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Source: McClatchy DC Bureau
DECEMBER 05, 2017 05:00 AM
UPDATED 1 HOUR 59 MINUTES AGO
BY ALEX ROARTY
aroarty@mcclatchydc.com
Democrats are ready to embrace a class war and blame Republicans for starting it.
The GOPs controversial dual effort to revamp the health care system and tax code has convinced Democrats they should bluntly assail Republicans as the defenders of out-of-touch plutocrats, a message party operatives have already begun to poll-test, include in attacks ads, and use against vulnerable incumbents even before Saturdays passage of the Senate GOP bill. And rather than wince at the inevitable retorts that the party is trying to instigate a class war, leading party strategists say they welcome the attack confident the GOPs legislative priorities make them a more likely culprit in the publics mind.
If Democrats are worried about class war, well, the Republicans started it, said John Lapp, a veteran Democratic strategist. And bring it on. Quipped one party operative: If were eating the rich, they bit first.
An avowed focus on the middle class is part of a well-worn playbook for Democrats, who traditionally regarded themselves as the defenders of workers. But they think the message has fresh resonance now, in the face of the GOPs legislative agenda, and especially after President Donald Trumps populist campaign promised repeatedly to defend the working class.
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