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McConnell Seeks to Defuse Cultural Hot Buttons
July 4, 2022 at 6:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 125 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/04/mcconnell-seeks-to-defuse-cultural-hot-buttons/
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NBC News: The Kentucky Republicans goal is to downplay the contentious issues on which suburban voters may be more sympathetic to Democrats including gun restrictions, abortion rights and former President Donald Trumps lies that the 2020 election was stolen to soften the GOPs image with this group of voters ahead of the midterm elections.
A Republican leadership aide familiar with McConnells thinking said he wants to make the 2022 midterms a referendum on President Joe Biden, hoping that disenchantment over inflation and gas prices will power the GOP back into the majority.
Said the aide: Not about Trump. Not about guns. Not about abortion. But about the things that are really keeping people up at night.
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kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)Bayard
(22,181 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Trump, gun violence and human rights do keep me up st night asshole!
Ohiya
(2,244 posts)crickets
(25,987 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,097 posts)It already blew up in your face, and you're just to stupid to realize it. You are past the point where you can "downplay" this. Real 10-year-olds are being refused abortions after being impregnated by their uncles. And, real people are getting getting mowed down at fucking July 4 parades. We ALL know who owns this shit, and no amount of "softening" is going to fix that. If you don't think that kind of stuff keeps people up at night, then you are even more fucking deluded than we all thought.
electric_blue68
(14,964 posts)Oh, sooooo well said!
It's certainly raised my level of misery at times.
Phoenix61
(17,021 posts)breathing or trying to figure out how to get your 16 year old-daughter the reproductive health care she needs or what to tell your students when they ask why you took your wedding photo down etc keeps people awake at night.
Hekate
(90,865 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)That is what Dodds did. That is what gun decision did.
This is now a 50 year battle for reproductive rights and it is never going to go away.
MyOwnPeace
(16,940 posts)too many people had already turned their backs on the 'dirty deeds' of IQ45, as well as those same 'dirty deeds' of the 'Pukes.' They're pizzed at paying $5 for gasoline and listen when the Pukes say it's Joe's fault.
I don't think 'tRump' will ever win again (even if he runs from his jail cell), but I DO think we need to be serious about GETTING OUT THE VOTE for these mid-terms.
And in STATES, too! My GAWD, Texas, how can you continue to have Senators, Congressmen, as well as a Governor, Lt. Governor, and AG that are as amazingly un-American as that? (not to pick on Texas - heaven knows all-too-many states have similar problems!).
We HAVE to get more majorities in state capitols and chambers.
We MUST get majorities in both the House AND Senate- the ONLY way that Joe can get done what he has tried to do to rescue us from our nightmare of "IQ45!"
FalloutShelter
(11,887 posts)You asshole! You and all the soulless that follow you and the worthless skin suits you put on the court.
Its not about divisive issues! Its about REPUBLICANS. In the words if Liz Cheney, YOU FUCKING DID THIS!
bdamomma
(63,931 posts)has a lot of blood on his hands.
Novara
(5,857 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)tRump,guns,womens rights, voting rights are what keep people up, Moscow Mitch.
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)PortTack
(32,809 posts)PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)The car youve been chasing for the last 40 years doesnt taste quite as good as you thought it would, does it?
hatrack
(59,594 posts)Good luck with that, you treasonous piece of shit.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)yardwork
(61,715 posts)Silent3
(15,357 posts)This is the kind of lazy just-repeat-the-press-release reporting where the media blithely enables propaganda.
Tree Lady
(11,514 posts)Worried about getting pregnant or their kids getting shot at school or in the streets
He is gaslighting, lying and more.