The Washington Post op-ed I'm quoting from is now a few days old, but I think the advice will be applicable for many weeks and months to come in the next year. Especially now that Malevolent Mitch McConnell is the main stumbling blockhead in the way of more economic relief during the GOP-created COVID-19 crisis.
How Democrats should wage war on coming GOP obstructionism
Heed the excerpt (the column is by Greg Sargent). I added the underlining.
"The public needs to understand that at this moment of extraordinary crisis — when so much damage has already been done by President Trump — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republicans are preparing to sabotage the country in order to gain political advantage from the destruction they cause."We all know that Republicans are indeed hypocrites when it comes to debt and deficits. They eagerly run them up in order to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations, or to goose the economy when a Republican is in the White House, then turn around and pretend to care deeply about debt when a Democrat takes office."
So what should Democrats say instead? They need to make clear that Republicans want Biden’s presidency to fail, and to make it happen they’re attacking the American economy. They want to take food off families’ tables, force cutbacks in state and local services, make it harder for businesses to open safely, and create a vicious cycle of austerity from Washington and anemic recovery in the rest of the country, in the hope that Americans will blame Biden for all of it."
Be prepared to be on the offensive. We need to keep pushing on Mitch, daily, to get out of the way.
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