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2 Spotlight Ben Davis High School Indianapolis, IN October 27, 2020“Together, we’recommitted to protectingthe Americanpeople, preservingAmericanvalues, defendingAmerica’sheritage,andkeepingAmericasafe,strong,prosperous,andfree.”- PresidentDonald TrumpBy Lexie BordenkechereditorPresident Donald Trumpis seeking a second termas president. A republican,Trump won the 2016 electionover Hillary Clinton. Here iswhere he stands on criticvalissues.Climate changeWhile Trump doesn’tcall climate change a hoax,he hasn’t done much atall to reverse the effectscaused by climate change.He has talked down toGreta Thunberg, an teenageenvironmental activist, anddiscredited her. He doesnot believe climate changeis manmade. He also withdrewfrom the Paris Agreement,which was created tohelp stop the irreversibledamage of climate change.Gun rightsTrump has no intentionsof repealing the SecondAmendment. He wants toremove guns from “dangerousindividuals,” but not allAmericans.He supports the idea thatschool teachers should haveguns in their classrooms touse for protection. Trumpwants to keep the SupremeCourt republican so theycan continue to protect theSecond Amendment. Hebelieves the bigger issue ismental health, and if weimprove our mental healththere won’t be as manymass shootings.LGBTQ rightsTrump is known for hisdiscrimination of LGBTpeople. In 2017, he tweetedthat transgender peopleshould not be allowed toserve in the military “inany capacity”. He did notacknowledge Pride monthin 2017, 2018, and 2020.However, in 2019 he made“Make America GreatAgain” shirts in rainbowfont, raising money for hiscampaign, not the LGBTcommunity.EducationTrump went to FordhamUniversity in New York,and then University ofPennsylvania and receiveda degree in economics. Hefavors increased fundingto charter schools and is aproponent of school choice.TaxesDonald Trump has nointentions of raising individualtaxes. His tax planbenefits the rich more thanit does the working class.Women’s reproductiverightsDonald Trump’s stanceon abortion and overallwomen’s healthcare haschanged over the years. Inthe 1990s, he stated thathe was “very pro-choice”,saying that he hates theprocedure and everythingsurrounding it, but still be-Who you got?Trump, Biden face off in historic battlelieves in choice. Since then,he has shown no support ofthat idea. He has said thathe would vote to overturnRoe V. Wade. Trump hastried to make employersresponsible for birth controlcovered by insurance.Student debtForgiving student debtisn’t one of the big issuesTrump has talked about.He suspended all studentloan interest and paymentsuntil December 31, 2020.Military spendingDonald Trump has increasedmilitary spendingover his years in officeCivil rightsIn the first presidentialdebate of 2020, PresidentTrump failed to denounceand acknowledge whitesupremacy in the US.Instead, he told thefar-right organization,Proud Boys,to “stand back, andstand by”. He hascriticized the BlackLives Matter movement,and called ita “socialist” organizationthat harmsblack people. AlthoughTrump made no commentson it, his supporters starteda hashtag on social mediacalled “#Repealthe19th”,indicating a desire to stripwomen of their right tovote.By Mary Adamslifestyle editorJoe Biden was vice prsidentunder Barrack Obamaand is seeking his first termas president. Biden is thedemocratic choice for president.Here is a look at wherehe stands on critical issues.Climate changeJoe Biden is against theGreen New Deal. His teamplans to ensure that by2050, the US achieves a100% clean energy economy.Gun rightsBiden is in favor of universalbackground checks.In a tweet he said “it’s clearwe need to close the loopholethat allows individualsto buy guns online or atgun shows without a backgroundcheck. ”LGBTQ rightsBiden is in favor of protectingLGBTQ+ peoplefrom discrimination and violencein the workplace. Hewants to protect individualsfrom violence towardsthe transgender community,especially transgenderwomen of color. He wantsto support LGBTQ+ youth.He plans to expand healthcareaccess for the LGBTQ+community.EducationBiden is against for-profitcharter schools. He feelsthat they take money frompublic schools, which needthe money more.Biden thinks two yearsof college should be free.He thinks public schoolingshould be free until grade14, and he has said thiscould be done by closing asingle tax loophole. Bidenfavors a strong public education.TaxesBiden wants to increasecapital gains tax rates. Hewants to increase the taxrate to 28%. he wants toenforce a minimum 15%rate on corporations withat least $100 million in netprofits so they can’t avoidtaxes all together. Bidenwants to increase the taxrate on upper-incomeAmericans, those makingmore than $400,000.Women’s reproductiverightsBiden wants to havesome limits on abortionwithout abolishing it completely.He wants to banlate term abortions.Student debtBiden wants to expandand fix existing studentdebt-relief programs. Hewants to simplify them andmake sure they help teachers.Biden also favors makingcollege free for studentswhose parents makes lessthan $125,000 annually.Military spendingBiden wants to boost thedefense spending budget.Biden vowed to betterequip the National Guardand that he would workto reassure allies rattled byhis opponent’s “AmericaFirst” approach. He said hebacks a small footprint forU.S. troops in the Mideast,but couldn’t promise a fullwithdrawal given the complicatedconditions in Syria,Afghanistan and Iraq.Civil rightsBiden wants to ensurehis housing plan makes investmentsin homeownershipand make affordablehousing accessible to black,brown, and native families.He wants to ensure peopleof color are treated withdignity and are treatedequally in the workplace.“If you entrust me withthe presidency, I willdraw on the best of us,not the worst. United,we can and will overcomethis season ofdarkness in America.”- presidential candidate JoeBiden
October 27, 2020 Ben Davis High School Indianapolis, IN SpotlghtSo this is JorgensenLibertarian candidate feels like the forgotten oneBy Laura Fowlerstaff writerJo Jorgensen has been here before.Jorgensen, the 2020 presidentialcandidiate of the LibertarianParty, is no stranger to nationalpoliticis. She was the party’s vicepresidential candidate in the1996 election and has been involvedwith the Libertarian Partysince 1983.Everyone is familiar with thetwo-party system in Americanpolitics, which for the last 80 orso years has been the Democratsand Republicans. Did you knowthere is a third party?That’s right, a third party --the Libertarian Party. The reasonyou don’t hear much about this isthat for a third party to be recognizedis really hard because mostof us support either the Republicansor Democrats. But this year,there is more talk about this thirdparty because of Jorgensen.Just so you can have a littlemore insight about the LibertarianParty, they promote civil liberties,limiting the size and involvementof the government and,laissez faire capitalism (meaningthe government should just leavethe economy and make it a freemarket).Holcomb faces tough challengersState shutdowna hot topicfor governorBy Brooklynn Sharpstaff writerSuddenly, Governor Eric Holcombfinds himself in a bit of arace as he seeks his second termas political leader in the state ofIndiana.Holcomb has come under fire-- even from members of his ownparty -- in recent months overhis handling of the Covid-19 response.Business owners -- especiallybars and restaurants --have been upset with his “stages”of opening that have handcuffedtheir ability to open.His mask mandate offered noconsequences for those refusingto comply and then comes an unprecedentedsurge by Libertariancandidate Donald Rainwater,who recently polled as high as24% of the voters, and it all addsup to a tighter then expected raceLIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE Jo Jorgensen is running for president on the Libertarianticket. She has been a part of the Libertarian Party since 1983 and ran forvice president in 1996. (File photo)Many just use this third choiceto vote for instead of the Republicansor Democrats because theydon’t want to choose betweenthe two. But this year, people actuallyhave a reason to vote forthe Libertarian candidates.That reason is Jorgensen.Here are a few things she standsby. Jo is pro-choice (meaningshe believes in women choosingwether or not they want to havean abortion), she doesn’t want awall built along the border becauseshe doesn’t want the parentsand children to be separatedbut she supports deporting illegalimmagrents if they have done anyserious crimes.As for the enviorment, shewants to replace oil and coalburning with new safe non-pollutinghigh-tech nuclear powerplants.Those are only a few thingsthat Jorgensen stands for, but youcan see why many are choosing tovote for her instead of PresidentDonald Trump or former VisePresident Joe Biden.Government teacher MikeVetter pays close attention to thefor governor.Holcomb, however,is a Republicangovernor in a statethat has gone Republicanall but eightyears since 1969.Democrat FrankO’Bannon served asGovernor from 1996 Holcomb Myers Rainwaterto 2003 and when heate of Shortridge High Schooldied in office Democrat Joe Kernanfinished his term.room physician before enteringwho spent time as an emergencyOther than that, Indiana has politics. Myers supports a strongbeen a Republican stronghold state-run health care system, is asince 1969. Holcomb also has the big supporter of education andbacking of Vice President Mike wants Indiana to be a leader inPence, who served as Indiana climate change legislation.governor with Holcomb as his “Our students and teacherslieutenant governor.deserve better,” Myers said duringa campaign rally. “We oweHolcomb believes in a strongand diverse economy and wants our students a high-quality education.As governor, I’ll restoreto spend $60 billion on improvingroads throughout the state, public confidence in our educationsystem by providing neededincluding finishing Interstate 69from Indianapolis to Bloomington.He also is big on developing Rainwater has gained steam infunding.”a work force, but has been hard state polling over the past twoon education and has repeatedly months as Holcomb continues toturn back efforts to give raises to take heat for his response to theeducators across the state. global pandemic.The Democrats counter with Rainwater is a lifelong Hoosierand is a 1981 graduate Dr. Woody Myers, a gradu-ofelections and has followed closelythe Libertarian Party.“There are some ideas I agreewith and some of her ideas I disagreewith,” Vetter said. “Theproblem is that the U.S. is a twopartysystem and it can be difficultfor a third party to breakthat barrier and win the election.“But they do help keep the Republicanand Democratic partiesin check at times. I would like tosee more people support thirdparties. Not necessarily the Libertarianparty, but third partiesin general.”In addition to her support ofthe Libertarian Party, Jorgensenis a business women from SouthCarolina. She has degrees in marketingand business from Clemsonand Baylor and has worked inmarketing with IBM.She makes it clear why she isrunning for president as a thirdparty candidate.“I will govern to preserve thelife, liberty, and property of allAmericans,” said Dr. Jorgensenon her web page. “If elected, I willbe a president who does not governas a member of Team Red orTeam Blue.”It was libertarian principles,including religious freedom andno taxation without representation,that moved America’sfounders to declare the country’sindependence.Warren Central HighSchool in Indianapolis.That means all threecandidate have rootsin Indianapolis, withHolcomb graduiatingfrom Pike High School,Myers from Shortridgeand Rainwater fromWarren Central.Rainwater is an eight year veteranof the United State Navy andhas worked in software engineeringas well as computer trainingfor the past 20 years.Rainwater favors less governmentand would work towardeliminating state income taxes.“As governor, I would proposethat the Indiana General Assemblypass legislation to ensure thata governor never has the unilateralpower to shut down our economyagain,” Rainwater said on hisweb page. “I will not mandate theshutdown of businesses, churches,or schools. I will not mandatethe wearing of masks. I will notmandate vaccinations. Hoosiersmust be well-informed and be allowedto make their own choicesas citizens, not subjects.”Whathappenedto them?Look at formerthird partycandidates3After serving as the eighthpresident of the United Statesfrom 1837-41, Martin Van Burenwas a member of the FreeSoil party in the 1848 electionand finished third.Van Buren was a foundingmember of the Democratic party.He gained 13% of the votesin 1848 in anelection won byZachary Taylorof the Whig party.He returnedto the Democracticparty after hisfailed attempt in 1848 and wasoutspoken against slavery. Hesupported Abraham Lincoln inthe Civil War before dying in1862.Teddy Roosevelt servedas our nation’s 26th presidentfrom 1901-1909 and ran for athird term in 1912 as a foundingmember of the Progressiveparry, often referredto the BlueMoose party.Rooseveltearned 27 percentof the votesand finishedsecond in the 1912 election Followingthe defeat he led a twoyearexpidition to the Amazon,where he died. He remains theyoungest man elected president.John Anderson ran as an Independentin the 1980 electionafter losing in the Republicanprimaries to RonaldReagan.Anderson ranon a campaign ofcutting social securitytaxes andraising the gastax. After the 1980election, he founded a companycalled FairVote and remainedinvolved in politics, foundingthe Justice party in 2012 beforedying in 2017.One of the most famous thirdparty candidiates was Ross Perot,who ran as an Independentin 1992 and as a member of theReform Party in 1996.A billionaire from Texas, hemade most of his money in thecomputer business and ran ona campaign of balancing the nationalbudget. He worked withApple founderSteve Jobs afterleaving the politicalarena.Perot bowedout of politics afterthe 1996 raceand died in 2019.
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