Mike Kelly is a Republican who has been a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district since 2011.

He penned an article published by CNN, explaining his case for Trump as the States’ next president.

Basically, it’s all about regret…regret that the Republican party has not had power over the country since George Bush, regret that an awful candidate like Trump may hinder that accomplishment again.

He begins:

“For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been.'”

John Greenleaf Whittier wrote those words 160 years ago, but they are just as relevant today. Indeed, they serve as a guiding light for the decisions I make every day, whether as a father or a husband or a businessman or a public servant. And in less than one month, those words will guide my decision as a voter.

Four years ago, I watched our country miss a tremendous opportunity to vastly improve our national well-being when we re-elected President Barack Obama and shunned Mitt Romney.

To this day, I believe the United States suffered on every measurable level — economically, societally and internationally — because of that decision, and I suspect many of my fellow Americans retrospectively agree.

We get it, we get it. So let’s get to the Trump part:

It is abundantly clear that a President Hillary Clinton, bound to a ruthlessly left-wing base, will simply not be able to break from the Obama trajectory and thus provide the stronger leadership these tough times demand.

Only a unified Republican government, unbeholden to the status quo, is capable of confronting today’s reality and securing a more prosperous and hopeful future for all Americans.

This, of course, means making Donald Trump our 45th president.

Donald Trump is not feeble, nor without immense energy. And when it comes to what actually matters — policy — he will use his energy to empower those outside of Washington, not in it. Only a Trump presidency can undo the current damage caused by explosive government growth and chart a new direction.

And here’s how Kelly ends:

When it comes to the most urgently needed policy overhauls, a victory for Donald Trump next month would be a course correction for our entire union.

The tragedy would come in 2020 if Americans — worn down from more division, more anxiety and more stagnation — have to look back at another four wasted years and think those saddest of words: what might have been.

Personally, if Hillary wins, when the citizens look back and ask “What might have been?” they will say it in jest, laughing at the realisation that Trump might have been.

Read the full piece HERE.

[source:cnn]