A Nation at Cross Roads - A 2024 Election Game (Sign-up & OOC Thread)

[Huey Long is a Republican]

October 27th, 2018 : A Hack Attack sends President Trump’s Approval Rating to 52.7 % in a Rally Around the Flag effect, buoying up Several Republican Candidates in key states.

2018 Elections

Republicans : 56 Seats (+5)
Democrats : 44 Seats

Senate Holds for Republicans : NV, AZ
Senate Gains for Republicans : ND, MI, IN, MO, and FL

Republicans : 34 Governors (+1)
Democrats : 16 Governors

Governor Gains for Reps : AK, OR, RI, CT
Dem Gains for Gov : NM, IL, KS

2018 House Elections

Republicans : 228 Seats
Democrats : 207 Seats (+13)

Timeline

November 9th, 2018 : President Trump orders an investigation into the 2018 Hacking of major US Cyber infrastructure to find out who was responsible

December 9th, 2018 : Funding for Donald Trump’s Border Wall passes it’s first phase in the House. Construction begins in Texas using steel slats.

December 17th, 2018 : Most Democrats begin exploring their candidacies for the Presidency

January-December 2019 : Several Democrats announce their candidacy to run for President and several Democratic presidential primary debates took place, especially in early states and in some Super Tuesday states.

January 9th, 2019 : The investigation into the October 27th Hackings finds that Russia hacked US Infrastructure. As a response, Trump places sanctions on them.

January 17th, 2019 : John Kelly, James Mattis, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, and Robert Wilkie announce they are leaving due to threats against their families. Trump picks Rob Portman to replace Kelly as Chief of Staff, Jim Webb to replace Mattis as Secretary of Defense, John Ratcliffe for Attorney General, his daughter Ivanka for United Nations Ambassador, and Tulsi Gabbard for VA Secretary.

February 19th, 2019 : President Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un meet for the second summit in Kyoto, Japan and both agree to a general Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a de-escalation of tensions in the region.

March 10th, 2019 : The Texas section of Trump’s steel wall is finished.

March 16th, 2019 : Another vote is held in the House to fund the New Mexico section of Trump’s Wall and is passed, though New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham declares that if the wall is built, she will sue to Federal Government.

March 20th, 2019 : Builders for Trump’s border wall are harrassed by protestors in New Mexico. Trump calls them hooligans and cry-babies

April 7th, 2019 : Chinese President Xi Jinping agrees to meet with President Trump over the Tariffs and will hold a summit on July 12th to discuss a new trade deal.

June 18th, 2019 : President Trump announces his re-election bid in Orlando, Florida.

June 26th, 2019 : The Democratic presidential candidates held their first presidential primary debate in Miami, Florida. As their number is the largest ever in a presidential election primary cycle (between 25 and 30), only the top 10 candidates were invited for the main debate while the bottom-polling candidates participate at a child-table debate. Elizabeth Warren took on the occasion to attack Joe Biden on his vote in favor of the Iraq War while Beto O’Rourke slams Warren on her flip-flopping position on universal health care. The Democratic candidates were also asked about how they would choose their next Supreme Court nominee.

July 31, 2019 : Hamza Bin Laden, son of Osama Bin Laden, is killed during a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan.

September 20, 2019 : North Korea announces the shut down of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center.

September 25, 2019 : A civil war triggers in Venezuela between the pro-Maduro regime forces and the insurgency led by Guaido, the self-proclaimed interim President.

September 27, 2019 : As oil represents 95 % of Venezuela’s exports, President Trump decides to impose an embargo on Venezuela oil in order to weaken the Maduro regime, reiterating his support to the people of Venezuela for the sake of the restoration of freedom and Venezuela in this country and calling Maduro an « adept of Red Scare and a remnant of the Cold War ».

September 30, 2019 : ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed by a U.S. airstrike in the south of the Syrian city of Hajin. ISIS has been eradicated in Syria.

October 2, 2019 : In the context of the Venezuelan Civil War, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) co-sponsor the Let Freedom Reign Act that would approve arms sales to the Venezuelan insurgency for the sake of their war effort and the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.

October 6, 2019  : The Senate votes 78-22 for the Let Freedom Reign Act.

October 11, 2019  : The House of Representatives votes 380-50 for the Let Freedom Reign Act.

October 12, 2019  : President Trump signs the Let Freedom Reign Act into law, thus approving arms sales to the Venezuelan insurgency.

October 15, 2019 : CIA operatives started training some Venezuelan rebels in Puerto Rico to strengthen their combat readiness in the Venezuelan Civil War.

October 20, 2019 : The Venezuelan rebels took control of several oil refineries in Venezuela, and thus they can get revenues from oil drilling to buy more weapons for their war effort.

October 24, 2019 : The Democratic presidential candidates hold their second presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. The candidates were questioned about the situation in Venezuela and about the denuclearization of North Korea.

November 5, 2019 : The Gubernatorial Elections in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi take place. The Democratic Candidates, Andy Beshear and Jim Hood gain the gubernatorial seats in Kentucky and Mississippi respectfully while Louisiana is a Democratic Hold. This brings the NGA to 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats

November 10, 2019 : The Venezuelan rebels successfully assaulted the city of Maracaibo and took control of the city. During the battle, 50 rebels and 200 pro-regime troops were killed.

November 14, 2019 : A new jobs report indicates that 324 000 new jobs were created in the United States and that the unemployment rate declined to 3.4 %, which is the lowest rate in the last 5 decades.

November 21, 2019 : The Arizona section of of Trump’s steel wall is completed.

November 30th, 2019 : Vice President Mike Pence announces that he will retire from the Vice Presidency in 2021 if Trump wins re-election in order to be with his family.

December 5-8, 2019 : The cities of Valencia and Barquisimeto are taken by the Venezuelan rebels.

December 8, 2019 : Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passes in her sleep from health complications. Trump declares three days of mourning before planning his next appointment to the United States Supreme Court.

December 9, 2019 : Campaigning in Jacksonville, Florida, President Trump tells voters that the only reason why Venezuela is in deep economic crisis and inflation is because of the socialist policies of the Maduro regime that taxes people more, imposes the dictatorship of the proletariat and the expropriation of property. He seized the occasion to describe the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates as « socialist extremists who will impose big government and tax-hike policies that will kill jobs, make America a harder place to do business and put the United States in a similar situation as Venezuela. »

December 18th, 2019 : The Venezuelan rebels freed Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, thus defeating the Maduro regime and handing final victory to the insurgency in the civil war and ensuring democratic transition in Venezuela.

December 19th, 2019 : Amy Comet Barrett is Nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Supreme Court. Her Hearings will take place over the next few weeks.

December 20, 2019 : Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg announces that NATO will also fund the creation of Trump’s planned U.S. Space Force for the sake of space security, to defend the satellites against Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weaponry and to allow the satellites to guide the U.S. troops in counter-terrorist operations.

December 22, 2019 : As this generation is more friendly to the United States, Iranian youth starts protesting the Iranian government.

December 23, 2019 : President Trump declares that the U.S. will fully support the peaceful protests in Iran for the sake of the spreading of freedom and democracy around the world and to deprive terrorists of supply from Iranian state-sponsored terrorism and to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons. The Trump Administration strengthens sanctions on international companies doing business with the Iranian oil sector.

February 1, 2020 : Barrett is voted onto the Supreme Court in a 57 to 43 Vote (Joe Manchin votes with the Republicans).

February 2nd, 2020 : Amy Comet Barrett is sworn into the United States Supreme Court. She’ll be the last Associate Justice sworn in under the Roberts Court

February 3rd-July 27th, 2020 : Ayatollah Khamenei passes away peacefully in his at the age of 80. Ebrahim Raisi is initially set to become the next Supreme Leader of Iran, but Trump, with aid from Iraq, Pakistan, Central Asia, China, the Korean Nations, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Russia, Raisi is forced to resign in disgrace on June 19th and replaced by the more reform minded Mohammad Reza Aref. Aref announces a Referendum to occur on whether Iran should remain an Islamic theocracy or begin the process to become a Democracy on July 27th, with a rule stating that if 67% of the population votes, the referendum’s result will be legitimized. The Referendum occurs and the results are 50.3% Pro-Democracy to 49.7% Pro-Theocracy, with 72% of citizens voting. A Presidential Election is set for March 9th of 2021 while a new constitution is set in stone. Aref remains acting President of Iran for this transitional period.

2020 Democratic Primaries

February 3, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Iowa caucuses with 27 % of the vote, followed by Kamala Harris who earned 22 % of the vote. Elizabeth Warren arrives third with 18 % of the popular vote while Beto O’Rourke earns 17 %. Kirsten Gillibrand takes 8 %, Cory Booker 4 %, Julian Castro 2 %, Tulsi Gabbard 1 % and Amy Klobuchar 1 %. Klobuchar drops out of the race and endorses Warren.

February 11, 2020 : Elizabeth Warren handedly wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary with 35 % of the vote, followed by Joe Biden for second place with 20 % of the vote. Due to more friendly voters adopting the Sanders rhetoric in New Hampshire, O’Rourke arrives third with 18 % of the vote. Kamala Harris is tied with Kirsten Gillibrand with 10 % while Tulsi Gabbard wins 4 %, Cory Booker 2 % and Julian Castro 1 %. After a disappointing showing in New Hampshire, Gabbard suspends her campaign and endorses Warren.

February 22, 2020 : Thanks to Nevada’s proximity with her home state of California, Kamala Harris wins the Nevada caucuses with 31 % of the vote, followed by Joe Biden with 25 % of the vote. Elizabeth Warren gets a close third showing with 20 %, Beto O’Rourke gets 15 % of the vote, Kirsten Gillibrand 5 %, Cory Booker 2 % and Julian Castro 2 %.

February 29, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the South Carolina Primary with 27 % of the vote, followed by Kamala Harris who earned 22 % of the vote. Elizabeth Warren arrives third with 18 % of the popular vote while Beto O’Rourke earns 17 %. Kirsten Gillibrand takes 10 %, Cory Booker 8 % and Julian Castro 2 %.

March 3, 2020 : Super Tuesday 2020 takes place. Joe Biden wins Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. Beto O’Rourke wins his home state of Texas, Oklahoma and North Carolina. Elizabeth Warren wins her home state of Massachusetts as well as Vermont, Minnesota and Colorado. Kamala Harris wins her home state of California. After failing to win any southern state with a large African-American population, Cory Booker drops out of the race and endorses Joe Biden. After losing the Texas primary to his fellow Texan Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro drops out of the race and endorses Joe Biden.

March 7, 2020 : Beto O’Rourke narrowly wins the Louisiana Democratic primary with 30 % of the vote over Joe Biden’s 28 %, Kamala Harris’ 22 %, Elizabeth Warren’s 11 % and Kirsten Gillibrand’s 9 %. Warren, meanwhile, wins the Kansas caucuses with 42 % of the vote over O’Rourke’s 20 %, Biden’s 17 %, Harris’ 12 % and Gillibrand’s 9 %.

March 8, 2020 : Elizabeth Warren wins the Maine caucuses with 48 % of the vote over Biden’s 20 %, O’Rourke’s 15 %, Gillibrand’s 9 % and Harris’ 8 %.

March 10, 2020 : Joe Biden wins Democrats Abroad and Missouri while Elizabeth Warren wins Ohio and Idaho and Beto O’Rourke wins Mississippi.

March 14 , 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Northern Marianas Democratic caucuses.

March 17, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Illinois primary while Kamala Harris wins the Arizona primary and Beto O’Rourke the Florida Democratic primary.

March 24, 2020 : Beto O’Rourke narrowly wins the Utah Democratic caucuses with 33 % of the vote over Elizabeth Warren’s 30 %, Joe Biden’s 19 %, Kamala Harris’ 10 % and Kirsten Gillibrand’s 8 %.

March 26, 2020 : Kamala Harris wins the Washington caucuses with 38 % of the vote, followed by Joe Biden with 27 % of the vote, Elizabeth Warren with 20 %, Beto O’Rourke with 10 % and Kirsten Gillibrand with 5 %.

March 28, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Alaska caucuses while Elizabeth Warren wins the Hawaii caucuses.

April 7 , 2020 : Kirsten Gillibrand finally wins her first contest after topping the Democratic field in the Wisconsin Democratic primary with 29 % of the vote over Joe Biden’s 28 %, Elizabeth Warren’s 21 %, Kamala Harris’ 13 % and Beto O’Rourke’s 11 %.

April 11, 2020 : Kirsten Gillibrand wins the Wyoming Democratic caucuses.

April 21, 2020 : Kirsten Gillibrand wins primary in her home state of New York with 42 % of the vote over Joe Biden’s 19 %, Elizabeth Warren’s 15 %, Kamala Harris’ 12 % and Beto O’Rourke’s 12 %.

April 28, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland and his home state of Delaware. Meanwhile, Kirsten Gillibrand wins in Connecticut and Elizabeth Warren in Rhode Island.

May 2, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Guam Democratic caucuses.

May 5, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Indiana primary with 34 % of the vote over Elizabeth Warren’s 30 %, Kamala Harris’ 15 %, Kirsten Gillibrand’s 12 % and Beto O’Rourke’s 9 %. It seems that his argument that he was among the only Democratic ticket in recent history to have won Indiana (in 2008) worked.

May 12, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the West Virginia Democratic primary while Elizabeth Warren wins the Nebraska Democratic primary.

May 19, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Kentucky Democratic primary while Arkansas is won by Beto O’Rourke and Oregon by Kamala Harris.

June 2, 2020 : Elizabeth Warren wins Montana and South Dakota while Kirsten Gillibrand wins New Jersey and Beto O’Rourke wins New Mexico and South Dakota.

June 6, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Virgin Islands Democratic caucuses.

June 7, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Puerto Rico Democratic primary.

June 9, 2020 : Joe Biden wins the Washington D.C. Democratic primary. As none of the candidates has got to the 2026 delegate threshold to win the Democratic nomination, the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be brokered.

July 13-16 2020 : The Democrats hold the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As none of the candidates won enough delegates to win the nomination outright, the Convention is brokered and several ballots will have to be held. Here are the ballot results :

Ballot 1 : #1 Biden #2 Warren #3 Harris #4 O’Rourke #5 Gillibrand

Ballot 2 : #1 Warren #2 Biden #3 O’Rourke #4 Harris #5 Gillibrand (eliminated on the first ballot)

Ballot 3 : #1 Biden #2 Warren #3 O’Rourke #4 Harris (eliminated on the second ballot)
#5 Gillibrand (eliminated on the first ballot)

Ballot 4 : #1 Biden #2 Warren #3 O’Rourke (eliminated on the third ballot) #4 Harris (eliminated on the second ballot)
#5 Gillibrand (eliminated on the first ballot)

Ballot 5 : #1 Warren #2 Biden #3 O’Rourke (eliminated on the third ballot) #4 Harris (eliminated on the second ballot)
#5 Gillibrand (eliminated on the first ballot)

Elizabeth Warren wins the Democratic nomination at the 5th ballot of the Democratic National Convention. She selects Kyrsten Sinema as her running mate.


2020 Republican National Convention

August 10, 2020 : During a rally in Tampa, Florida, President Donald Trump announces that he selects Florida Senator Marco Rubio (one of his former rivals in the 2016 Republican primaries) as his running mate, thus marking a first in American politics since he would become the first Hispanic Vice-President if Trump wins re-election. Trump’s choice has increased his appeal among establishment Republicans.

August 24-27, 2020 :  The Republicans hold the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina where President Trump accepts his party’s renomination for President of the United States and where Senator Rubio accepts his party’s nomination for Vice-President of the United States. The Republicans spent the 4 days of the Convention to praise President Trump’s accomplishments, including the strong progress of the building of his promised wall at the southern border of the country, strong economic growth thanks to the Trump tax cuts and small government, the abolition of the War on Coal and the promotion of clean coal, the elimination of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the democratization of Venezuela, the denuclearization of North Korea, Trump’s efforts to get the world to a denuclearized Iran and the creation of the U.S. Space Force. They also seized the occasion to slam Elizabeth Warren on her record, on her big government agenda that would increase taxes on the people and on businesses and kill jobs and on her weak foreign policy agenda that would reduce defense spending and make America an easier target for radical Islamic terrorists. The major speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention were President Trump, Senator Rubio, Connecticut Governor Bob Stefanowski, Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Michigan Senator John James (Keynote Speaker), Nebraska Governor Pete Rickets, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, First Lady Melania Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

General Election 2020

September 6, 2020  : Tulsi Gabbard announces that she’s running a third-party candidacy and that she selects Tim Canova as her running mate, who is none other than Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s challenger in FL-23 in the 2018 midterms in order to demonstrate hard-core progressives' dissatisfaction towards the establishment since DWS has been accused of pro-establishment bias during her time as DNC Chair by contacting with Clinton's 2016 campaign in order to derail Bernie Sanders. This third-party bid by Gabbard is very likely to hurt Elizabeth Warren’s chances by splitting the liberal/progressive vote.

September 29, 2020 : President Trump and Senator Warren face each other at the first 2020 presidential election debate in Dayton, Ohio. The debate is focused on economic issues and is moderated by George Stephanopoulos. While Warren criticizes the President’s economic policies, claiming that it only favors the rich, Trump strikes back by reminding voters that the Trump tax cuts made this economy prosperous and brought the unemployment rate to 3.2 %, the lowest rate in 50 years, and even brought the unemployment rate among African-Americans and Hispanics at its lowest rate ever. The President also praised the effects of the abolition of the War on Coal, including the acceleration of America’s path to energy independence. He also slammed his Democratic opponent on her big government record and positions, declaring that it would raise taxes on people and businesses, make America a harder place in the world to do business, start another war on the energy industry and increase the deficit through bigger government spending. The media pundits analyzed that Trump won the first debate : in fact 62 % of viewers said Trump won while 35 % said the same about Warren.


October 2nd, 2020 : While campaigning in Tacoma, Washington, President Trump became the subject of an assassination attempt. Fortunately, he was saved by his bodyguards and the shooter has been arrested. According to the investigation, the suspect is a radically anti-Trump and seeked to assassinate him in a context of radicalization of some Democrats who suggested either his impeachment or his assassination. As a result, President Trump’s approval ratings drastically increased between 52 % and 55 %. Political analysts describe these events as the October Surprise of the 2020 election.

(cont.)

[Huey Long is a Republican]

October 4th, 2020 : Campaigning in Bridgeport, Connecticut, President Trump denounces the radicalization of the hard-core left-wing of the Democratic Party as well as their lack of bipartisanship, declaring that « unlike these extremists who want to put partisanship before the country, I’m putting America first and that’s why we got to a strong economy and a safer America in the last four years and will keep doing strong progress for America in the next four years. »

October 5th, 2020 : During a Trump rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, former Connecticut Democratic Senator and 2000 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Lieberman announced his endorsement to the President, calling out the Democrats’ lack of bipartisanship.

October 7th, 2020 : Senator Marco Rubio and former Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema clashed during the vice-presidential debate held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The debate is focused on both economic, domestic and foreign policy issues and is moderated by Megyn Kelly. Both vice-presidential candidates were first asked about the recent failed assassination attempt against Trump, which gave Senator Rubio the opportunity to describe these events as a proof that this country needs bi-partisanship to move America forward, which is something he did as Senator (by advocating immigration reform, a double of the child tax credit, an increase of the sanctions against Hezbollah and the co-sponsored Let Freedom Reign Act) and which Trump did as President by bringing Republicans and Democrats together to build the wall, to denuclearize North Korea and to restore democracy in Venezuela. During the debate topic about economic issues, Kyrsten Sinema claims that the Trump tax cuts only favored the rich and that Elizabeth Warren will cut taxes for the middle class and for small businesses, which Senator Rubio responds that this has already been done under President Trump thanks to a double of the child tax credit and to an extension of the Trump tax cuts in 2019. He reminded his Democratic opponent that even Democrat JFK cut taxes, which delivered strong economic growth at that time and that 70 % of jobs are created in small businesses which is why President Trump cut taxes for small businesses to make America the best business-friendly environment in the world, « which I know from my experience as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship are the right policies to create jobs and prosperity unlike tax increases on businesses and hard-working Americans like Senator Warren seeks to do. » On foreign policy, Kyrsten Sinema denounced the use of military force against terrorism, which Senator Rubio described as another indication of the lack of foreign policy judgment from both Warren and Sinema, slamming his Democratic vice-presidential opponent on her anti-war record (as Sinema opposed combat operations against Al Qaida in Afghanistan even shortly after 9/11) on her comments that she had no problem with Americans defecting and on her ties with convicted terror lawyer Lynne Stewart who was convicted for aiding radical Islamic terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman (who played a major role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing) in evading restrictions on his communications to his followers, even though those messages could have possibly ordered the death of Americans, « and yet, Congresswoman Sinema has said that Stewart was “emphatically not guilty”. » He also praised President Trump’s foreign policy accomplishments such as the elimination of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the denuclearization of North Korea, the creation of the Space Force, the restoration of democracy in Venezuela and the Trump Administration’s efforts to denuclearize Iran and he also that more foreign policy progress can be done in the next four years thanks to the addition of the Senator’s foreign policy experience in the Trump Administration. All media agreed that Senator Rubio won the vice-presidential debate by large margin over Kyrsten Sinema. In fact, 57 % of voters that the Florida Senator won the debate while only 38 % said the same about the former Congresswoman.

October 10th, 2020 : President Trump and Senator Warren face each other again in their second presidential debate that is in town-hall format. The debate took place in St. Louis, Missouri and is moderated by Jake Tapper. President Trump wins the debate by labeling Senator Warren as a flip-flopper as she supported school choice before opposing it, supported a universal single-payer health care before opposing it, fought to stop the Army from shifting funds away from a Massachusetts-built communications network to pay for unanticipated costs associated with the War in Afghanistan before supporting deep cuts in defense spending throughout her career in the Senate.

October 13th, 2020 : Acting President of Iran Mohammad Reza Aref meets with President Trump to help discuss the increasing Democratization of the country and how the US can give aid to them. Trump willingly agrees and states that he hopes Senator Warren feels the same.

October 21st, 2020 : President Trump and Senator Warren clash in their third and  final presidential debate focused on foreign policy. The debate took place in Athens, Georgia and is moderated by Tom Brokaw. While Elizabeth Warren calls to a more diplomatic foreign policy and criticized the President’s « aggressive, bullying and incendiary diplomacy », Trump responded by reminding that it was because of the liberal foreign policy supported by Warren that cut defense spending, weakened the military and handed billions of dollars to Iran (the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism) that America was an easy target for radical Islamic terrorists in 2015-2016. Trump enlisted his foreign policy successes such as the denuclearization of North Korea, the creation of the U.S. Space Force, the diplomatic efforts to denuclearize Iran and the elimination of ISIS in Iraq and Syria and declared that thanks to the eradication of ISIS, peace is now restored in the region and that the U.S. and allied troops can soon come home. According to post-debate polls, 55 % of viewers thought Trump won while 40 % thought Warren won.

October 28th, 2020 : The Iranian Constitution is finally written and ratified by Acting President Aref. It states that a President can be elected with a Plurality or Majority and will have three 6 year terms as President, though a recall can happen is 67 % of the Nation’s Voting Age Population votes in a referendum for a possible recall and the pro-recall action has a majority. The Islamic Consultative Assembly is renamed into the People’s Congress of Iran, with 300 seats and a required majority of 151 seats. The leader of the party/coalition with the most seats will be the Nation’s Vice President. There will be a Parliamentary Election every 3 years.The new constitution takes most influence from the US Constitution in many ways, including freedom of press, speech, and soft restrictions on religion. President Trump applauds the new constitution and states that it’s the next step into a Democratic Iran.

November 1st-7th, 2020 : The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps attempts a coup to overthrow acting President Aref and replace him with a hardliner who will repeal his reforms. The Coup attempt fails and the IRGC is dissolved and replaced with the Iranian Democratic Shield Unit, which has the sole goal of protecting the newly established democracy no matter what. The leaders of the IRGC are tried and convicted of treason and are either sentenced to life imprisonment or exile.

November 3rd, 2020 : President Donald Trump is re-elected by a landslide over Senator Elizabeth Warren, winning 396 electoral votes and 44.5 % of the vote over Warren’s 142 electoral votes and 43.3 %. Meanwhile, Tulsi Gabbard takes 10.1 % of the vote, but did not win any state. In the senate elections, the Democrats gained 1 senate seat in Arizona, Colorado, and North Carolina, decreasing the Republican Majority of seats to 57 compared to the Democrats’ 43. The Republicans gain 8 seats in the House and pick up Montana and Washington State with their gubernatorial candidates, Tim Fox and Phil Bryant respectfully, while Jason Kander picks up Missouri for the Democrats as well as David Zuckerman in Vermont, Joe Manchin in West Virginia, and Steve Marchand in New Hampshire, bringing the total governors to 32 Republicans and 18 Democrats.

Trump/Rubio : 350/44.5 %
Warren/Sinema : 138/43.3 %
Gabbard/Conova : 4/10.1 %
Others : 0/2.1 %

Republicans : 55 Seats
Democrats : 45 Seats (+1)

House

Republicans : 236 Seats (+8)
Democrats : 199 Seats

Timeline (2021-2022)

January 20th, 2021 : Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Marco Rubio is sworn-in as Vice-President of the United States, becoming the first Hispanic to occupy the office of Vice-President of the United States.
January 27th, 2021 : For the first time since the Venezuelan Civil War, Venezuela holds its first democratic elections. Henrique Salas Feo is elected President.

February 3rd, 2021 : The California section of Trump’s steel border wall is completed and thus Trump’s border wall is entirely completed and the U.S.-Mexico borders are finally secured.

March 9th-15th, 2021 : In the context of the 2021 Iranian Presidential Election, the first election of the Democracy, former Iranian exile, LGBT human rights activist and founder and head of the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees Arsham Parsi, the head of the newly formed Iranian Progressive Party, is elected President of Iran. President Trump salutes Parsi’s election as he is more friendly to the United States than his predecessors were, declaring that it will favor better relations between the 2 countries and strengthen peace in the Middle East. Acting President Aref peacefully steps down from power and allows President-elect Parsi to assume office. The IDSU declares loyalty to the new democratic government and will only threaten a removal if the President takes any dictatorial ideas.

March 18th, 2021 : The construction of the Phase 4 of the Keystone XL pipeline transporting oil from Hardisty, Canada to Steele City, Nebraska is completed, thus increasing facilitating oil drilling and transportation.

April 9-10, 2021 : Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) border service coast guard boats fired upon and captured two Japanese Navy vessels that had attempted to pass from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean through the Kuril Islands, an archipelago disputed between Russia and Japan. In response to the incident in the Kuril Islands, President Trump announces that the U.S. will reinforce their military presence in the Kuril Islands in order to counter Russia's aggression against Japan and to ensure Japan's sovereignty on these islands as Japan is the first country between the two territorial claimants to have occupied the archipelago in history.

April 17, 2021 : Vice-President Rubio visits Japan where he meets Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with who praised the Trump Administration’s leadership towards the crisis in the Kuril Islands and declares that he authorizes the construction of U.S. bases on the Kuril Islands.

May 10, 2021 : In the context of the crisis in the Kuril Islands, the United States increased sanctions against Russia, including against Russia's military-industrial complex in order to further diminish Russia's military power.

May 26, 2021 : As ISIS has been defeated in Syria and Iraq, President Trump announces the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Syria and Iraq.

July 3, 2021 : After the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Syria and Iraq, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Michigan Senator John James introduced the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2022. Should it pass, this bill would make the federal Department of Veterans Affairs work with state and federal agencies to stop con men who are diverting federal aid away from veterans.

July 20, 2021 : After passing the Senate 89-11, the House of Representatives approves the Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2022 that is later signed into law by President Trump.

August 19, 2021 : Due to Russia’s violations of the New START Treaty (as Russia added 26 MIRVed missiles that carry up to 10 missiles each, EW systems on X-101, X-102 and KH-102 cruise missiles carried by strategic bombers and deployed the Avangard hypersonic nuclear missile in 2020), President Trump announces the U.S. withdrawal from the New START Treaty and that the U.S. will further invest in the development of U.S. nuclear and hypersonic missiles. While the Republicans applauded Trump’s decision and called this good news for the maintenance of America’s strength, the Democrats called out this policy, arguing that this is not the right way to start the process of Iran’s denuclearization and will only cause further tensions with Russia or worse risks of causing a war between the United States and Russia.

September 11, 2021 : President Trump and Vice-President Rubio went to New York City for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. During his speech, Trump praised the solidarity of the American people after these attacks as well as the courage and service of the U.S. men and women in uniform and all the successes made by America and its allies against terrorism since 9/11. He declared that « our victory against ISIS in Syria and Iraq is a proof that the courage and sacrifices of our men and women in uniform is not in vain and that America is much safer than it was before 9/11. »

September 30, 2021 : Due to a contraction in economics, the United States are suffering a recession and a rise of the unemployment rate to 4.6 %.

October 9, 2021 : In order to counter the effects of the recession, the Congress votes in favor of auditing by adopting the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2022. Trump signs the bill into law.

Throughout October 2021 : President Trump campaigns for Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersey.

November 2, 2021 : Virginia and New Jersey hold their gubernatorial elections. Former Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is elected Governor of Virginia mostly due to the Yearbook controversies implicating Governor Ralph Northam, which undermined Cantor’s Democratic opponent Justin Fairfax as well as Sexual Assault Allegations against him. Meanwhile, Democratic New Jersey incumbent Governor Phil Murphy is re-elected for a second term. This brings the Governor numbers to 33 Republicans and 17 Democrats

December 1, 2021 : In a diplomatic mission in the Middle East, Vice-President Rubio visits Tehran, Iran, becoming the first U.S. Vice-President to do it since the Iranian Revolution. He meets Iranian President Arsham Parsi. Both men discussed issues such as economy, trade, energy, human rights, democracy, counter-terrorism and nuclear security, all issues where they managed to reach agreements due to Parsi’s friendliness to the United States. During their joint press conference, Parsi announces that he will visit the United States in the next few weeks to meet President Trump to discuss these issues and address the Congress.

December 20, 2021 : Iranian President Arsham Parsi visits Washington D.C. where he meets President Trump at the White House, becoming the first Iranian President to do so in the post Iranian Revolution era. They discussed issues they agree on, especially energy, human rights, denuclearization and counter-terrorism. During the evening, Parsi addresses the Congress where he declares that Iran will start the process of its denuclearization, will stop sponsoring global terrorism and normalize its relations with the United States.

January 12, 2022 : Increasing inflation in Russia after increase of international sanctions against Russia on international crises like in Ukraine and the rest of Eastern Europe as well as the territorial dispute with Japan in the Kuril Islands triggered increased civilian protests against Vladimir Putin.

January 31, 2022 : During a foreign trip in Ukraine, President Trump declares that the civilian protesters in Russia will have the full support of the U.S. for the sake of the restoration of democracy, freedom, peace and security.

February 27, 2022 : A psychopathic shooter kills 15 people in a University in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma before being shot dead by the police. The events relaunched the gun issue debate.

March 26-April 7th, 2022 : Senators Martha McSally of Arizona, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, John James of Michigan, Tom Carper of Delaware, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, and Ed Markey of Massachusetts co-sponsor the Veterans to Protect the Youth Act, which will allow mentally fit veterans (Around 4-5 per school) to protect the school, aiding police officers inside the school in the case of a School Shooting. The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Dan Crenshaw of Texas, Mark Green of Tennessee, Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, and Abigail Spencer of Virginia in the House. It passes the Senate 100-0 on March 29th and then it passes the House 431-4 (The votes against were Representatives Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Illhan Omar of Minnesota, and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York, all Democrats) on April 7th. The VPYA is signed into law by President Trump at 6:30 PM EST and thousands of veterans sign up within the first few hours.

April 18, 2022 : India edges China as the most populous country in the world.

May 3, 2022 : Iran completed the shutdown of its nuclear missile test facility near Chalus.

June 11, 2022 : During a European tour before the NATO summit in Berlin, President Trump visits Romania where he emphasized the importance of a transparent, predictable, and accountable business environment to attract further investment in Romania’s energy sector in order to counter the regional dependency towards Russian oil in this time of growing international tensions with Russia and civilian protests across Russia.

July 19, 2022 : Thanks to the U.S. Space Force defending the U.S. satellites guiding the U.S. counter-terrorism operations, the U.S. Navy conducted a cruise missile strike against an ISIS weapons facility in the Egyptian region of Sinai, killing 34 jihadists.

July 26, 2022 : Iran dismantled its nuclear facility in Parchin.

August 10, 2022 : The Columbia-class submarine is successfully tested by the U.S. Navy around the Aleutian Islands, in northern Pacific.

August 15, 2022 : Due to its radicalization efforts and to the revenues it gets from the exploitation of captured Nigerian oil refineries, the jihadist group of Boko Haram re-emerges. The terrorist organization took control of the Nigerian city of Jos.

August 20th, 2022 : The 2024 Republican National Convention will take place in Savannah, Georgia at Martin Luther King Jr Arena from August July 20th-24th, 2024.

September 5-10, 2022 : Boko Haram conquers the cities of Kaduna, Zaria and Abuja.

September 25, 2022 : Six Boko Haram jihadists commit a terrorist attack in San Francisco, California where they committed a suicide car bomb attack (implicating three of these terrorists) on a tramway and a shooting, killing 42 people and wounding 76 before being killed by the San Francisco Police Department. President Trump and Vice-President Rubio went to San Francisco to support the families of the victims. Trump honors the memory of the victims, called this terrorist attack a « barbarian and coward attack against our freedom and our way of life » and and declared that the United States and their allies will stand up to terrorism by all means, no matter what it takes to defeat Boko Haram and wherever they hide.

(Cont.)

[Huey Long is a Republican]

September 27, 2022 : According to the 2022 midterm polls, the terrorist attack in San Francisco caused a rally around the flag mood and boosted the Republicans in the polls as they argued that only a strong U.S. military and strong national security measures can keep America safe. They also campaigned on the strong U.S. economy and on Trump’s foreign policy successes.

October 19, 2022 : The Rally Around the Flag effect fades away but it still allows for several Republicans to have a chance in the six year itch, though many are expected to lose.

November 8, 2022 : The 2022 Midterm Elections and the Democrats are able to pick up North Carolina with their candidate Anthony Foxx, Pennsylvania with Connor Lamb, and Wisconsin with Tom Barrett, giving them a gain of 3 seats in the Senate, bringing the number to 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats. Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington sees New Freshman from the party that the seat. The New republicans are Martha Roby of Alabama, David S. Wilson of Alaska, Leslie Rutledge of Arkansas, P.K. Martin IV of Georgia, Lori Den Hartog of Idaho, Pat Grassley of Iowa, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Andrew Koenig of Missouri, and Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota. The Democrats see Kerry Donovan of Colorado, James Manning Jr. of Oregon, TIm Ashe of Vermont, and Mona Das of Washington. The West Virginia Special Senate Election to replace Governor Joe Manchin sees Patricia Rucker win.

For Governors Democrats gained Arizona, Maryland, and Ohio with Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Barnard Young of Maryland, and Wade Kapszukiewicz while the Republicans gain Kansas with Kevin Yoder of Kansas. Independents gain one seat in Michigan with Justin Amash. This makes the NGA 32 Republicans, 17 Democrats, and 1 Independent. Of the Term Limited/Retired holds, which are Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. The Republican holds are Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas, George Logan of Connecticut, Mike Hilgers of Nebraska, and Eric Bolling of South Carolina. The Democratic holds are Josh Green of Hawaii, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, and Ryan W. Pearson of Rhode Island.

The House sees the Democrats gain 16 Seats, bringing it to 220 Republicans to 215 Democrats.

November 26, 2022 : The Congress votes in favor of granting President Trump the power to use military force to combat Boko Haram.

December 2, 2022 : President Trump addresses the nation from the White House and officially announces that the United States will fight Boko Haram in West Africa through military force through airstrikes against Boko Haram and by providing military training to the local armed forces.

January 10th, 2023 : The 2024 Democratic National Convention will take place in Alexandria, Virginia at the Capital One Arena on June 9th-13th, 2024.

January 17th, 2023 : Supreme Court Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, announce retirements all on the same day.Trump Announces that he will give the Nominations to replace them by the middle of February.

February 23rd, 2023 : Trump Nominates Senator Mike Lee of Utah to replace Chief Justice Roberts, Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar  to replace Justice Alito, and Southern District of Texas Judge George C. Hanks is to replace Justice Thomas.

April 4th-8th, 2023 : Hearings for Senator Lee to replace Chief Justice Roberts takes place. On April 8th, he is approved 52-48 in a completely partisan vote by the Senate.

April 9th, 2023 : Mike Lee is sworn in as the 18th Chief Justice as the United States Supreme Court, starting the Lee Court. Governor Spencer Cox appoints Mia Love to his seat in the Senate and sets a Special Election date to November 5th, 2024.

May 1st-6th, 2023 : Hearings for Thapar take place. They go by relatively without controversy and the vote is almost completely Partisan, being 52-48 once again

May 7th, 2023 : Thapar is sworn in to replace Justice Alito, becoming the first new associate justice on the Lee Court.

June 2nd-20th, 2023 : The hearings for Hanks takes place. Things go by relatively normally until on June 4th when there are 4 sexual assault allegations against Judge Hanks. The Senate allows the accusers to testify to the Senate floor, though all four are debatable in whether they can be true or false. Many Republicans draw similarities between this and Brett Kavanaugh, who offers his support to Hanks. Deeper investigation proves, however, that 3 of the accusers are most definitely false, leading many to question the remaining Accuser, Kiara Alford, a student at Louisiana State University from 1984-1988, who claims that Hanks touched her inappropriately and kissed her on the cheek without her consent on March 14th, 1985. Hanks states he never did so and many of his fellow students agree that they never saw him and Alford even talk to each other, much less do what the Judge was accused of. On June 23rd, Hanks is approved in a 51-49 vote (The Sole Republican to vote against Hanks was Mitt Romney of Utah, who is retiring in 2024). Trump blasts Romney who voted against Hanks as a Traitor to the Party on Twitter and his approval ratings amongst Republicans drop between 19-33% while his approval amongst Democrats increases by 7-10%. His support amongst Independents remains stagnant.

June 24th, 2023 :  George C. Hanks is sworn in to replace Justice Thomas, becoming the second new associate justice on the Lee Court. During his swearing in Ceremony, Hanks pledges to “Always vote in the Conservative sense.” Stating that “Democrats tried to ruin my life, so it’s only fair I make theirs a living hell.” His comments are rallied against by the Democrats and Media outlets like CNN and MSNBC while Fox News and Republicans state they will support Hanks with whatever he votes on. President Trump and Vice President Rubio doesn’t comment.

Retiring Democratic Incumbents : Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Tom Carper (D-DE), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey Jr (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Running Democratic Incumbents : Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jon Tester (D-MT)

Incumbent Democratic Intent Unknown : Chris Murphy (D-RI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Retiring Republican Incumbent : Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mitt Romney (R-UT)

Running Republican Incumbents : Martha McSally (R-AZ), Mike Braun (R-IN), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mia Love (R-UT (Special)), Patricia Rucker (R-WV), John Barrasso (R-WY)

Incumbent Republican Intent Unknown : Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Retiring Independent Incumbents : Angus King (I-ME), Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Supreme Court in 2023

Chief Justice : Mike Lee (Appointed by President Trump, April 9th, 2023)
Associate Justice : Stephen Breyer (Appointed by President Clinton, August 3rd, 1994)
Associate Justice : Sonia Sotomayour (Appointed by President Obama, August 8th, 2009)
Associate Justice : Elena Kagan (Appointed by President Obama, August 7th, 2010)
Associate Justice : Neil Gorsuch (Appointed by President Trump, April 10, 2017)
Associate Justice : Brett Kavanaugh (Appointed by President Trump, October 6, 2018)
Associate Justice : Amy Comet Barrett (Appointed by President Trump, February 2nd, 2020)
Associate Justice : Amul Thapar (Appointed by President Trump, May 7th, 2023)
Associate Justice : George C. Hanks (Appointed by President Trump, June 24th, 2023)


FAQs

Will this be biased towards Republicans? No. Otherwise, I would have Republicans winning over 300 hundred house seats and over 60 Senate Seats. There will be no Bias in this game for anyone, even if you are or aren't a friend of mine. I will treat you all the same (Though if you annoy me everyday, I may lower your standing in the game by 1 or 2 points to reflect that you need to stop.

What is Trump's current Approval? Currently, it's 46 % Disapprove, 43 % Approve, and 11 % Unsure/No Opinion

When does this game start? August, 2023

Is there a list for Governors, Senators, and Representatives? Yes, yes there is. I'm still working on the Representatives list, but here is the Governors and Senators list : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oWn4ZnP7hf_w4YLQPAzpG3qq8BJjZ_bFfUxVITB0WkQ/edit

What is the current generic ballot? 45 % Generic Democrat, 40 % Generic Republican, 15 % Undecided/Other

How long has this been worked on? Since last year.

Can you moderate two games at once? I'm moderating a game that's flying by right now, so yeah, I think I can.

What are the rules? Pretty much the same as the other game, with turns lasting a week and you getting four endorsements if you're double digits.

Can anyone be in the running? Sure, even fictional people, though you'd have to message me to make sure of that.

Primary Schedule? Undetermined as of rn. WIll work on that in a little while.

Why Rubio for VP? I'm not a fan of Pence and while I somewhat dislike Rubio, he'd be a better choice since Cruz and Paul, my two favorites, likely wouldn't accept the job. UWS also helped me with the ideas for some of the naming of the bills and such, so I feel like I owed him at least that.

Is this game meant to be Realistic/taken seriously? No. It's purely a hypothetical. A very unrealistic hypothetical. Takes what happened in the timeline with a grain of salt realistically speaking. This is to create a scenario that is for fun and nothing else. Complaining about the TL's realisticivity (is that a word?) is noted but ignored because, again, realistic this game is not.

feel free to DM me a question if it's deemed necessary. I'll be happy to get to them ASAP.

Possible Candidates

Republican Candidates

Vice President Marco Rubio (R-FL) [UWS]
Senator John James (R-MI)
Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Senator David Perdue (R-GA)
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) [david_terry]
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) [alancia]
Governor Charlie Baker (R-MA) [jmrly]
Governor Adam Laxalt (R-NV)
Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) [NYIndy]
Governor Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Governor Ivan Rodriguez (R-PR) [Jaguar4Life]
Among Others

Democratic Candidates

Senator and 2020 Presidential Nominee Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) [jakobisgood]
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) [NOTTYLER]
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) [MyCool]
Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) [S019]
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV)
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA)
Governor Jared Polis (D-CO)
Governor Janet Mills (D-ME)
Governor Tim Walz (D-MN)
Governor Jason Kander (D-MO)
Governor Phil Murphy (D-NJ)
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) [RaymundoFelix]
Representative Sharice David's (D-KS) [adamevans]
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) [MAGugh]
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) [GoTfan]
Among Others

Independent Candidates

Among Others (Message me)

[OSR STANDS WITH PALESTINE]

Can I take Chris Murphy?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Can I take Chris Murphy?

granted

[S019]

Tim Kaine, please

[OSR STANDS WITH PALESTINE]

When do I post my announcement speech?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Tim Kaine, please

Granted

When do I post my announcement speech?

Whenever you like.

[UWS]

I take Marco Rubio

[Huey Long is a Republican]

I take Marco Rubio

granted.

[UWS]

btw, I think the 2024 Republican Convention might have to be held a little earlier in July as the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris start on July 26 2024 in order to make sure that people will get enough attention at the Convention and then to the Olympics.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics

[Huey Long is a Republican]

btw, I think the 2024 Republican Convention might have to be held a little earlier in July as the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris start on July 26 2024 in order to make sure that people will get enough attentio attention at the Convention and then to the Olympics.

fair point.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio’s campaign announcement speech

Location : University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida

Date : June 26, 2023


Source : https://www.news-press.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/13/sen-marco-rubio-announces-presidential-plans-miami-gop-republican/25700237/

Hello, my fellow Americans!

I want to thank the University of South Florida for your wonderful hospitality and for being the site of one of my most important decisions for our country’s future.

For all my life, I have been blessed by the greatest nation in mankind’s history which is the United States of America, where my parents came to from Cuba, 67 years ago, in search of better economic opportunities after my father had to leave school to go to work when he was 9 and when his mother died and after my mother was one of 7 girls raised by a disabled father who struggled to provide for his family. Though my parents were not speaking English at that time, had no access to education and were living paycheck to paycheck, the hardworking of a bartender and a housekeeper allowed them to be successful and to make their children's lives better than theirs, to give them access to higher education and to give them all the opportunities they couldn't have earned themselves. Like every generation in American history, we owe a debt to this country, which is to make sure that our children will earn better opportunities than the previous generation as well as an America better off. So it is in order to pursue this fight for the American Dream that I decided to serve in public service.

I first served as county commissioner, then in the Florida House of Representatives, including as Speaker of the State House and then in the U.S. Senate where I got a record of achievement, notably the AGREE Act, the Regulation Costs to Small Businesses Act, my 2014 VA reform bill, these great sanctions on Hezbollah, my fight to double the Child Tax Credit from $1000 to $2000 in order to allow the economic prosperity our country is now living thanks to tax reform and free enterprise as well the Let Freedom Reign Act to provide military arsenal and training to the Venezuelan insurgency during the Venezuelan Civil War, which contributed to the success of Venezuela’s transition towards democracy after 2 decades of socialist dictatorship and oppression imposed by the Chavez/Maduro regime. All these legislations of mine reached bi-partisan support and brought both parties together to pass these bills into law to get things done for the sake of America’s progress and strength. An important part of my time in the Senate was marked by times of economic sluggish due to the previous administration’s big government and higher taxes that killed jobs, made us dependent on foreign oil, gave us the slowest economic growth in history and were leading us to a recession. This time was also marked by a rise of insecurity due to a rise of radical Islamic terrorism caused by the previous administration’s lack of leadership, cuts in the military and withdrawal from the world stage, which allowed ISIS to conquer a large territory in Syria and Iraq, contributed to a huge number of terrorist attacks on us and our allies and allowed Russia and China to challenge us in terms of military power. But everything has changed when we elected Donald Trump to the Oval Office.

Since President Trump took office, America made strong progress thanks to the Trump tax cuts that encouraged economic growth by making America a place open for business, encouraging free enterprise and strengthening the American people’s purchasing power. We abolished the Obama Administration’s War on Coal and encouraged clean coal technologies, took bold actions to take advantage of our own sources of energy, including oil, coal, solar, nuclear, wind energies and we are now on the right track to America’s energy independence. Thanks to the nomination of conservative judges to the Supreme Court of the United States, we gave power back to the states, defended the American people’s right to self defense through the protection of our Second Amendment rights, protected the life of the unborn and kept America safe. Under President Trump, we secured our borders and brought illegal immigration under control. He also kept America safe by reinforcing our military through an increase of defense spending and a return of American leadership on the world stage. As a result, we defeated ISIS in Syria and Iraq, abolished Obama’s Iran nuclear deal that was handing billions of dollars to that time’s largest sponsor of terrorism in the world and we managed to get North Korea to the negotiating table, which led the world to North Korea’s denuclearization and to a reinforcement of peace and security in the Korean peninsula and in the Pacific.

When Mike Pence announced his intention to retire at the end of President Trump’s first term, the President asked me to help him to fix America because he trusted my judgement enough to be his Vice-President and it is with love for my country, with determination to move America forward and to make sure our children as well as future generations will inherit a better America, that I accepted to be his Vice-President and I made history as the first Hispanic to become Vice-President of the United States, demonstrating once again that America is a land where everything is possible for all Americans. And it is under my leadership as Vice-President that we completed the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, making a step closer to America’s energy independence, that we assisted to the start of the denuclearization of Iran thanks to the election of a democratic government there and friendly to the U.S., leading to a normalization of the relations between our 2 countries. At that same period of time, we created the U.S. Space Force as the 6th branch of the U.S. Army, which helped us to protect our satellites against Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weaponry, to defend our country and our allies against any hostile hypersonic missile attack and to guide our troops in counter-terrorism operations.

However, our country is still facing challenges. And facing these challenges successfully requires strong leadership. And yet, many are the Democrats who are so obsessed in destroying the progress we have made in the last 7 years by making false accusations against Judge George C. Hanks aimed at ruining his reputation and sink his Supreme Court nomination. This is the most unethical sham we have ever seen in Senate hearings. This is the most embarrassing scandal for the United States Senate since the McCarthy hearings and the Kavanaugh hearings. What the Democrats want to do is simply to destroy this man’s life, hold this seat open, and hope they win in 2024 and fulfill this seat with a liberal judge in order to get us to a liberal Supreme Court, to restrict the Second Amendment, add more power to the government over the people, award terrorists detained in Guantanamo with constitutional rights and close Guantanamo, which would allow terrorists to be on the run once again and to commit attacks on us and our allies. Investigation has already proved that 3 of the 4 accusers were definitely false and Hanks has already confirmed not to have sexually assaulted the remaining accuser Kiara Alford and his fellow students agreed that they never saw Hanks and Alford even talking to each other. This sham has proven that the Democrats have learned nothing from their 2018 fiasco on Kavanaugh’s nomination. We will not let this witch hunt bringing Judge Hanks down and we will keep fighting to defend the American people’s freedom and constitutional rights. Less than a year ago, we have faced a recession caused by a contraction in economics, but we managed to counter it thanks to an effort by the Congress to pass a legislation to audit  the Federal Reserve to ensure the Fed’s transparency. And a recession is absolutely the worst time to raise taxes like our political opponents are seeking to do. And last year, we saw a rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria due to its radicalization efforts and the exploitation of oil resources from captured oil refineries, which allowed this radical Islamic terrorist organization to do strong progress in Nigeria. And it is in this context that they executed a terrorist attack in San Francisco where they killed 42 people through a suicide car bomb attack on a tramway and a shooting that was stopped thanks to the courage of local police officers who killed the jihadists implicated in this attack. After these tragic events, we made it absolutely clear that we will not back down and that we will defend America’s freedom, values and security against terrorism, barbarism and tyranny and that’s why both parties came together to grant President Trump the power to use military force to combat Boko Haram. And now we are fighting Boko Haram through airstrikes against these terrorists in West Africa and through a provision of military training to the local armed forces to help them defend their countries against terrorism. And Russia is representing a serious threat to world peace as they are disputing the territorial integrity of the Kuril Islands with Japan, as they violated the New START Treaty time after time through a reinforcement of their nuclear weaponry and as Vladimir Putin is attempting to stop the civilian protests in Russia through repression and unfair arrests. That’s why we need strong leadership to meet these challenges effectively.

You know, today is the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy’s Ich bin ein Berliner speech in which, in the context of the Cold War that saw a threat represented by communism towards freedom, democracy and free market, he declared « Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. » Today, I say all free people, wherever they may live, are citizens of the United States. And defending freedom requires encouraging opportunity for all the people, white, African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, all the people. Opportunity is one of our country’s greatest values and that’s why we need to work together for opportunity : opportunity to prosper, opportunity to succeed, opportunity to live free, opportunity to live safe. The moreover that recently, this summer, my older son Anthony has become a high school graduate. That’s why we have this obligation to make sure that our children, including my 4 children, as well as future generations will earn all the opportunities that previous generations couldn’t have for themselves and will be the most prosperous generation of Americans that ever lived and like my father used to tell me : « en este pais, ustedes van a poder lograr todas las cosas que nosostros no pudimos. » In this country, you will achieve all the things we never could. That’s how we’re going to defend America’s status as the land of opportunity where todo es posible. I have the right experience and background to do this and that’s why I’m here to announce that I am a candidate for President of the United States.

I know through my experience as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship that growing this economy and creating jobs requires lower taxes for all Americans and all businesses across this country, making America the best place in the world to do business, taking advantage of all of our sources of energy and encouraging trade. That is exactly what I will do as President of the United States in order to get our country to full-employment. And in order to counter China’s trade power and to make America the most competitive nation in the world economy, I will promote free trade, so we can trade with the remaining 95 % of the world market as we are representing 5 % of the international market and I will do so while reducing our corporate tax rate to 15 % as well as taxes and regulations on businesses, including manufacturing businesses, in order to make it easy for them to do business in America, so we can keep American jobs here in the United States while encouraging free trade at the same time. Now that our borders are secured (with the completion of Trump's wall), I believe that time has come for us to reform our immigration system in order to make our society more inclusive and to allow immigrants coming to this country to earn the opportunity to have access to U.S. citizenship, to have access to higher education, to find good-paying jobs and to raise their families here on the land of opportunity. And I know through my foreign policy experience (as I served 10 years in the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations) that America’s security as well as peace requires strong American leadership, strong U.S. military, strong alliances and strong diplomacy. That’s why I will work hard to keep our military strong and modernize it and that way we will chase down and defeat terrorists wherever they are, keep our military power advantage against any geopolitical foe, defend territorial integrity around the world. And to make sure we will get the world to permanent nuclear security, I will work with our allies to ratify the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty.

I can’t accomplish these goals without your help and that’s why I hope you will follow me in this long journey for America’s future and I’m asking for your vote, because if you do I will fight for you every single day of my presidency to make sure America will reach permanent economic prosperity, permanent security and peace and permanent freedom.

Thank you! God bless you and God bless the United States of America.


(Own creation)

[GoTfan]

May I run as Jared Polis?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

May I run as Jared Polis?

Granted

[raymundoflx]

Can I take Senator Brown of Ohio?

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Can I take Senator Brown of Ohio?

Granted

[Huey Long is a Republican]

If we can two more republican players, I think we can start

[Continential]

Can I have Senator Bobby Jindal.

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Can I have Senator Bobby Jindal.

Granted.

[NyIndy]

Could I get Noem

[Huey Long is a Republican]

Could I get Noem

Granted

[Continential]

Also, Lieberman endorsed Clinton in 2016 and instead of him, you could have Dennis Kucinich.

[alancia]

I'll take Ron DeSantis

[Huey Long is a Republican]

I'll take Ron DeSantis

Granted