Another successful Republican strategy is defining Democrats before Democrats define themselves. Republicans anticipate what Democrats will promote. They develop unified messaging to smear Democrats and promote it in a unified way across all of their platforms. 97+% of the BLM protests were peaceful. But Dems are branded for wanting to "…
Another successful Republican strategy is defining Democrats before Democrats define themselves. Republicans anticipate what Democrats will promote. They develop unified messaging to smear Democrats and promote it in a unified way across all of their platforms. 97+% of the BLM protests were peaceful. But Dems are branded for wanting to "defund the police" and for causing riots in the streets because of a few inevitable exceptions. Democrats are associated with Antifa. Republican "patriots" opposed Democratic "lawlessness" even as we try to weaken the influence of a former president who is in Putin's pocket. Democrats are believed to have cheated at the ballot box when that's a Republican excuse for doing exactly that. "Liberal" is now a tainted word. How did we let that happen?
When we elect a national trifecta and gain the bully pulpit, that pulpit is not just a president speaking at a podium. It's using the power of an elected government to get the message out.
Excellent points. I've read that the Republicans, a top-down organization if there ever was one, send out daily talking points. And they all recite them throughout the daily news cycle. And certainly Fox News receives them, too.
We blame the immovable Republican base. The base only exists because of the GOP messaging juggernaut. Fox News, OAN, AM talk radio, etc. have even replaced the pulpit in the Evangelical community.
Another successful Republican strategy is defining Democrats before Democrats define themselves. Republicans anticipate what Democrats will promote. They develop unified messaging to smear Democrats and promote it in a unified way across all of their platforms. 97+% of the BLM protests were peaceful. But Dems are branded for wanting to "defund the police" and for causing riots in the streets because of a few inevitable exceptions. Democrats are associated with Antifa. Republican "patriots" opposed Democratic "lawlessness" even as we try to weaken the influence of a former president who is in Putin's pocket. Democrats are believed to have cheated at the ballot box when that's a Republican excuse for doing exactly that. "Liberal" is now a tainted word. How did we let that happen?
When we elect a national trifecta and gain the bully pulpit, that pulpit is not just a president speaking at a podium. It's using the power of an elected government to get the message out.
Excellent points. I've read that the Republicans, a top-down organization if there ever was one, send out daily talking points. And they all recite them throughout the daily news cycle. And certainly Fox News receives them, too.
We blame the immovable Republican base. The base only exists because of the GOP messaging juggernaut. Fox News, OAN, AM talk radio, etc. have even replaced the pulpit in the Evangelical community.