Posted on 07/15/2018 6:20:24 PM PDT by Libloather
Anthea Butler Democrats will lose in 2018 if they don't shut up about civility and shout about our democracy dying
Rejoice, Republicans, you will have another majority on your hands, because Democratic messaging for the 2018 election cycle is nonexistent.
Harsh? Not even. The unimaginative leaders of the Democratic Party — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez — have been playing nice and talking about the virtues of "civility," while the Republican Party has been accusing Democrats of backing Communism and supporting the violent street gang MS-13. (Trump has additionally called a sitting Democratic congresswoman “an extraordinarily low IQ person” and Senator Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas," among other gems that "Cryin' Chuck Schumer" might recall.)
Examples of the Democratic party eating its own, especially their women, are plentiful. Nancy Pelosi tweeted about “striving to make American Beautiful again” when Maxine Waters called for her supporters to confront Trump admiration officials to express their political opposition; Chuck Schumer criticized Waters as well. When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a stunning victory against longtime Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., Pelosi was dismissive. “They made a choice in one district. So let’s not get yourself carried away as an expert in demographics and all of that.”
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THIS is “playing nice”?!? LOL
Recently, I heard that the founder of “WalkAway” had inquired about purchasing some office equipment. When the store owner learned that he was who he was, he refused to sell him anything because “... he would not do business with members of the Alt.Right.” Leftists would rather chop off their own leg rather than even begin to face reality. These are truly dangerous people, to us and to themselves.
Unfortunately a huge percentage of voters have no clue whatsoever as to the proper meaning of democracy or republic. Many think they are just two words meaning exactly the same.
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