"There are more normal people than the weirdos out there would have us believe."

[kpete]

Trump-district Democrat encourages Biden to stay focused on 'normal' voters
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine represents a district Donald Trump won twice, but he appeared with President Joe Biden at events there last week.

AUBURN, Maine — Whenever strategic decisions made by President Joe Biden’s advisers get second-guessed, they’ll often note that they’re focused on a different audience — the middle of the electorate, not the noisy left and right flanks.

Speaking ahead of the president at an event in his congressional district last week, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden put it a bit more sharply.

Biden “believes in the character of normal American people,” Golden said. “And there are more normal people than the weirdos out there would have us believe.”

The Maine Democrat traveled with Biden on Air Force One and Marine One to his district, one of the most rural in the nation — and one carried in each of the last two elections by Donald Trump. He has voted against Biden in Congress more than any other Democrat since the president took office, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.


https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/trump-district-democrat-encourages-biden-stay-focused-normal-voters-rcna97358

[yardwork]

1. I'm not sure that this is a good strategy.

This is the strategy Hillary used in 2016. Sensible, centrist, measured. She didn't make wild campaign promises. And, as a result, she was rejected by a lot of voters who were hungry for something radically different.

I fear that our social media obsessed sound bite culture can no longer think clearly. Can we even sustain a democracy?

[Hortensis]

2. "Biden believes in the character of normal American people,..."

Yep. With reason. With genuinely free and fair national elections and no crooked gerrymandering, most of today's Republican congressmen would have to apply to Democratic congressional offices to visit the Capitol in tour groups. And the WH would always be held by a Democrat.

[KentuckyWoman]

3. Wait... WHAT?

He's right ... The Democrats are busy doing something about things that actually matter to everyone while the GOP is busy dreaming about feeling up 6 yr old girls to make sure they pee in the right bathroom. But... weirdos? Seriously?

[EYESORE 9001]

4. Unless my reading comprehension is circling the bowl

He’s calling the MAGAt/QAnon crowd weirdos - not Democrats.