"Where is Barack HUSSEIN Obama (If that's his real name)'s REAL actual verified birth certificate?"

[ck4829]

"We just don't know the extent of Hillary's emails."
"They're lying to us about what's in the vaccines!"
"Deep state! It's everywhere, man, EVERYWHERE!"
"How do you know the FBI and ANTIFA weren't behind Jan 6, huh? Huh?"
"Only sheeple believe the mainstream media and the puh-fizer!"
...
"George Santos? I'm totally voting for him!"

[PJMcK]

1. What?!

Do you expect consistency from Republicans?!

(wink)

[gab13by13]

2. Don't Democrats also fall for propaganda?

A fence is a wall.
Why do we call America, the USA, the Homeland?

[Flatrat]

3. Dont forget Jade Helm

and the Walmart concentration camps.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. and fema camps ??

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. FEMA coffins.

Don’t forget the coffins.

[panader0]

13. Welcome to DU. You'll like it here.

[BradAllison]

15. Enjoy your stay.

[SKKY]

16. Welcome to DU Flatrat!

[gopiscrap]

31. welcome to DU

[Lovie777]

4. They voted for H Walker .....

Ron Johnson and that guy in Ohio.....

enough said.

[niyad]

6. You forgot crudite man.

[FakeNoose]

25. "Crudite Man" lost though - and badly

Probably Dr. Oz has already packed up and moved back to New Jersey.

I'm looking forward to great things from "Big John" Fetterman. I think we all are!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. But was Oz welcomed back

[DemocraticPatriot]

30. He never moved out...

he was only visiting.

[keithbvadu2]

21. See my badge. I'm the best qualified candidate the republicans have.

See my badge. I'm the best qualified candidate the republicans have.

Better than all the white men.

[yardwork]

5. We laugh, but it's important to recognize this.

Democrats will begin running better campaigns when we accept what really motivates voters.

As we see, consistency and logic don't matter to a lot of voters, especially the ones the Democrats have lost since the 1980s. These voters are craving something else. Can we adapt our messaging to reach them?

[Elessar Zappa]

14. But they're largely craving racism, misogyny, homophobia

and Christian nationalism. We are diametrically opposed to all those things. Seriously, what can we offer them? We already stand for protecting social security, Medicare, labor unions, etc, things that should get them on our side.

[yardwork]

22. Maybe we need to adapt our approach to messaging.

Certainly I'm not suggesting that Democrats betray our values. But maybe there's a more effective way to communicate our goals and platform?

What I'm saying is that millions of American voters respond to emotional appeals rather than logic.

[cab67]

17. There's a line I won't cross.

It's called "physical reality."

Those voters who ignore or deny it - who claim the COVID vaccine is fake, that anthropogenic global warming is a Marxist plot, that homophobia and transphobia are virtues, and so on - aren't entitled to concessions.

[yardwork]

23. See my response above.

[cab67]

24. fair enough, but...

...that leads to the danger of oversimplification that can be spun by the other side.

"Defund the police" is a good example. The intent behind it was legit, but it ended up backfiring badly on us. (Some of us, myself included, predicted this would be the case.) Take a complex and multifaceted issue, boil it down to an emotional core, and it's just as likely to be counterproductive.

Not saying we shouldn't be linking into emotions - only that this has to be done very carefully, and it's much more easily done when oversimplifications play to base emotions like fight-or-flight responses.

[yardwork]

26. I don't think that was our slogan.

I don't know a single Democrat who thought that was a good idea or a good slogan. That slogan came from Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and was grabbed by the GOP and foisted on us.

That's actually a very good example of what needs to improve. We Democrats need to choose effective messages that are true to our platform and values, and do a better job controlling the message.

Fetterman did an excellent job of this. He used his opponent's weaknesses against him, while neutralizing what could have been fatal issues. We now have a tattooed, hoodie-wearing senator who is recovering from a serious stroke as a senator from Pennsylvania. A lot of people would have said that was impossible. We need to learn from this example.

[Pete Ross Junior]

7. Is biferism still a thing?

He didn't invent it, but I blame Trump.

BTW, here it is already.

[treestar]

8. LOL!

A couple of months older, too.

[IronLionZion]

19. Kenyatown sounds like an amazing place to give birth

in the very beating heart of Kenya

[KentuckyWoman]

27. Excuse me but that ain't real.

It would say "Muslin" if it was real.

[Pete Ross Junior]

29. Oh gee whiz. Busted.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. hem. dredging that nonsense up again.

[jaxexpat]

12. Some days that tirade will get you elected.

Obviously

[IronLionZion]

18. "Mexico will pay for the wall"

don't worry about the details. You're just not smart enough to understand how.
"Drain the swamp!"
"Own the libs!"
"Illegals are voting for Dems"
"Voter fraud is everywhere! Mail in ballots are proof of fraud"

And then all the Qanon nonsense about satan worshiping child trafficking or whatever.

[liberal N proud]

20. To be republican is to be a hypocrite

To vote republican is to be hypocrite