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In reply to the discussion: Just a general comment---no citations, footnotes or quotes. Take it or leave it. [View all]usonian
(9,671 posts)42. JAIME HARRISON HAS A GREAT MESSAGE. THANK YOU JAIME!
Finally, a sticky slogan for the GOP: 'Fraud, fear and fascism'
https://democraticunderground.com/100216571510
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From DailyKos:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/6/2090427/-Democratic-Party-chair-nails-the-GOP-It-is-a-party-built-on-fraud-fear-and-fascism
Kerry Eleveld
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday April 06, 2022 · 10:41 AM PDT
https://democraticunderground.com/100216571510
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From DailyKos:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/6/2090427/-Democratic-Party-chair-nails-the-GOP-It-is-a-party-built-on-fraud-fear-and-fascism
Kerry Eleveld
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday April 06, 2022 · 10:41 AM PDT
Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison on Wednesday offered a particularly apt summation of Republicans on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
It is a party built on fraud, fear and fascism," Harrison said. "They dont deserve to be in power.
The three FsFraud, Fear, and Fascismare a perfect alliteration for the GOP. The fact that it could fit on a bumper sticker is also a notable advancement for Democratic messaging.
Culling Republicans down to a sticky umbrella message about the pervasive corruption pulsing through the GOP would be super helpful for Democrats.
Every time Republicans say the 2020 election was stolen, the response can be, "There they go again."
Every time they claim their efforts to suppress votes and rig election outcomes are legitimate attempts to curb fraud, the response can be, "There they go again."
Every time they blanket Democrats with repulsive smears like "pedophiles" or "groomers," the response can be, "There they go again."
But let's linger for a minute on the latest trope Republicans are rolling out to smear Democrats and anyone else who dares to disagree with them: the notion that they are pedophiles who are grooming children for sexual abuse. On one level, it's a preposterous chargethe whole pedophile ring thing is so 2016. But the coked-up party of orgies does have a recurring obsession with lobbing sexual smears at their political opponents.
The "groomer" charge is just so on brand and perfectly repugnant for the GOP, catering to QAnon cultists steeped in the notion of a global cabal of sex traffickers run by Democrats and their allies.
Moderate Republicans who still exist in this world get it. As Never Trumper and The Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell says of the messaging, "When your team tries a coup, you gotta think hard about whats worse than that. Hence, the 'groomer' discourse."
But The Bulwark's Jonathan V. Last absolutely nails the political strategy Republicans are employing and the choice they are making in the process.
"The modern Republican party has found a way to integrate voters who believe in a bizarre internet cult," Last writes. "But it has no desire to integrate voters who maintain that Joe Biden won the 2020 election fair and square."
That indeed is the modern Republican Party in a nutshell. And frankly, it represents an opportunity for Democrats: a critical slice of those reality-based Republicans are gettable for Democrats if they are continually reminded of exactly what the GOP has become.
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Atticus
Apr 2022
OP
Perhaps underlying that is the fear that cops will side with the MAGA supporters
NullTuples
Apr 2022
#62
Yet if you look at actual court verdicts, we beat them the vast majority of the time.
CaptainTruth
Apr 2022
#15
This Twitter thread from post-election Democrats in Wisconsin may cheer and encourage you:
chia
Apr 2022
#10
Intent doesn't seem to come up much in fraud cases either -- it's just you did it, you lose
Lettuce Be
Apr 2022
#13
And you can't be identified as the perpetrator in dozens of sexual assault cases
Midnight Writer
Apr 2022
#38
Take it or leave it? I'll leave it. You know what they say, opinions are like...
Fiendish Thingy
Apr 2022
#23
"---hopefully your awareness will expand to include a broader perspective". So---
Atticus
Apr 2022
#43
Parsing, eh? Seems like the beginning of a Gish Gallop so I will bow out. Chalk that up as a
Atticus
Apr 2022
#52
I can always count on you to put words in my mouth. "In other words"---" is in the same category
Atticus
Apr 2022
#41
It does fire up US---solid Democrats. But, the "fair weather Democrats", the "Democrats when it's
Atticus
Apr 2022
#45
FWIW I hear this in several different forms at my local working class pub almost every day.
Tommymac
Apr 2022
#31
Really good message..but it does not directly address the issue of high ranking charges for 1/6
Tommymac
Apr 2022
#44
ive been feeling that there is a dual standard in this country for a long time .
AllaN01Bear
Apr 2022
#33
Many Democrats know what has to be done, but few of them are in power. Many pundits on
housecat
Apr 2022
#34
Yes, propaganda is more lethal than weapons. We must eliminate Fox Propaganda, .
housecat
Apr 2022
#58
The problem is that people like you and me don't get put in the positions to do all they've done.
BradAllison
Apr 2022
#65
No, it won't impact Democratic voter turnout, they aren't idiot one-issue voters.
betsuni
Apr 2022
#68