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A C-SPAN caller said Monday he was going to support Republicans after a lifetime in the Democratic Party because of the GOP’s “heartfelt” national convention and the party’s emphasis on God.
“I just want to say that after watching the convention tonight … I am definitely changing my vote to Republican,” said the caller, who identified as a resident of Lorain, Ohio named Rick. “I’m going to file with the Republican Party now.”
President Donald Trump lost northeastern Ohio’s Lorain County to Hillary Clinton by fewer than 200 votes out of more than 130,000 cast in 2016, despite prevailing in the state by more than 8 percent of the vote.
The caller credited the GOP’s focus on faith with inspiring his change of heart. “It was the heartfelt way they came across to the American people,” he said. “I was really touched by the number of times they used the word ‘God.’ They put God into everything.
“The people on the Democratic side, at their convention — acted like they were pushing God right out of it,” he added. “And that had a lot to do with changing my mind.”
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By Amanda Thomason
Published August 24, 2020 at 4:03pm
On July 16, Jack and Gerry Eccles in Durham, North Carolina, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with their family.
The event had a lot of the trappings you would expect of an anniversary party: There was a cake, of course, along with a photo of the couple from their wedding, and some of their nine kids, 20 grandkids and 24 great-grandkids were “in attendance.”
But there were some differences, too, that anyone trying to celebrate any major milestone in the past few months has encountered, especially since the Eccleses were in lockdown inside Hillcrest Convalescent Center.
The couple’s daughter and her husband held up an iPad outside the window, helping orchestrate the Zoom conference while the couple sat in the lobby and ate their cake.
On March 12, when he showed up at Hillcrest Convalescent Center to make his usual visit, he was turned away. On March 13, he returned with some belongings and rented a room.
“We’re married,” he explained. “I want to be with her. She took care of me for 70 years, and now it’s my turn.”
As one of their children, Genece McChesney, said, “they were never apart” — and that wasn’t going to start now.
While the center was willing to rent Jack a room, it wasn’t without restrictions. Jack has to limit himself to his wife’s room or — occasionally — the lobby when he’s not in his own quarters.
He admits he hasn’t seen the sun much these last few months and spends a lot of time alone, but it’s worth it to be able to be close to his wife.
It wasn’t just about getting to see his wife, either. Jack was concerned that without him around, Gerry might stop eating and her health would decline — all while he was “outside” and unable to do anything.
He now feeds his wife her meals, and the staff has noticed a change in her demeanor. Olivia Jacobs, one of the center’s dieticians, said that his presence is a unique benefit that they can’t replicate.
https://www.westernjournal.com/93-year-old-moves-nursing-home-can-visit-wife-took-care-70-years-now-turn/?ff_source=site&ff_medium=protrumpnews&ff_campaign=can