Republicans are using a narrative of chaos and ā€˜philosophical divisions on Israelā€™ among Democrats to sink Bidenā€™s campaign

Republicans have identified recent college protests against Israelā€™s war in Gaza as the core of an election campaign narrative of chaos that they hope can be used to sink Joe Bidenā€™s presidency.

The approach was bluntly crystallised by Tom Cotton, the Republican senator Arkansas, in a recent television interview when he mocked the encampments that have sprung up in recent weeks as ā€œlittle Gazasā€ and lambasted the president for a perceived failure to unequivocally denounce instances of antisemitism.

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    6 months ago

    Are we at the point where Democrats start blaming progressives for Biden losing? Remember, this time weā€™re calling them commies, not Bernie Bros.

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      Are we at the point where Democrats start blaming progressives for Biden losing

      That would be every point since the party went all in on neoliberalism in 1992. The leadership and its lickspittles are still convinced that the policy stances, strategies and tactics that worked back then (including acting like the increasingly rare ā€œindependent centristā€ is 100% of persuadable voters) are perfect, so everyone who disagrees in either direction must be wrong with malicious intent.

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        This is exactly rightā€¦ They keep chasing an ever shrinking ā€œcenterā€, moving further and further to the right to try and scrape a few soft Rs over to their side, while ignoring basically the majority of the next 2 generations (progressives)ā€¦ Or worse, spitting in our faces and telling us to shut up and take it. If theyā€™d just embrace progressives theyā€™d still get all those centrist liberal votes (those are the people telling us to vote blue no matter who after all) AND theyā€™d get most of the next generationsā€¦ The Republican party would be gone in 3 generationsā€¦ But of course theyā€™d have to give up their cushy retirement gigs giving speeches to their corporate sugar daddies