Larry Elder Addresses Trump's First 100 Days

Keynote speaker Larry Elder delivered an address elucidating President Trump’s First 100 Days that packed a solid punch, winning unanimous approval of over 300 attendees at the annual Long Beach Republican Bar-b-Que. The May 11 event at the El Dorado Park Golf Course in Long Beach featured Elder, a well-known attorney, best-selling author, popular talk radio host and controversial television political commentator. Elder has been fondly dubbed as the “Sage from South Central” and hails his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Elder explained that he campaigned with Trump during the 2016 election cycle. “Everywhere we went, frustrated people shared that they felt Trump was speaking for them. Economics 101 dictates how this country will be great again. And, President Trump will be the one to make it happen,” declared Elder.

“When you evaluate the first 100 days – the number one best thing Trump has done is to stop the left-wing agenda,” according to Elder.  He emphasized that most liberals do not support the 2nd amendment – the right to bear arms. And, it has become a constitutional issue between two opposing views.

Speaking about education, Elder noted that he graduated from Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, which was a known Crips (gang-affiliated) school. Elder lamented, “Who would want to send their child to a school like that?” He continued, “Changing the way we focus on education will give more kids the opportunity to do well.”

Elder broached immigration policies saying that Trump has pulled up the welcome mat for people who want to come here illegally.  Even with the lax standards of California, border crossings have plummeted and are virtually at a standstill.

 “Health care is a commodity and no different than any other,” said Elder. “We have no more doctors per capita than we did over 30 years ago even though the aging population is in need of more care. Midwives and other paramedicals are not allowed in many places and the costs of medical care has skyrocketed.”  He asserted that money-conserving repeal and replacement of health care has not yet happened, but that the president is committed to this. As for pre-existing conditions, that should be left to the states.

On the subject of oppressive taxes, “In 1900, government took less than 10 percent from the American people. Today, if you add a value and cost to the mandates required by government, people are taxed at more than 50 percent. These costs include strict regulations imposed on businesses. Excessive expenses lead to lower employment and a deflated economy. I believe that people voted for Trump because they want to be better off than before.” said Elder.

Elder mentioned that the stifling regulations placed on businesses have been diminishing with a Trump executive order requiring two deregulations for each new regulation proposed by an executive department or agency.

Elder shared some of his homespun stories about growing up, teaching him lessons that made him what he is today. His father worked hard as a janitor in the oppressive surroundings of the Jim Crow South and finally moved to California hoping for opportunities only to find discrimination in more thinly-veiled actions and comments. He was raised in South Central Los Angeles but went on to attend Brown University and the University of Michigan law school.

Elder said, “My mother instilled these words of wisdom in me, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.’”

Continuing, he noted that one of his great lessons in life was that “Whenever you try to get something for nothing – you usually end up getting nothing for something.”

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