GUNTERSVILLE — As politically tumultuous as the last four years have been under the Biden administration, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth sees some light at the end of the tunnel if Republicans succeed in re-electing President Donald Trump this November.
At a Marshall County Republican Women's Club meeting last week — before third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump — Ainsworth said he was "bullish" on Trump's chances, provided he could clinch Pennslyvania.
Unlike the Democrats, whose main strategy appears to be bashing Trump, Ainsworth said Republicans can win back the White House and U.S. Senate by sticking to the issues.
"They're trying to make this about personalities instead of about issues," Ainsworth said. "But if you look at the polling, the Republicans, our policies, our issues, whether it's the economy, whether it's immigration and the border, whether it's inflation that's just killing Americans right now, all this woke policy… Republicans are going to win on the issues."
Ainsworth predicted that if Trump does win in November, the decision of where to locate U.S. Space Command may revert to Alabama, ranked as the top choice by multiple studies.
"Probably the worst thing I've seen in politics is what happened with Space Command," he said. "...If President Trump gets elected, I think it's very realistic Space Command comes back to Alabama."
Ainsworth also mentioned the race for newly drawn Congressional District 2 between Republican Caroleene Dobson and Democrat Shomari Figures and how that could upset the balance of Congress depending on who wins the seat.
"Caroleen Dobson is in the fight of her life against a guy named Shomari Figures that'll be speaking tonight [last Thursday] … at the DNC," Ainsworth said. "That's how important this race is to the Democrat Party. They gave him a primetime spot… I served with his mom, Vivian Figures, and she's my least favorite Senator, hands down. They are so liberal and just not respectful. So I hope Republicans win there."
Ainsworth encouraged people to get involved in the election process and said he was planning to spend a few days in Pennslyvania to help get out the vote for Republicans.
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