Down-ballot Republicans watch with glee as Sanders gains steam

[RandySF]

Bernie Sanders hasn’t won the Democratic primary — but down-ballot Republicans are having a field day acting like he has.

Republicans up and down the ballot are already casting their Democratic rivals as socialist puppets who would remake the economy in Sanders’ collectivist vision. The play is straightforward: President Donald Trump has repelled college-educated suburban voters since he took office; Republicans want to win them back by arguing the alternative is worse.

Arizona Sen. Martha McSally launched a TV ad titled “Bernie Bro” likening her Democratic opponent, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, to the Vermont senator. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis held a news conference last week linking his Democratic rivals to the Sanders-backed “Green New Deal.” In Michigan, a conservative group has aired a series of commercials that go after Democratic Sen. Gary Peters by invoking Sanders and his support for “Medicare for All.”



https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/21/congress-sanders-republicans-trump-116523

[Cha]

1. Don't get too excited, repubbies..

It's not over yet.

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Note to self.

Send more socialists to Washington so Bernie Sanders can get something done.

[Sloumeau]

3. Good luck with that. :)

So far we have *one* Socialist Senator out of 100. We also have *three* Socialist House members out of 345. One can practically hear the crickets now.

[dware]

10. How?

America is still by far and large, a center to center left country, not a far left socialist country.
so, what's your plan to send more socialists to DC.?

[Sloumeau]

4. Yes, Republicans tagging all Democrats with the "Socialist" label for the next...

few decades would be oh-so-pleasant.

[Voltaire2]

5. We are going to win

I suggest you get on board.

[Moderateguy]

7. Don't count your chicken before they hatch

[wellst0nev0ter]

6. And if Biden or Klobuchar are nominated

I'm sure the goops will refrain from calling Democrats socialists, right?????

[RandySF]

8. I don't know of any other candidates who praised Cuba and the USSR.

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. Adopting Repuke talking points won't work

For the record, his record on both accounts are absolutely correct. But if you want to invoke boogeymen, go ahead.