Hey Republicans, is your failure to publicly condemn Trump due to support for his depravity or a lack of judgment that he’s corrupt?
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After 4 years of the orange menace, no one with the Republican label should be elected for anything - from dog catcher to state legislator.
Thinking about today’s R bench players as tomorrow’s starting lineup, right now Democrats have an opportunity to hamstring a great many of them...
Notwithstanding the rabid Teahadists, many lower tier Republicans (particularly in purple areas) are hoping their silence won’t tag them as complicit in this shit show. Smart R candidates are staying focused on local issues, keeping party ID to a minimum, and generally hoping to get to Election Day without Trump shooting someone on 5th Avenue.
Smart D’s should not give them that option. The moral and legal turpitude of Individual 1 is THE overarching issue of our day. Democrats would be remiss if they missed the broad opportunity at hand. Rachel Bitecofer has been stressing the advantage for Dem candidates if they nationalize the message:
Also see this thread:
All Republicans all should be tagged and shamed… with immediate benefits for the Dem doing the tagging.
Failure to rebuke Trump is demonstrably a failure of leadership. No Republican should be able to avoid this test: Is your failure to publicly condemn Trump due to support for his depravity or a lack of judgment that he’s corrupt?
It must be made clear that Republican Candidate X is complicit in his/her silence. This should help Dem candidates directly if their opponent is seeking to put on a moderate mask. And as these R’s inevitably seek to avoid the issue, it will put them on record as being silently complicit.
Equally important, in 2, 4, or 6 years from now, no Republican candidate should be able to dodge where they stand today. Of course, way too many of them are thrilled to express their rabid support of this sociopath, so for those clowns, everything is already baked. But there have to be many others trying to sneak under the radar... wishfully avoiding the rancid elephant in the room. Their Democrats opponents should strive to get them all on the record. It’s important for both the election at hand and for the future.
Republican office holders and office seekers at all levels must be saddled with the Trump stench. Every. Last. One.
