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DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 05:10 PM Jan 2018

This is GROWING: Democrats command the narrative

There is a lot of noise and attempts at obfuscation among the punditry, but a single over-arching consensus is emerging: Russia under Putin is bad news and anyone taking money or connected to cyberwarfare support from Russia, is a traitor.

The Democrats don't need to control this narrative because it happens to be true. They do, however, need to continuously FOCUS the narrative by reminding the electorate that they have REAL patriots to elect next November.

Here's a reminder of what Democrats will protect America from:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-to-live-in-putin-russia-life-luke-harding-collusion-politics-military-alexander-litvinenko-2017-11

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hedda_foil

(16,368 posts)
1. That's true. I've heard at least three journalists using the "T" word in the past few days.
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 05:52 PM
Jan 2018

It's startling to hear it anywhere but DU.

Lucky Luciano

(11,242 posts)
5. The narrative is what always kept Democrats on the ropes the last 30 years.
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 01:16 AM
Jan 2018

Always made democrats defensive...always made them afraid to be labeled as “liberals” etc.

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