For many of us involved in politics, right now can be a trying time. We’re not only fighting the left, but we’re fighting against those who claim to be on the right and their attempts to change all that defines conservatism. We are fighting against narratives that portray us as racists, selfish, and cold, when the vast majority of us are nothing of the sort. Thankfully, yesterday was a good day for the Republican party as Arizona Senator Carlyle Begay switched from (D) to (R).

While the Republican title is being dragged through the mud by our current front-runner, the news of Carlyle Begay was refreshing. The day after Donald Trump retweeted false crime stats from a white supremacist site and continued to fuel racial tension, Carlyle Begay, raised on the Navajo Nation, spoke eloquently on the true and principled reality of the GOP.

In a video released on Monday, Begay said it has been the Republicans who have worked with him to “improve education, jobs and infrastructure.”

Begay said families living within the rural and Arizona tribal communities are in a “crisis” with unemployment as high as 80 percent in some instances. The Republican Party, he said, is more equipped to address the issues.