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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Don't Vote Hillary

As we come closer to the end of March, the leading candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties are Hillary Clinton with (insert # of states here after Tuesday primaries) and Donald Trump with (insert # of states here). On the Democratic side of the primaries, when it comes down to choosing a candidate, you should not vote for Clinton, and here’s why.

Her charity is sketchy. The Clinton Foundation is a charity that’s meant to raise money and awareness for certain issues like lowering the cost of HIV medications. A lot of the money for the foundation comes from donations from foreign countries such as Kuwait and Qatar, which were just trying to improve their relations with the US government. A conflict of interests is also created when the countries that donate to the foundation have beliefs that clash with beliefs that the foundation stands for. For example, the Clinton Foundation accepted a $500,000 donation from Algeria to help Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 even though the Algerian government is reported to have human rights issues, which was not approved under the rules of the Obama administration. Basically, they skirted the rules, and their own moral code.

She’s a liar. One of her strongest fields of expertise as a candidate is supposedly foreign affairs, but that seems hard to believe. In 2008, she claimed to be “instrumental” to helping bring peace to Northern Ireland, but really both Unionists and Nationalists from Northern Ireland have revealed that her aid in the country was minor. Also, while she publicly identifies as “just like” the average American, financially speaking, due to the massive amount of debt her family had accrued after leaving the White House, she’s not “just like” us. As of January 2016, she had made more than two million dollars through giving speeches for her presidential campaign. Obviously, she can understand how hard it is to make ends meet.

She recently changed her political views. In her 2008 campaign, she wasn’t supportive of gay marriage, didn’t believe that illegal immigrants should be able to get a driver’s license, and supported free trade. At the beginning of the 2015 campaign, she announced that she changed her views on all three of these subjects. Why? Because these three issues could cost her votes. It doesn’t mean she actually believes these views or intends to support them as a candidate.

At the end of the race, no matter which side wins, the future president needs to be someone we can trust. It’s hard to justify voting for Hillary Clinton when it’s unclear what views she actually stands for and whether or not she will put the good of our country over making herself look good.

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