The GOP's greatest skill: Taking credit for things Democrats did

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/20/vance-republicans-stolen-valor-ira-infrastructure/

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The GOP’s greatest skill: Taking credit for things Democrats did
One party keeps lying about its public service record. Talk about “stolen valor.”
By Catherine Rampell
August 20, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has accused his Democratic counterpart of “stolen valor,” a term that typically refers to lying about a military service record.

But the actual perpetrators of “stolen valor” in this election are Vance and his party — if not in the military context, then at least in the public service one. Republican politicians have repeatedly claimed credit for valiant actions they didn’t take, pro-family legislation they didn’t support and other popular policies they’re trying to repeal.

For instance, as Democrats celebrated the Inflation Reduction Act’s two-year anniversary last week, Republicans, who unanimously voted against the law in 2022, condemned it and pledged to claw it back. (They’ve already voted a couple dozen times to repeal various portions of it.)

But when it comes to the projects the law subsidized, these same Republicans are big cheerleaders — both for the projects and their own (imagined) role in enabling them.

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