Republicans deem themselves a pestilence
“It is incumbent upon Democrats, it is 101 Politics, keep shining a spotlight on the insanity on the right,” former Republican strategist Rick Wilson told the Lincoln Project podcast last week (Politics 101: What Democrats Must Do to Win in 2022).
The Republican Party is so overtaken with “MAGA insane people” that Minnesota Republicans had to issue a special policy for attendees to its recent state convention. Democrats, this is where you should focus some messaging, Wilson said. “It’s not that hard.”
“But when you have to say to people, you can’t bring acid, water balloons, air guns, guns, BB guns, water guns/cannons, squirt bottles, wrist rockets/slingshots, rocks, explosives/bombs, missiles, cannons, flamethrowers, torches, potato guns, dry ice bombs, stick bombs, fireworks, fire extinguishers, cowbells, air horns, fire alarms, personal PA systems, large signs, non-approved banners, drones, blimps/derrigibles, hot air balloons, radio-controlled aircraft, radio jamming devices, air tanks, strobe lights, lasers, high-powered flashlights, beach balls, tennis rackets, ball bearings, BBs, large knives (over 2”), hordes of insects, animals (other than service animals), spray paint, zip ties, excessive tools, irritant sprays, or anything else that might harm individuals or disrupt the convention’s proceedings…. Folks, that’s where you should shine the light.”
A-n-d there was chaos.
Like Wilson said, shining a spotlight on the MAGA insane people is not that hard.
The Democratic Party should be figuring out how to get 100 more voters registering 1,000 voters per week each in the Atlanta suburbs, says Wilson. Or in Brown County, Wisconsin or Oakland County in Michigan. They ought to thinking about the fundamental blocking and tackling of campaigning, doing the voter registration and organizing. But Democrats would rather focus on kitchen-table issues.
The footer links below are the sort of blocking and tackling Wilson is talking about: 1) get-out-the-vote mechanics and logistics at the county level, and 2) an unnoticed voter registration tactic state parties might deploy if they could think outside the box (says voice crying in the wilderness).
(h/t SS)
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