GOP targets Warren as liberal supervilain
I haven't seen anyone else post this, this is from today's Boston Globe:
GOP targets Warren as liberal supervilain
WASHINGTON — Republicans are targeting Elizabeth Warren as a liberal supervillain on the national stage, hoping to turn her into political kryptonite for Democratic candidates for Congress and tarnish her appeal in advance of a potential 2020 presidential bid.
Never mind that Warren does not yet have a formidable 2018 challenger for her Senate seat. Over the years, former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and the late Massachusetts senator Edward M. Kennedy have all played the role of premier liberal bogeyman for the GOP.
Now it’s Warren’s turn.
She is the Democratic Party’s hottest star, with a profile rising in the vacuum left by the party’s 2016 defeats. With legitimate populist credentials, Warren, if she chooses to run for president, could represent a strong threat to President Trump’s 2020 reelection, which is likely to hinge again on his ability to woo working-class, white voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The Republican barrage represents a major test of Warren’s ability to withstand such intense fire, the predictable attacks that she has said influenced her decision to stay out of the 2016 presidential race. She has repeatedly denied she is eyeing a 2020 presidential run.
A leading GOP super PAC is tracking Warren’s every media appearance, compiling a dossier of opposition research, and blasting out rapid-fire press releases and social media posts whenever it sees an opening to counter her message. Other GOP campaign operations have created cookie-cutter ads with Warren’s image for candidates around the country, to tie the Massachusetts liberal to that particular state’s Democratic candidate.
More at http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/05/03/warren/2tsdv1oRBdmkYcHLAKxNHO/story.html?s_campaign=bdc:article:stub
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