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It felt @alivelshi was almost going to call them #FakeRepublicans this morning, during one of his typical righteous rants. I hope he does. Just think of the questions & narratives that those two simple words enable? What other two words do the same (across the aisle)?
@AliVelshi Think about it. There’s a reason why @radiofreetom, @timodc @jrubinblogger and so many others bailed from the GOP. They may have partly come to realize that their party always contained these insane racist actors, but they were at the fringe (in their minds,
@AliVelshi @RadioFreeTom @Timodc @JRubinBlogger anyway). It was the sudden surge of success by the Trumpist zealots who seized the Republican label and party that made staying in the party untenable for them. They weren’t driven out by factional ideologues. They were driven out by ruthless, power-hungry
Here’s an idea. What if we kept it simple and branded the cosplay GOP as “Fake Republicans: cynical politicians with no track record, who hijacked your party and think its members are fools. Here’s a list of who they are and what they haven’t done. Have you been fooled?”
Talking about fascism , racism, justice or fairness is just a waste of time. Most of them don’t know what those things are, and the rest don’t care. We need to find a simple message that resonates. So why not just tell them the truth? With massive ad campaigns?
Trump cultists aside, most don’t like to be taken for suckers. Millions of Republicans know nothing about these rabble who have hijacked their party. Why not campaign on exposing these “Fake Republicans.” Ok, real ones ain’t great, but we can keep quiet about that.
