Steve Schmidt Tweet FTW: Make the Election About 1/6. Put Thuggery on The Ballot

[Tommymac]

Link to tweet

Like him or hate him, he has 1.4 million followers and has this meme nailed.

[Sneederbunk]

1. Every Dem TV ad should include a clip of 1/6.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Indeed! nt

[uponit7771]

35. +1

[calimary]

46. Yep! Totally.

[Justice matters.]

49. And include the "legitimate political discourse" clip next to it

Repeat that twice while the chyron states:

What the "new" Republican Party wants you to believe.
Help save our democracy: Vote for Democratic candidates!

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R & Retweeted!

[moondust]

3. They know it's coming.

I heard Scott Jennings on CNN last night say something like "they're going to hang 'legitimate political discourse' around our necks in 2022 and 2024."

Delusional dingbats unfit to run a Kool-Aid stand should not be allowed near a federal government with a nuclear arsenal.

[Tommymac]

8. 'Delusional dingbats unfit to run a Kool-Aid stand should not be allowed near a federal ... '

Awesome!

[elleng]

9. Good

[calimary]

47. Legitimate political bullshit is more like it.

And we should NEVER let that be the last word.

And roll the video.

[Cha]

4. Rt TY!

[dchill]

5. K&R. No shit!

[Hekate]

6. KnR

[caraher]

10. Yup - this one's about democracy

The scary part, though, is how many voters won't find this the decisive issue.

[Tommymac]

11. I beleive they will. Independents don't start paying attention until September.

Crazy Qanoners are only about 10% of the whole population - but a very loud and 'colorful' group that the M$M loves to spotlight.

I still have faith 70% of Americans are sane and will not look kindly upon this violent circus crap.

[KS Toronado]

19. Independents decide all elections

Come the midterms, they'll be on our side of the fence because of Jan 6th.
I see a big blue wave coming.

[Tommymac]

21. I agree 100%. Sometimes we forget that.

[SergeStorms]

24. They'll vote about high gas prices.

Or they'll vote about the fact that they can't get their favorite shade of nail polish, or Hair Care for Men. You know, stupid shit, as usual.

The fact that these republican thugs want to end our democracy and install an autocratic nitwit won't cross their minds at all.

[Tommymac]

30. As long as they can own da libruls.

May Rush rot in Hell.

[BaronChocula]

12. So much to add to that

including threatening phone messages to GOPs who voted with Biden, gopper thug bullies at school board meetings, and GOP security force Proud Boys. Just to name a few.

[Jim__]

13. Exactly! Show video of these idiots attacking the police, then follow it with ...

RNC proclaiming this legitimate political discourse. Force them to wear their stupidity in public.

[calimary]

14. I like him - but with reservations.

He’s flipped over to our side alright, but for how long? How solid is it - and how solid is he?

My little “don’t fall in love so easily” demon keeps yelling at me. Meanwhile, my other little “don’t trust ‘em” demon is screaming for attention.

[caraher]

15. The message is spot-on, though

I'll endorse the truth over reservations about its messenger!

[SergeStorms]

26. I'm alright with a one night stand.

I don't want to fall in love with Steve. He's not my type.

[caraher]

55. I'm not looking for love either ;)

Maybe he can just be Mr. Right Now; we don't need Mr. Right!

[uponit7771]

36. Same here, its like Cheney ... she's with us against Putin's Whore but not on democracy meaning

... she just doesn't like him not what the country stands for.

[Evolve Dammit]

16. "thuggery" means nothing. Sedition, conspiracy and treason maybe. Maybe; chargeable crimes

[Tommymac]

20. It's a meme. Dems have been so weak on memes for many years.

That is one reason the Rethugs (Thugs -thuggery - get it? Another meme) do so well with Jane and Joe Sixpack.

Steve Schmidt wrote many of the successful memes that over the years the Rethugs clubbed us with.

About time we turned the tables.

I don't particularly like the man (but there are some great Dems who I don't like either, but I support them), don't really trust him except as 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'.

We need to Win in 2022 and 2024 and any ethical, moral, legitimate, sane way is ok by me.



#GOTV2022

[Evolve Dammit]

27. Steve Schmidt has been an awesome voice of reality over the last 5 years. Articulate and passionate.

[Butterflylady]

17. I have said this over and over.

Make it about the fact that repugs are all about violence and hatred. Do people want to raise their families in that kind of country? I don't think so.

[DanieRains]

18. If You Don't Want The Jan 6 Rioters Who Entered The Capitol To Stop The Elector Counting Jailed

You are a traitor.

Period.

Ask every Republican Candidate if they think the people who tried to interfere with our democracy should go to jail. If they say no, then call them traitors.

Pretty simple message.

Sample Campaign Message: My opponent wants America to be a dictatorship. There is no other way to put it. If you want a Democracy where your vote actually counts, vote for me. If you want America a dictatorship, vote for my opponent.

Repeat, repeat, and repeat. Say it 10 times before saying anything different.

[Tommymac]

23. This

#GOTV2022

[OneTotalMook]

22. I wish we had some homegrown organic lefties who could message like Schmidt & Wilson...

.. but I can't hate Schmidt for speaking as if he's dictating an engraving on Mt. Rushmore. Let's face it.. the guy is good and as shady as he may be sometimes he's always on his A-GAME verbally!

[Tommymac]

25. Welcome to DU!

I'm honored you chose my OP to be your first.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. Indeed. Welcome

[treestar]

40. IMO Democrats don't "message" well is an error

Democrats cannot "message" as Democrats will not receive and follow a message. A herd of cats won't respond to that. The Rs have authoritarian followers who will parrot the message. Democrats think for themselves. No "message" will get parrotted. It's just inapplicable.

[calimary]

45. Welcome to DU, OneTotalMook!

I share that wish. WE need that kind of messaging talent. I don’t understand how so many of our Dems still don’t get that.

Sometime in the last few days I heard someone on TV defending, saying Biden just made a speech about it - whatever it was. As though that was enough. Job done. Time to move on.

My heart fell. ONE speech??? And that’s IT? Hell, he’s got to speak about it EVERY DAY! MULTIPLE TIMES!!! A single speech just won’t do it. Doesn’t even BEGIN to do it. And where’s his “amen chorus”? We should be messaging, aggressively and relentlessly. And all hands in deck.

And always on OUR A-game.

[gopiscrap]

57. welcome to DU

[Edwcraig]

29. The only question to ask any Republican at any debate is "Why don't you believe in Democracy"

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Twitter followup:

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[Tommymac]

32. OMG Thank you Thank You Thank You!!!

Awesome follow up. This is why I love DU.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. K&R for Steve Schmidt! Thanks for posting!

[JI7]

33. The right wing is doing that with black people and blaming blm

anytime a crime is done by a black person.

The fact is white people in the middle which can decide the election will be more angry over things like stores being looted by black people than they will over anything done by white people.

People who are disgusted by this are already supporting Democrats. The rest will either bite democratic if they think things like economy will be better with Democrats or they will vote republican if they are going to vote on something like this

[spanone]

37. ⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R⭐️⭐️⭐️

[BootinUp]

38. I think I would take his advice on this. I am sure some

good political ads can be constructed with plenty of supporting evidence.

[Poiuyt]

39. I'm not sure that this is the best strategy

It should be included, of course. It's usually better to show people why they would be better off voting for the Democratic candidate. Put some tangible benefits to the Democratic Party, not just that we're not corrupt fascists like the other guys.

[Paladin]

41. K&R. Let's DO this! (nt)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

42. Too much like right? Simple. Focus. We aren't good at that:(. Worth a shot Dems!!! nt

[Hotler]

43. I would say that Fascism is on the ballot. Say it Steve, call them fascist. nt

[Tommymac]

44. He does. See Post 31 above with his follow up tweets . nt

[greymattermom]

48. Contrast images of 1-6 with actual discourse

Like a public option for health care, the infrastructure made possible by Democrats, universal pre-K, the list goes on.

[Elessar Zappa]

50. I have a contrary opinion.

This is merely anecdotal but most people I come across are more interested in kitchen table issues than protecting democracy. Sad but that’s my observation. I think we should run on fixing inflation, getting a public option, and other bread and butter issues. And if we’re successful, our democracy will be saved as a side bonus.

[Tommymac]

53. Tell that to the 1% controlled M$M who continues to dis President Joe on regular issues

The M$M wants ratings and profits, issues are boring to them.

Traditional politics are dead until we get rid of the Authoritarian Rethuglicans.

Regular issues and discourse have largely failed us for the last 20 years.

It's time we understood the definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over and naively expecting different results.

[Elessar Zappa]

54. I do think we should define

the Republicans as the fascists they are. But at the same time we can focus on what we’re going to get done for the people. In 2018, polls afterward showed that healthcare was one one of the main issues that swept us into power.

[mucifer]

51. I believe that's why they keep delaying the senate hearings. They want it closer to the election

[sarcasmo]

52. Democracy or Fascism should be the campaign button.

[SouthernDem4ever]

56. Somehow we have to get through to the perentage of repugs that watch Fux Nooze

that the violence will eventually get to them if they keep voting for these assholes.