GOP taps anti-Clinton strategy to damage Elizabeth Warren early
Republicans are getting a jump on Elizabeth Warrens 2020 presidential campaign. The Massachusetts Democrat is preparing to run for re-election to the Senate in 2018 and hasnt said yet whether shell challenge President Donald Trump for the White House. But in-state and national Republican officials have decided to target the liberal icon anyway, saying they will try to inflict enough damage during the Senate race to harm any future presidential effort and perhaps dissuade her from running altogether.
Already, one national Republican group has begun a comprehensive effort to track Warrens every public appearance and add to a dossier of unflattering research on her. Other GOP officials predict that even in deep-blue Massachusetts, the senators opponents could raise gobs of money from conservatives nationwide and even benefit from the attention of Trump.
The goal is more about weakening Warren than defeating her: Republicans doubt that any of their partys likely candidates could topple her next year. But even with the next presidential election more than three years away, they say exposing her weaknesses now or making sure her race is closer than expected could do lasting damage. We learned from our experience with Secretary (Hillary) Clinton that when you start earlier, the narratives have more time to sink in and resonate with the electorate, said Colin Reed, executive director at the Republican outside group America Rising.
Reeds group launched an effort in April to catalog and promote Warrens mistakes, announcing that it would try to defeat the senator during next years race while also trying to continue developing the long-term research and communications angles to damage her 2020 prospects.
Republicans say thats only the beginning.
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Freethinker65
(10,009 posts)Problem is, they do not have twenty years to do it. But if they can make Russia hating/fearing followers love Russia in less than six months, anything is possible.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)If we can't punish people for lying, then pretty soon (if not already) we'll never know when we're being lied to.
The bad guys can try meme after meme just to see what has legs.
There's no danger in it for them. We refuse to take any action.
If they lie us into war, into a crashed economy, into becoming a banana republic, there will be those (LOTS of them! Yes, right here) who will say "Well, fair play. They lied and they lied well. God bless America."
Liars will always win if we let them.
If anyone smugly mentions the 1st Amendment without taking this dynamic into account, then this is THEIR FAULT.