James Plank

Blessed by the family and friends with whom I share the journey. This is my personal account. I talk about life, liberty, and the Lord (No obligation to agree:)

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

It is the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male & female.

[James Plank @jimplank]

This explains everything you need to know:

24% of the American Evangelicals showed up to the polls to vote.

[Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii]

Yes Democrats will obstruct the Trump agenda. But wasn't the Thune Senate already doing that?

[Pastor Mark Driscoll @PastorMark]

James Talarico is the demonic counterfeit Charlie Kirk.

[Melissa the Hopeful🏠Homemaker @BiblicalBeauty]

To the Christians who knew what we were up against and still sat this election out: What you’ve done is unconscionable.

[Heritage Cajun @CajunNational]

Lots of people can be blamed for yesterday, but not this man. Mike Johnson to me will be remembered as the Speaker who did more with less and routinely made something out of nothing.

Mike Johnson is a highly effective and capable leader in the Republican party, and he certainly deserves to be at whatever table is calling the shots for the GOP going forward.

Thank you for everything, Mr. Speaker!

[Carlton C. McLeod @ccmcleod]

The left will celebrate today. The right will make excuses or move on to 2028.

But faithful Christians are in mourning. For us it’s not about a party, but the glory of God.

Killing babies up to birth? Overthrowing biblical marriage?

Many of us will lay before the Lord today in repentance for our rebellion and hard-heartedness. For failing in teaching our children and leading our homes well. For allowing the church to be captured by gross and perverted ideologies.

Oh Lord hear. Forgive us.

[James R. Hannibal @JamesRHannibal]

The Christian who says “God’s still on the throne, so I’m going to stand back and let the fields burn,” is a biblical infant and a disobedient fool.

[James Plank @jimplank]

You would be well to learn the lesson of Mr. Pence. Knifing the man in the back who put you on the world stage does not earn my vote- and blaming our support of Israel is really telling a story on you. And it’s not a good story. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."

Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.

There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.

But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.

Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:

1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel

Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)

In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.

The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.

If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.

But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.

I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

[James Plank @jimplank]

Among the most evil results is this one. By the vote of the people. Until birth, the baby is permitted to be murdered. Elections Matter.

[James Plank @jimplank]

There is NEVER a reason for an American Christian to cast a vote for a Talerico in Texas or a El-Sayed in Michigan.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

America does not belong to those who hate it.

America belongs to those who love it.

[Jon Elder @BlackLabelAdvsr]

If your pastor votes for a Democrat then it’s time to find a new church.

It’s impossible to call yourself a Bible-believing Christian and not vote for Republicans.

[Gabe Poirot @gabe_poirot]

If your church tells people not to pick a side when one party's platform openly supports the killing of babies and the chemical castration of children, find a different church.

[James Plank @jimplank]

Elections Matter.
If the church will be the church today, America wins.
Pray. Vote. Be sure everyone in your church votes.

[James Plank @jimplank]

The big question of the day- will the Christian people of America vote?
- we know the Muslims will.
- we know the Socialists/Communists will.

And this will decide the direction of the USA.

[Center for Baptist Leadership @BaptistLeaders]

If Christians don’t vote, non-Christians will

If Christians don’t vote, Muslims will

If Christians don’t vote, Communists will

If Christians don’t vote, Socialists will

If Christians don’t vote, abortion voters will

If Christians don’t vote, LGBT voters will

If Christians don’t vote, it doesn’t make us more holy—it just takes Christ out of the voting booth

[James Plank @jimplank]

One thing for sure, there isn’t anything hard about who to vote for in this election, not anywhere in the USA. The lines are clearly drawn.