The Republicans have been demonizing Nancy Pelosi for more than a decade. They ran ads about “San Francisco values,” which in the past was partly a dog whistle pushing homophobia, among other things. Rs tried to tie candidates to Pelosi, and some ran from her. But it has not been working as well lately, as Dem won 40 House seats more than Rs last year.
And Pelosi had one key detriment. Yes, she was a woman, and Rs hate woman “who don’t know their place.” But she was not a person of color. Now they have new demons! Right in their wheel house, Women of color, and two of them Muslim.
Why, it’s a bigoted old white man’s dream! (not all white men, just bigoted losers who watch FoxNews and vote for Rs). No doubt, these assholes secretly lust after these women while condemning them. Not even in their dreams. They are way too good for FoxNews watching scum.
Politico, which is a right wing place anyway, reports on the new demonization project:
The Republican Party has a new trio of Democratic villains: Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The House GOP midterm strategy largely centered on trying to tie every Democrat to now-Speaker Nancy Pelosi — and it failed spectacularly. So now GOP leaders and the National Republican Congressional Committee are turning to the superstars of the House Democrats’ freshman class as their newest targets.
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The NRCC has sent out thousands of emails trying to tie vulnerable Democrats to Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Omar. And the committee's website makes it appear as if these backbench members are running the House. While the NRCC still regularly bashes Pelosi, GOP lawmakers and aides privately acknowledge that Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Omar are their main focus now.
The GOP strategy risks a backlash — a party that has problems with women and minorities continues to focus its attacks on women of color — even as the freshman Democrats say they're not surprised by it.
Tlaib told POLITICO she’s become a lightning rod for conservatives because her profile isn't one that has historically been seen in the halls of Congress.
“I think the fact that somebody like myself, who’s a woman of color, is now an equal to many of them — people are very fearful of that," Tlaib said.
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"It speaks to a fear-based strategy that they utilize in order to kind of create political support, instead of actually painting a positive vision," Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview.
As President Obama once said in a presidential debate, please proceed.
These strong Democratic women of color will kick the Republicans’ asses, as they have been doing.