“Fight like Republicans”

| 7:29 pm EDT July 3, 2024
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One of the cries I’m more annoyed by is being asked to “fight like Republicans” – since the pundits or voters that typically call for it are ignoring the fact that Republicans a) lie and cheat constantly and b) appeal to racists in order to win. I don’t think we should do either one, nor should we emulate people who do.

One significant thing to remember as the race heats up, however, is that rather than reacting to a given situation, good or bad, we should look cautiously and see what Republicans do before we telegraph our own response to whatever the news is. Panicking generally looks bad to voters that are on the fence regardless of how much they might agree with us – to follow what President Roosevelt once said: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

As it turns out, following the debates, Republicans are far from happy about their candidate’s performance, and he essentially hit on every topic they’re trying to keep off of voters’ minds come November – clips that will absolutely resurface in campaign commercials for the next four months. The same is also true of Monday’s SCOTUS decision – not great news for Republicans to be sure, as it’s not the ruling Donald Trump was hoping for – kicking the case back to lower courts and probably even turning the whole thing into what could be an unpleasant Sept-Oct surprise for his campaign.

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