Looking for republican perspective: why do you plan to support trump in the next election and did the threat to call military to protests bother you or do you find it reasonable?

I’m asking bc I’m liberal but wonder if my POV is marginalized as almost everyone I know shares the same views and I genuinely want to understand the other perspective

I will be voting for him for many reasons.

Yes to the military. Order must be restored to save this country and protect its citizens.

Respect for the civil post.

He was far from my first choice in the primaries last election cycle. I do still plan to vote for him, though, because my views are right of center for mostly economic reasons and don't align at all to the democratic party's center at this point. It seems any policy goals that arise to the far left of the democratic party become mainstream within 5 years. Obamacare's individual mandate gives way to support of a single payer system and support for raising the minimum wage gives way to universal basic income.

A candidate whose personality turns me off and who commits gaffes constantly but largely remains center right from a policy perspective is still more tolerable to me than a party that has moved too far left and shows no signs of slowing their shift. The Democratic left's tendency toward calling anyone who disagrees with them on a policy matter a fascist or ignorant also turns me off greatly. I realize Biden is more moderate than most democrats, but I can't help but be concerned with the current tilt of the party and the influence the left would have on him if elected.

On the matter of involving the military, when riots and looting are occurring, I am OK with doing that to restore order. Against peaceful protests, no... but there's been a lot of misrepresentation going on over the last week of rioting as peaceful protest. Peaceful protesters don't fire guns on police, light police cars on fire, and throw molotov cocktails.

He doesn’t represent the outward character or integrity I would expect in a president, but I’ll vote for him all the same. The threat to call in the military, like pretty much all of his tweets, were blown out of proportion as much as possible by opposition outlets. It bothers me that govt is threatening to crack down on peaceful protests and is one of my greatest disagreements with him in his first term. I stand with BLM, I want stringent police accountability, and I’ve marched in the streets demanding exactly that. I don’t like the rioters and wouldn’t shed a tear if they were met with bullets. But I don’t trust govt to make that distinction and don’t believe the military is the right tool for the country’s needs right now.

If you’re wondering why I’ll still vote for him, it’s because my alternative is worse for me. In 2016, I didn’t vote. But I had a much easier time accepting Trump than Clinton. In 2020, I’ll vote for Trump over Biden. But I’ll do so knowing I truly am choosing between the lesser of two evils. My issues don’t lie with the Dem candidates more so than the platforms they represent. Primarily on immigration, gun control, social issues, and trade policy.

Appreciate you taking the time to try listening to the other side. Happy to engage in any discussion you’d like to have.

I'm a republican (albeit a socially moderate, fiscally conservative one more like Larry Hogan or Charlie Baker) and Im not likely to vote for Trump. I voted 3rd party last year and I'll likely do the same this year.

With that being said, if Biden and the dems continue to push things further to the left...I might have to hold my nose and vote for Trump anyway. Things like universal free college, a broader safety net for immigrants, etc give me some pause...

I’m not republican but here’s a video to maybe give you a perspective. Watch til the end for a surprise https://twitter.com/kylemacchi/status/1267989538330349568?s=21

The push for law and order was the right move by Trump and will help him in November. The worst of the riots have been happening in Democratic cities and states.

Most Americans don’t want chaos and rampant crime in our cities. The people living in those cities don’t want it. People outside of those areas don’t want it. A poll showed 71% of Americans were in favor of calling out the National Guard to stop the riots.

The more Democratic areas resist putting a stop to the riots and looting and violence in our cities, the more it will help Trump. The political ads will be very visual and easy to make—look what you will get from Democrats who allowed or even supported the riots and were slow to act to stop it, and look what you get with Republicans who restored law and order.

Absolutely everyone in both parties was horrified at the George Floyd video. Peaceful protesting is also something everyone was supporting. Rioting and looting and violence is another thing entirely.

Trump was right to call out the National Guard and even the regular military if necessary to stop the arson, looting, and violence in the streets.

I appreciate your openness and willing to learn how the other side feels. I think if more people and leaders shared this attitude, we would be in a much better place.

Like many others, I wish Trump would uphold himself with a more “Presidential” attitude. However, I think so many Americans are sick of the way things are they appreciate how “raw” he is. I will be voting for him again. There are too many things the Democratic Party pushes socially that I cannot agree with. Financially and when it comes to the military, I have always fell on the right.

The more we push “traditional” values the country was founded on, the more we see the country go down hill. I recognize things are changing in time but I think there are some things socially that shouldn’t go away. Dems, to me, seem to always push it that one step further. An example for me is gay marriage. I do not care if gay individuals want to be married. I support their right to love. Now it’s about reassigning genders, adding that to text book, etc. We see depression rates going up in children. It’s too far for me. Same with abortion. I don’t personally agree with it at all but understand some early abortions. Now I see many Democratic leaders pushing for the late or full term.

It’s 3:45AM, I’m tired, and emotional from all going on in the world so I hope my rant made sense lol. To sum it up, the left has went too far left for me. Their desire to constantly attack Trump has pushed me further towards him. He was voted in and American people deserve to have the candidate they voted in respected as our leader.

Voting for the last 30 years for me has been a choice of which candidate repulses me the least. That has been the Republican candidate through those years. The reason changes each election cycle and I keep hoping both parties will nominate better candidates but I'll vote for Trump again this cycle. He may be rough and loud and I really wish someone would edit his Twitter feed before he posts anything but he still appeals to me more than Biden.

People who plan on voting for Trump are the same folks that voted for him in 2016. Regardless of the economy or a pandemic that has taken 100K lives. The economy is turbulent and unemployment rate has sky rocketed.

Why do they still support Trump you ask? Because Liberals. That simple.

As a conservative/libertarian, I'm happy to admit that the POTUS is not a conservative and is generally a divider-in-chief. I do not vote because I am in the military (there is an old tradition that officers should not vote, but many choose not to follow that tradition), but if I did vote, I'd have been supportive because of his administration's aggressive economic growth goals.

I was happy to see my desired outcomes come to fruition: African American unemployment rate at its lowest ever in history, record employment rates and market growth, and finally someone with the guts to call out the threat China poses to the world and new steps taken to compete with them.

Now, if I were to vote (again, which I won't), I would not support him after having heard Secretary Mattis's POV. However I also don't think I could support VP Biden.

Reasonable. Keep in mind Johnson did in the ‘60s