AFP aspires to be the home for voters and policy makers, regardless of political party, who want to change the trajectory of our country toward one guided by core American principles, principles like freedom and empowerment and a strong constitutional system so that all people have the opportunity to live their American Dream. Given all that’s at stake right now, we are redoubling our focus on this vision and taking our strategy to do this to the next level. …

Here’s the hard truth as I see it:

• The Republican Party is nominating bad candidates who are advocating for things that go against core American principles. And the American people are rejecting them.
• The Democratic Party increasingly sees this as a political opportunity. And they’re responding with more and more extreme policies – policies that also go against our core American principles.

This means the country is in a downward spiral, with both parties reinforcing the bad behavior of the other.

And to make matters worse, very few voters participate in primaries – and that’s where these candidates are chosen. This makes it impossible to get good things done in Washington. And things are likely to get worse before they get better. When you understand the landscape this way, it’s clear: Our country must move past the current political situation – we’ve got to turn the page on the past several years.

And to write a new chapter for our country, we need to turn the page on the past. So the best thing for the country would be to have a president in 2025 who represents a new chapter. The American people have shown that they’re ready to move on, and so AFP will help them do that. It looks like the Democrats have already chosen their path for the presidential – so there’s no opportunity to have a positive impact there. But AFP Action is prepared to support a candidate in the Republican presidential primary who can lead our country forward, and who can win.