“Independents Will Vote Overwhelmingly for Trump.”

President Donald J. Trump meets and speaks with residents gathered Friday, March 8, 2019, at the Providence Baptist Church relief center in Smiths Station, Ala., impacted by the devastating tornado on Sunday. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

At The American Spectator, David Catron makes the case that “Independents will vote overwhelmingly for Trump in self-defense.” “Self defense from what?” you may ask. Catron says Americans will seek refuge from Democrats’ “hare-brained schemes like providing taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens, decriminalizing illegal immigration, Medicare for All, and slavery reparations.” He writes (abridged):

The least popular Democratic proposal among Independents involves slavery reparations. At one time or another during the never-ending campaign for the White House, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand have come out for reparations. This enjoys a whopping 23 percent support among Independents. The only issue of substance raised by the Democrats that enjoys the support of an actual majority of Independents is the minimum wage. The proposal to raise that figure to $15 per hour is supported by 52 percent.

But this wrong-headed position will never save the Democrats from the loss of Independents pursuant to hare-brained schemes like providing taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens, decriminalizing illegal immigration, Medicare for All, and slavery reparations. Some Democrats are no doubt hoping that Joe Biden will save them by declining to embrace all of these wacky positions, but their primary voters won’t have it. They will probably nominate Elizabeth Warren, and Independents will vote overwhelmingly for Trump in self-defense.