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In reply to the discussion: OMG after watching HRC on CNN... We HAVE to get her elected [View all]betsuni
(25,472 posts)in America, had strong Democratic "surrogates with an overwhelming positive support message" and endorsements.
In 2008 her approval rating didn't change with Democrats, in 2016 it decreased with potential Democratic voters and that wasn't because of Republican propaganda, which doesn't work on Democrats. Something new had to be created to convince left-leaning voters to hate Democrats, especially Hillary. It was never about policy. They made the election about a fictional Hillary. Liars said the Democratic Party wasn't progressive, would stop at nothing to thwart progressives, were the same as Republicans -- corporatists, neoliberals. Obviously this is the opposite of Republican propaganda. Republicans copied the populist "rigged" "corrupt" "immoral" "warmonger" "elite, establishment, has no economic policy, ignores the white working class" accusations to use against Hillary.
Luckily demonizing Democrats and Biden from a non-Republican direction didn't work in 2020, as in "I've got news for the Democratic establishment. They can't stop us" nonsense.