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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Mon May 13, 2019, 10:43 AM May 2019

Republicans have a fool-proof plan to win the House in 2020: Appeal to women and minorities.

https://apnews.com/5e1071583d774cf7a55f57d1eeba474a

Top Republicans are hunting district-by-district for just the right candidates — women and minorities in many cases — to help them recapture the House six months after a political tidal wave swept Democrats into control of the most diverse majority in history.

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Desirable attributes include an ability to woo moderate GOP voters who’ve turned against Trump, whose name will be atop the ballot. In some districts they want political outsiders without voting records to attack, in others it’s political veterans with a proven ability to win votes. Enticing personal stories and an aptitude for raising money also help.

“You will see a party that’s reflective of the entire nation. That would mean from gender to race to others, but it will also show that we can compete in every single district,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.


Sounds like a plan! Why wouldn't women and minorities vote republican in an election that's a referendum on Trump?


EDIT:
That's exactly what the Democrats tried in the 2014 midterms: Running FOR their party while simultaneoulsy running AWAY from their President.

And it was slaughter.
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Republicans have a fool-proof plan to win the House in 2020: Appeal to women and minorities. (Original Post) DetlefK May 2019 OP
Yeah, telling women their only worth is as brood mares Freddie May 2019 #1
Appeal to women by throwing them in prison for decades if they have an abortion Downtown Hound May 2019 #2
There is no "fool-proof plan" when Republican voters are fools. CaptainTruth May 2019 #3
Telling women and minorities that they're mere tokens meow2u3 May 2019 #4
Hahahahahahhaaaaaaa! lagomorph777 May 2019 #5
How any woman of any age or ethnicity would vote for Trump is baffling to me! Rhiannon12866 May 2019 #6

Freddie

(9,269 posts)
1. Yeah, telling women their only worth is as brood mares
Mon May 13, 2019, 11:01 AM
May 2019

Is really going to persuade them to vote R in huge numbers

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
2. Appeal to women by throwing them in prison for decades if they have an abortion
Mon May 13, 2019, 11:09 AM
May 2019

Um, good luck with that. You're going to need it.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
4. Telling women and minorities that they're mere tokens
Mon May 13, 2019, 11:59 AM
May 2019

and worthless animals is really going to get them to vote repuke in droves.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
5. Hahahahahahhaaaaaaa!
Mon May 13, 2019, 12:03 PM
May 2019

That's the most insanely hilarious thing I've heard in days.

Seriously? Fight an intense war against women and minorities for decades, then imagine you can turn around and get them to vote for you? McCarthy needs to be medicated.

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