All candidates deserve to be respected

Respect is not necessarily “liking” a person, but  understanding that they deserve to be treated with civility. Many people choose to ignore a politician’s accomplishments because their views don’t align. Respecting candidates and their opinions can be a struggle to many, including myself.

Hillary Clinton deserves the American people’s respect for many reasons. First of all, she is the first woman ever to make it this far in a presidential race. While she was first lady, she helped create the Congress Children’s Health Insurance Program, which helped give all children health insurance. She has always tried to help others and is very generous.

People often focus on the mistakes she has made and overlook these accomplishments that she needs to be respected for. Trump is also ridiculed for some of his failures such as Trump Airlines, Trump: The game and Trump Casinos. Yet always finds a way to bounce back and keep moving forward.

I personally find many of Trumps statements very offensive and it is hard for me to respect him. But becoming the Republican nominee is a big deal in it of itself and requires exceptional leadership skills and I respect him for that fact.

In 1987 Trump started the Trump Foundation which has donated money to multiple organizations such as the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, Alliance for Lupus Research, Autism Speaks, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, and many more.

One candidate may stand out as the clear-choice president and the other option may seem horrible, but both presidential candidates deserve our respect. It seems to me that respecting both candidates makes it easier to gain more knowledge and to form stronger opinions about politics and politicians. It seems hard to many of us, including me, but we have to respect all candidates and recognize the positives that they’ve done.