The trap was set. The Republicans jumped right in. Let's have FDR explain it.

[speak easy]

66. FDR opened that speech with this warning about the 1936 campaign -

There will be—there are—many false issues. In that respect, this will be no different from other campaigns. Partisans, not willing to face realities, will drag out red herrings as they have always done—to divert attention from the trail of their own weaknesses.

And said of GOP lip service to social security and the New Deal

The first essential of doing a job well is to want to see the job done. Make no mistake about this: the Republican leadership today is not against the way we have done the job. The Republican leadership is against the job's being done.