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.
If we can’t tell that story convincingly in one Power Point presentation, maybe we don’t deserve to govern.
If we started explaining WHY they are “#FakeRepublicans.” and drive narratives about them, the Jordans, Cruzes and Gaetzs would be forced to demonstrate how “real” they are. But with what? They are all do-nothings with zero achievements Their voters don’t know this.
Calling them “traitors, insurrectionists, fascists, or assholes get Liberals all wet and hard, but it means nothing to their constituents. Trump fetishize the word “fake” for good reason. People hate thinking they’re being duped. Especially when they’re being duped.
Narration: “The Republican party once stood for something. It had beliefs and ideals and they fought for them. But then a few billionaires started funding campaigns of a new generation of #FakeRepublicans who used the party’s name while sharing none of its values…”
etc. etc.
The scripts are EASY TO WRITE because they are ALL TRUE and EASY TO ILLUSTRATE with statements and videos by each of these odious #FakeRepublicans. By next year, #FakeRepublicans could be mentioned everywhere, all the time. They’d have to explain the label.
The scripts are EASY TO WRITE because they are ALL TRUE and EASY TO ILLUSTRATE with statements and videos by each of these odious #FakeRepublicans. By next year, #FakeRepublicans could be mentioned everywhere, all the time. They’d have to explain the label.
Simplistic, you think? That’s exactly why it could work. For once, we can do what they do; tell a simple, easy to understand story and repeat it so often that the media will always choose to amplify it. Imagine having to start every rally with “I am not a fake.”
OK, that’s my idea. You all can go back to screaming “STOP THIS FASCIST FUCKERY” and pretend that anyone will care. Spoiler: they won’t.
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