Posted on 07/29/2018 12:20:35 PM PDT by Kaslin
We’re more than halfway through the summer and with the midterm elections drawing closer, the liberal media have been desperate to continue the Democratic Party’s “blue wave” narrative despite a booming economy and improving poll numbers. And during Sunday’s This Week on ABC, host Martha Raddatz wondered how the Democrats planned to “counter” the voters who approved of the conservative things President Trump had done for the country.
Before Raddatz’s asked her ridiculous question, Washington Post national correspondent Mary Jordan spoke about how many voters had a dual attitude when it came to President Trump. “[T]hey like Trump, but as they say, he may not be a good man but he's a good president,” she explained.
According to Jordan, many voters had a “discomfort” about Trump when it came to all the controversies surrounding him and his style rubbed them the wrong way, “but they will vote for him; they're saying as of today because of conservative judges, tax cuts, lower regulation and that to them is what he's doing is why they're still on his side.”
After hearing that, Raddatz seemed befuddled and turned to New York Times editorial writer Mara Gay to help understand the situation. “Then how do you counter that,” Raddatz wondered. “And I've seen that on the road. Mary and I have talked about this too. I've seen that on the road as well. ‘I don't care about Russia, I don't care about the tweets.’ He's a means to an end.”
ABC’s Raddatz: How Do Dems ‘Counter’ Voters Who Like Trump Policies?
Gay’s solution was for Democrats to double down on their socialist pipedream that bankrupts counties and bankrupts the future for generations. Her poster child for the push was New York Democratic candidate and staunch socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“Well, the big unknown, I think, is whether the Democratic and liberal energy in the country right now will actually translate into electoral victories,” Gay opined as she boasted about people getting more political. “Our primary contest in New York with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that really suggests a level of participation in races where many voters didn’t participate before.”
Raddatz seemed unsure about elevating Ocasio-Cortez and asked if she and other candidates like her were “taking the party too far to the left”. But Gay insisted that her politics were the future for the Democratic Party:
But I actually think that Democrats have an opportunity to define themselves. And frankly, the Republican Party has gone so far to the right that some of the things that candidates like Ocasio-Cortez are calling for, better paid leave policies, these are not necessarily radical things. They may work just as well in Alabama.
“I think Democrats really should consider doubling down on their base,” Gay added.
ABC Political Director Rick Klein then chimed in to tout how Ocasio-Cortez represented something larger than just the coming “progressive wave”. She also represented a wave of women opposed to Trump. “There's a pink wave, records number of female candidates (…) and a lot of that I think gets to this engagement of women in this election where President Trump is just such a polarizing and energizing force,” he hyped.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC
This Week
July 29, 2018
9:44:08 AM Eastern
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MARY JORDAN: The environment is just making people register to vote, give money to vote, getting other people out. And that's in big contrast to the women who say they're going to vote for Trump, they like Trump, but as they say, he may not be a good man but he's a good president. By that when you talk to them they say they don't like his style, they don't like Stormy Daniels. They don't like how he tweets and they don't even like -- what's this thing with Putin they were saying. There's this discomfort, but they will vote for him they're saying as of today because of conservative judges, tax cuts, lower regulation and that to them is what he's doing is why they're still on his side.
MARTHA RADDATZ: Then how do you counter that? And I've seen that on the road. Mary and I have talked about this too. I've seen that on the road as well. “I don't care about Russia, I don't care about the tweets.” He's a means to an end.
MARA GAY: Well, the big unknown I think is whether the Democratic and liberal energy in the country right now will actually translate into electoral victories. And we are seeing people more engaged in their communities, at PTA meetings, even I would say at primary contests. Our primary contest in New York with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that really suggests a level of participation in races where many voters didn’t participate before. And so, that carries over, if you have voters who vote who don't generally vote in primary elections but do show up for presidential elections, will we see them vote in the mid-terms?
RADDATZ: But her race and you saw me try to get to that with Congressman Lujan about is she, and others like her, taking the party too far to the left?
GAY: I think that it's definitely true that you have to know your district. So every district is different across the country. I mean, what plays in New York may not play in Alabama. But I actually think that Democrats have an opportunity to define themselves. And frankly, the Republican Party has gone so far to the right that some of the things that candidates like Ocasio-Cortez are calling for, better paid leave policies, these are not necessarily radical things. They may work just as well in Alabama. What we saw with Doug Jones, who won that victory, it was black women. I think Democrats really should consider doubling down on their base.
RICK KLEIN: It's not just Ocasio-Cortez. The broader context for what she's part of is not just a Progressive wave. There's a pink wave, records number of female candidates and some of them are medical professionals, former fighter pilots, intelligence officers, incredible life stories that they're bringing and a lot of that I think gets to this engagement of women in this election where President Trump is just such a polarizing and energizing force.
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Bring in more illegals and tell them they’re citizens when they vote.
She’s weird
Weird looking
Weird voice
Like she’s got some sort of neurological disorder (other than brain-damaged)
Martha and gang are staying on script. The S-word is never mentioned.
Ocasio is progressive and the dem establishment is moderate.
Tell me Martha, how is a progressive taking the party too far to the left?
Martha, Mary, Mara.....the chickification of the media.
“......and #walkaway is real”.
Yes, it is very real. People are walking away from the Plantation of despair and dependence in greater numbers than we realize.
“””””””””Count me in that group. I don’t like Trump on a personal level, but I like what he’s doing more than any President since Reagan.””””””””””””””
I think he is just fine on a personal level. He has some super human ability to take on anything and win. He did it in the real estate world bigly. Number one tv show for quite awhile. took on the political establishment and won. Takes on countries around the world and fears nobody.
I’m sure he does things on a personal level much different than I do.
Well Martha, first you cry like you did on Election Night.
Well, that won’t “counter” anything, but it is fun to watch.
They counter it by promising free everything to everyone.
The fear is setting in. Soon will be the desperation, then when they miss their goal of a house take over, there will be more anger and more “street rage”.
Other than loving POTUS I would like to never see her sour and ugly face in front of me.
I don’t care for some things about Trump, either. But that doesn’t interfere with my 100% support and love for the man for what he is doing to save our great country.
I cannot dislike a man who could be sitting on a beach or a yacht somewhere enjoying the good life, but is instead working his ass off to drag the nation along behind him when he is headed in the right direction, away from a Leftist hell hole.
Some of the things that make him not so pretty, are the very same things that give him immunity to the attacks from the press/Leftists.
Some folks still imagine a perfect man, to save us. Perhaps Ben Carlson was that perfect man. Would he have been able to weather the press and the attacks from the Left.
We have an ornery old cuss at the helm. That is who God provided for us.
I’m not looking for pretty. I’m looking for rescue.
Thank God we have Trump, warts and all, the only man who could realistically pull off what he is trying to.
I don’t just like the man, I live him for what he is doing on behalf of me, my family, and the nation I love.
I could never say I don’t like him. NEVER!
let them counter all they want.
They could raise our taxes.
No wait!
They could raise our taxes to 50%!
That would be awesome.
Voters electing people on the basis of sound policy?
It’s un-democratic!
/s
I think so too.
and it will be a pleasure to watch again when President Trump wins his reelection in 2020
Is this the same Martha Raddatz who was an unbiased moderator during the debates?
Love it!
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