The Heart of America Is At Stake

The fight for the heart of America is here. It’s not somewhere overseas or far from our daily lives. It's in Washington, in our schools, in our culture, and in the way our government treats the very people it is supposed to serve.

There is a growing movement, in the far left, determined to replace what makes America strong with what will make America weak. They want to trade independence for dependency, freedom for control, and faith in the people for power in the hands of the few. They speak the language of compassion while demanding policies that punish hard work and reward complacency.

While working families struggle to make ends meet and our service members wait for paychecks, millionaire politicians lecture the rest of the country about equality and fairness. They call for socialism while living lives of privilege. They preach about lifting people up while shutting down the very economy that puts food on our tables. It is hypocrisy disguised as virtue, and it is breaking the backbone of this nation.

AOC, Bernie Sanders, and Zohran Mamdani call it progress, but history tells the truth. Wherever socialism and communism take root, freedom dies. The promise of prosperity becomes a system of control. Corruption flourishes, and the people lose the very rights they were told would be protected.

In a free democracy, in our true American Republican, people rise by their talent, their effort, and their determination. The government exists to protect opportunity, not to ration it. That is the America our Founders built: a nation where freedom and responsibility walk hand in hand.

Every time Washington grows more powerful, the American people grow less free.

This is not just a policy debate. It is a battle for the soul of the Republic — for whether we remain a nation of builders, dreamers, and doers, or become a nation of dependency ruled by bureaucrats who think they know better than you do.

Now more than ever, we must protect what made this country great: our freedom to work, to worship, to speak, to dream, and to build our own futures. These rights are not given by government. They are given by God and defended by those with the courage to stand up and fight for them.

The choice before us could not be clearer. A government that serves the people, or a government that rules them. Freedom or control. Prosperity or dependency. Strength or surrender.

I know which side I am on. And I believe America still knows the difference.

With Gratitude,

Tera Anderson
Candidate for Congress, NV-3