The GOP's greatest skill: Taking credit for things Democrats did
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The GOPs 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 didnt take, pro-family legislation they didnt support and other popular policies theyre trying to repeal.
For instance, as Democrats celebrated the Inflation Reduction Acts two-year anniversary last week, Republicans, who unanimously voted against the law in 2022, condemned it and pledged to claw it back. (Theyve 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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