Quotes from Mercedes Schlapp

I am a working mom with five daughters, a small-business owner - and a conservative.

I remember being one of those women who never imagined I would get married and have children. You ask any of my high school friends, and I would have been voted in the class to be the least likely to get married or have children.

While the United States is a prime example of fair elections, there is room for improvement, starting with passing voter identification laws across the country.

Voter fraud especially matters when elections are close.

Even though voters overwhelmingly dislike negative ads, they do influence voters' opinions about a candidate.

Is Trump correct that we should stop the flow of illegal immigrants? Yes, but again, words matter, and there is a way to engage voters on this issue without creating fear and insulting many hard-working Hispanics who love this country.

Hearing Mr. Trump in person, I finally understood why millions of voters, especially voters who have been ignored and left behind in this economy, connect with him.

Pretending that voter fraud does not exist puts the integrity of our voting process at risk.

Roe v. Wade used raw judicial power to overturn the democratically passed laws in every state in the country and remove state restrictions on abortion.

Americans are waking up to the tragedy of abortions.

The Clinton Foundation scandal raises a larger question: How can we trust Hillary Clinton with running our nation if she cannot even successfully manage her own foundation?

One of the most overused phrases in political commentary is that someone is running a 'negative' campaign filled with 'attack' ads.

War is brutal, barbaric and bloody.

Faith is a gift. Some feel like they were never blessed with it, others just casually let it fall away.

Installing an activist liberal majority on the Supreme Court will put religious liberties at risk for generations to come.

Republicans want less taxes so we can create jobs; however, we cannot win by solely focusing on an economic message of lower taxes and smaller government.

Scandals have impacted many politicians' careers and aspirations. Some have survived, and others have fallen.

Would a President Hillary Clinton and her liberal allies suspend the tax-exempt status of churches deemed 'not friendly' to her administration? It is within the realm of possibility considering their hateful beliefs.

On the IRS website, they claim to be one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. The IRS officials might know how to collect taxes, but surely know how to misspend the funds.

Part of me believes that Beyonce and Jay-Z were naive when they chose to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary in Cuba. However, as the daughter of a former political prisoner in Cuba, I would argue that they should have known better than to travel to the island and support its repressive regime.

Unfortunately, our country has become so politically polarized that one side routinely attempts to destroy and discredit the other.

Great leaders find a way to rise above politics while at the same time keeping their party's loyalists in the fold.

The Cuban people do not live in freedom.

A number of states are starting to strengthen their anti-abortion laws because the more we learn of abortion tactics the harder it is for Americans to support these inhumane procedures.