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In reply to the discussion: How was the GOP able to demonize Hillary Clinton to the extent they did? [View all]Caliman73
(11,726 posts)I do not doubt that they will go after whoever the next Democratic nominee, or rising star in the party is. We have already seen it with Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Corey Booker, etc... Hillary Clinton is a special case in the respect that she has been on the right wing radar for such a long time. Even looking on Facebook, there was that segment on Trump supporters who think that Hillary Clinton should be impeached despite her having no government position and really not even being that active in the Democratic party at all. There is a special delusional process that the right has with Hillary.
There is no real way to affect Fox viewers and those who stick to right wing media outlets. I think that in order to fight the right wingers in the general media, we need to focus less on the "personalities" we have in the party, and more on the platform and policies that will help people. We want to select a candidate that can articulate and defend Democratic positions well, and whose record is consistent on the positions, but I think we tend to focus too much sometimes on the face of the party and not the message.
We also have to keep letting the Republicans light themselves on fire.