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edhopper

(37,370 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:09 PM Jan 2023

Just as the GOP says will take away guns

We must say the GOP is trying toend Social Security and Medicare.
No more nuanced policy explanations. The people we need to reach, the swing voters who base their votes on personality, or "something they heard" need to be hit with the same hammer the GOP uses.
Take what they are doing, multiply by a hundred and hit them hard.

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Buckeyeblue

(6,352 posts)
1. Yes. We should be more direct.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:12 PM
Jan 2023

We should ask people to imagine living without their SSI. We should direct those who haven't retired to look up their estimated SSI. It's easy to do. We should say, this is what Republicans want to steal from you.

edhopper

(37,370 posts)
3. And all those Red States
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:14 PM
Jan 2023

that did not expand Medicaid. Just say "You don't have Healthcare because your Republican Governor TOOK it from you!"

Buckeyeblue

(6,352 posts)
7. Yep. Great issue to get rural white voters attention with.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:17 PM
Jan 2023

If we could siphon 5% of the white rural vote, the election would be a landslide.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
8. And some think they are immune, somehow, to what they say they will do. ... so, they vote them in.
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:19 PM
Jan 2023

A total WTF!

edhopper

(37,370 posts)
5. And the Democrats
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:16 PM
Jan 2023

afraid they might some of "the Religious vote" did not make that a clear issue before Trump got to appoint 3 theocrats to the Court.

Walleye

(44,807 posts)
9. I don't know why we always blame this on ourselves, the Democrats, the Republicans are evil
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:19 PM
Jan 2023

The question is always why didn’t the Democrats do something to stop these evil Republicans, we’re gonna need a little help to do that

edhopper

(37,370 posts)
10. I am saying
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:21 PM
Jan 2023

to get that help, we must make the message clear and simple to the voters.

Walleye

(44,807 posts)
11. OK, but how do we do that?There is an awful lot of prejudice and closemindedness to deal with
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:23 PM
Jan 2023

edhopper

(37,370 posts)
13. Yes
Sun Jan 29, 2023, 01:29 PM
Jan 2023

And we don't reach them, but there are enough swing voters, that a GOP lie like "They will take away your guns", or Comey saying something, something, Hillary Emails" changes their votes.

A clear definitive "They want to end Social Security" will swing enough voters to our side.

Just as "The WILL overturn Roe!" would have been effective before.

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