Stop Blaming Trump and Focus on Republicans

BySteve Singer (Personal Opinion)

When ICE killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, Democrats blamed President Trump and his team. Too many Republicans said little, and once again, Democrats let them off the hook. It’s time to try something different.

We must adopt some of the messaging techniques Republicans have long used so successfully against Democrats. The most important are making all Republicans own everything their leader does, and explicitly and concisely linking each outrage to a single, consistent frame of reference, such as “corruption, chaos and cruelty.”

These two things seem quite simple, but they take great energy and discipline to implement effectively.

Read the full article here: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5732186-hold-republicans-accountable-trump/

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