Republicans admit the GOP’s midterm forecast is bleak. But they’re clinging to two hopes: voters’ fear and loathing of Democrats.
“It’s going to be a hate election,” a Republican tied to President Trump’s political operation told Axios. “Voters have to hate the Dems more than they hate us. And we have material to work with.”
Why it matters: There’s broad GOP frustration that Trump has made challenging midterm elections worse by not focusing heavily on pocketbook issues — especially the tax cuts Republicans won — while launching the Iran war, which raised gas prices and fueled inflation.
Trump’s prime-time speech Thursday night about China’s alleged influence campaign targeting U.S. voters six years ago did little to assuage those concerns.
“I have yet to understand how we win the midterms by talking about what happened in 2020,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told Axios.
The Republicans’ plan will probably work too. Hate is the opiate of the masses. Some say its religion, but religion is merely a syringe.
Voting for the GOP is showing support in a very meaningful way with repurcussions. You’re voting to put a party in power that has an active agenda opposed to your interests.
Your perspective is empowering a party with a transphobic agenda is better than a single trnasphobic voice that is part of a party platform that does not support their stance? One of those is a lot more likely to be able to enact harmful legislation a d you’re directly responsible for any harm that candidate will cause.
Unless you’re trans, I don’t want to hear your perspective on this. I don’t listen to entitled cis people who tell trans people how to think. We know our needs better than you do.
I helped my trans friends flee the midwest to the PNW because they weren’t safe here, so I do have stakes and I am involved in constructive actions helping the community as opposed to supporting the opposition.
Using your trans status to ignore others is almost as short sided as your single issue voting support for the GOP.
Sorry. Allies and trans allies share some commonalities, but you will never feel this in your bones. Part of being an ally is not talking over those you claim to be allies with. When a trans person speaks on a trans issue, if an ally disagrees with that, it’s best to keep your opinions to yourself.
This is one reason trans-dedicated spaces have to be very careful with how many allies they let into the space. If you’re not careful, the actual trans people will be outnumbered by the allies, and actual trans people will have their voices shouted down when the opinions of trans folks and their supposed allies disagree.
There’s a reason Native American tribes carefully control their member lists. If they’re not careful, friendly and supportive white people who have an enthusiasm for Native culture will end up taking over the place.
I’m white myself, but I do have a great affinity for the struggles of our black brothers, sisters, and siblings. I consider myself an ally to the black community. But at the same time, I would never talk over a black person if they shared a perspective on the black experience that differed from my thoughts on it. Obviously they know these subjects better than I do.
They’re the ones that decided to be trans-exclusive when their voting has harmful implications and results for both the group they’re proclaiming support for as well as many others.
If they’re voting for Nazis as part of a grand plan, they’re voting for Nazis.