The upcoming presidential election presents a clear choice between President Donald Trump’s focus on American exceptionalism and freedom versus Kamala Harris’s support for globalist agendas.
Many have experienced a personal moment reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s famous quote, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left me,” as they witness Democrats leaning into censorship, militarism, and legal warfare.
Author M.C. Armstrong, known for his memoir The Mysteries of Haditha, which details his experience as an embedded journalist with Joint Special Operations Forces in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, in 2008, received a nomination for “Best Memoir” at the 2021 American Book Festival.
On Friday, Armstrong released a compelling statement he describes as a “career suicide note,” outlining his reasons for leaving the Democratic Party and his decision to support Donald Trump in November.
This is my career suicide note, but it’s also a thank you from someone who is done with careerism. I’m a lifelong member of your party and I’m voting for Donald Trump. Why? It’s not just your industrial-scale censorship or your endless wars or the fact that you disenfranchised millions of Kennedy voters through lawfare. If that were all I had, it would be sufficient, in terms of conscience and rage, but there’s more to this story than anger. Your hatred and censorship has taught me to admire @realDonaldTrump and to love my fellow working-class Americans, and for that I thank you.
This vote is for all the traumatized people who have been canceled and banished just for saying no to the establishment. This vote is for the surveyor, the farmer, the HVAC man, the nurse, the hairstylist, the Deadhead, the veteran, and my fellow adjunct professors who have told me their stories about being bullied by the Democrats in their friends and family and their colleagues at work. This is for the young Black woman in my class last year who, on the day of Kamala Harris’s visit to campus, said, “You’re going to hate me, Dr. Armstrong, but I’m not going. I’m voting for Donald Trump.” Why would she think I would hate her for the way she votes? What has happened to our country?
Somehow, Donald Trump has changed my mind. Where I once saw a cartoon white supremacist, warmonger, and narcissist, I now see the man who renegotiated NAFTA and the only president in the twenty-first century not to start a new war. Where I once saw the pal of the neocons, I now see a man who has awoken from his slumber and disavowed Dick Cheney, George Bush, and John Bolton, even as my own party embraces these “men.”
Why has the greatest entrepreneur of my generation (@elonmusk) risked his career to side with Trump? Why has the most consequential grassroots environmentalist of my time (@RobertKennedyJr) sacrificed friends, family, and reputation to side with “The Orange Menace?” Why has the most courageous peace activist of the twenty-first century (@TulsiGabbard) left our party? Because Tulsi, Bobby, and Elon see what I see. Donald Trump is resilient and he’s risking his life to change the fate of our nation. Trump is transforming the Republican Party into the party of peace, free speech, and the working-class. He has converted George Bush’s billionaire boys club of Big War, Big Ag, and Big Pharma into a party that cares about public health and embraces regenerative agriculture.
You can view his full message on X:
To @TheDemocrats ,
— M. C. Armstrong (@mcarmystrong) October 4, 2024
This is my career suicide note, but it’s also a thank you from someone who is done with careerism. I’m a lifelong member of your party and I’m voting for Donald Trump. Why? It’s not just your industrial-scale censorship or your endless wars or the fact that… https://t.co/lNfK11luLQ pic.twitter.com/jKX6Ia7xme
