House Dems move to yoke GOP to QAnon

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

House Democrats are preparing to center their strategy for the far-off midterm elections on a simple, aggressive message: Republicans are the party of QAnon.

Making an unusually early move to protect their narrow majority, House Democrats' campaign arm on Tuesday launched its first TV ad campaign, spotlighting supporters of the fringe conspiracy theory — including those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. It is the first step in a larger plan, orchestrated by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's new chair, Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, to exploit the growing friction between Trump hard-liners and establishment Republicans in the GOP base, which Maloney sees as a major weak point for the party.

"If Kevin McCarthy wants to take his party to ‘crazy town’ and follow these dangerous ideas, he shouldn't expect to do well in the next election,” Maloney told POLITICO in an interview previewing the party's strategy, referring to the House minority leader. “And it's important to the country that the Democratic Party continues to be the responsible adult.”

Maloney said the campaign message crystallized after the pro-Trump siege on Jan. 6, which was fueled, in part, by false internet theories. “It was at the heart of the violent attack on the Capitol, but it had its roots going back years,” he said.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/qanon-gop-465157

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[soothsayer]

1. The scarlet Q. I love it! Let them enjoy being the party of violent nuts

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Saddle them with it while it's hot

It may fade by 2022. Use it while you have it. So I'm not thinking it's strictly about the midterms. It's about branding.

[3Hotdogs]

6. It won't fade as long as MTG and Bang-Bang are making news.

[Maxheader]

4. I sympathize with the..

Democrats...but Imho it needs to be just lumped in with the other

fringers..not put on a platform...

[HUAJIAO]

5. And spread the Scarlet Q to local politics as well, Town Clerk, State Reps, county judges,

school boards, road commissioner, hell dog catcher.... everywhere.. like repubs have been doing since the 1980s.

[efhmc]

7. On Twitter now, I always use the name GOPQ.

[KS Toronado]

8. It's a real shame our country resembles 1930's Germany

Where lies are king and we have the Qepublicans to thank for it

[ananda]

9. Boy you should see the GOP biased media...

trying hard to get the GOP to go straight.

All news, all GOP should do something to
get back to its oldstyle roots.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

10. I certainly haven't seen much from the GOP that resembles a rejection of QAnon. n/t

[dalton99a]

11. .

[Auggie]

12. Midterm elections strategy should be JOBS and MORE JOBS

Promote the good jobs Democrats have created and the better jobs to come.

The QAnon connection is a HUGE MISTAKE and will only confuse/divide the country and muddle the message of all Democratic success stories.

[Initech]

13. They either denounce Q Anon, or they own it.

I like this strategy!