Twelve-year-old Joselyn was found with her hands and feet tied. She didn’t have any pants on. The two men who raped and killed her belonged to a known violent gang. These men were illegal immigrants who flooded into the country with millions of others, under the leadership of Vice President Kamala Harris.

At a Trump rally in North Carolina, Joselyn’s mother said she needed a country where her next child could be safe. Open borders, where anyone in the world can enter, have terrifying consequences.

Trump’s rally Saturday showed a range of emotions and themes.

“We’re going to fracking like we’ve never done it before,” Trump said at the Gastonia, North Carolina, rally Saturday morning. “We reduced gas to $1.84.” The crowd cheered as he promised to do it again.

Meanwhile, Harris spent her week making empty promises about things she didn’t do.

“It’s a lot of bullshit, is what it is,” Trump said Saturday morning. He called her “incompetent” and “totally wrong.” A 1929-style economic depression would await her if elected, he estimated.

Even with the beatings and heartbreaking videos of child deaths caused by the illegal immigration crisis, for the first time in my life, I feel like I’m witnessing an election of hope.

People are convinced that politics will actually change things for them this time. They cling to President Trump’s promises: that their taxes will be lower, their groceries will be more affordable, and their children will be safer.

Just as the ashes of Grizzly 399 will dance in the cold Teton air, so too will the sounds of freedom resonate after this election season, a tribute to the renegade spirit of freedom’s supreme meaning.

Tribalism resonates on both sides. But for today, I still feel a strong kinship. Partisan devotions run deep, elections are hotly contested, but it has never been more “American” to be American as people across the political spectrum return to the ideals that truly define them.

Win or lose, we are divided, but we are proud. The electorate is awake. The eyes remain vigilant, but they turn off the information. They made their decision.

The importance of your vote is significant. In 2020, Biden won by a margin of 0.03%.

Especially if you are young and even if you have never voted before. According to the latest census, Millennials and Generation Z will represent 44% of all voters in 2024.

Joe Rogan said in his recent interview with President Trump, “You want to be a rebel? Do you want to be punk rock? Do you want to overthrow the system? You are conservative now.

But it’s a point I’ve made before. This is not about Democrats and Republicans; it’s about conservative and not.

After all, polls show that my generation distrusts the two-party system. Donald Trump is now supported by longtime Democrats Robert F. Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard. The big umbrella as we imagined it for the Reagan Republican Party is here.

Vice President Harris is joined by Liz Cheney on the campaign trail, who outlines her strategy: the platform is not about change. If they wanted to change something, they could have done it already. Instead, the strategy is to repeat that Trump is bad.

But how can these longtime Democrats be conservative? Because they believe in certain fundamental truths that unite them and give them common ground. Trump, Tulsi and RFK believe in freedom of speech, no censorship or weaponization of the system against opponents who fight within it. They believe in protecting the health and safety of our children. They believe that American families should be prosperous and not taxed to finance forever wars abroad.

The conservative avengers in a way. We’re mad and we’re punk rock. So don’t hesitate any longer, register. Remember, superheroes are usually ordinary people, until they put on the cape.

Cassie Craven can be contacted at: [email protected]