Opinion Can Democrats knock Republicans off their two-faced midterm strategy? ByE.J. Dionne Jr.
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Can Democrats knock Republicans off their two-faced midterm strategy?
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/01/republicans-dual-midterm-campaigns-highlight-task-before-democrats/
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Republicans are running two very different campaigns for November’s midterms. So far, it’s working.
To their base, they promote an unending culture war around race, education and LGBTQ issues.
But to appeal to independents and more moderate conservatives, Republicans are offering a thoroughly conventional “Had enough?” argument. Voters unhappy with the leadership of President Biden, inflation and the persistence of covid-19, they say, should communicate their discontent by ending Democratic control of the House and Senate.
Lurking over both strategies is former president Donald Trump, who causes no end of moral and psychological complexity for Republican politicians. See: the shameless lying of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) regarding what he said when about Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6 attack. Republicans want it both ways on Trump, hoping his passionate supporters turn out in droves while praying that suburban swing voters don’t think about him at all.
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