself. Remember, Catholicism values human reason very highly and expects us to use it. You alone are responsible for your vote: not your parents and grandparents, not your union or your employer, and not even your pastor or bishop.