https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/07/21/republican-hate-election/
The GOP is staking its chances on the idea that Americans are more dissatisfied with the opposition party than with the one in power.
Saddled with a historically unpopular president, a fraying House majority, an unpopular and directionless war in Iran, an inflationary economic record, and a fracturing governing agenda, Republican strategists have seized the only viable strategy on offer for the 2026 midterms: Dial up the hate. “It’s going to be a hate election,” a consultant close to the Trump White House told Axios. “Voters have to hate the Dems more than they hate us. And we have material to work with.”
You can see why the leaders of the GOP’s campaign brain trust would embrace an all-demonization, all-the-time master narrative in seeking to retain the party’s imperiled majorities on Capitol Hill; it’s pretty much second nature to them. More than a century ago, Henry Adams coined the de facto slogan of the modern Republican Party when he observed that “politics is the organization of hatreds.” That apothegm became the mantra of Kevin Phillips, the architect of the infamous “Southern strategy” to weaponize white racial grievance for the 1968 Nixon campaign, and it’s secured big-ticket victories for GOP candidates ranging from Bush père and fils in 1988 and 2004 to the epochal win for the MAGA right in 2016.
That's not the issue. The issue is: Do voters love America?
ReplyDeleteDSA candidates and their mainstream Democrat enablers are increasing showing their disdain for patriotism and American values. They emphasize support for "Palestine" and repeat all the DIE lies about how terrrible America is. Meanwhile Republicans wrap themselves in the flag and shout about their love of the country. You may not like what they think the ideal America is but the message is clear - the Democrats hate America. Vote for us if you love your country.