Military service brings issues to the frontline

by Tommy Todd—Missouri

The other night, I met a Marine who had just returned from a two year tour in Iraq. When I started to talk to him about the issues, he stopped me and said that he was a Republican. What he said next was quite a shock: This election, he was going to vote for whichever Democratic candidate gets the nomination.

The people he met through military service and the things he saw while he was deployed had all culminated in him realizing what is really important: To take care of our own. Making sure that health care is affordable, that we are keeping good jobs here in America, and that we’re providing a first class education for every child.

It’s amazing how the experiences people go through can change their outlooks on life.

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