Republicans need a Democrat to serve as the boogeyman at all times, and the current lack of Democrats in actual positions of power has them once again trying to scare voters with … drum roll … the terrifying Nancy Pelosi.
“Nancy Pelosi and liberal politicians are flooding into Georgia to try and stop our Republican majority,” a national GOP television spot blares in a suburban Atlanta congressional district where 30-year-old Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly won a multiparty primary outright. [...]
In Montana, a grainy black-and-white television image of Pelosi greets voters mulling another Democratic upset bid. “Rob Quist talks folksy, but his record is more Nancy Pelosi than Montana,” a voiceover warns of the singer-turned-candidate.
Trump himself has joined in. “Ossoff is funded by Nancy Pelosi,” who wants “to land a blow against my presidency,” reads a fundraising email the president signed on Handel’s behalf.
To be sure, Pelosi is a far more effective leader than the Republicans have found for themselves in recent years. But why isn’t Chuck Schumer as scary to Republicans as Pelosi, or former President Obama, or Hillary Clinton? Gosh, so mysterious how they choose the people to use in order to scare their base into falling in line.
This is what we’re up against—millions of dollars in advertising turning a woman’s leadership into a nightmare scenario. Can you chip in $3 to Jon Ossoff or Rob Quist to help them fight back?