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GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« on: August 17, 2017, 01:44:44 pm »
GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
By Ben Kamisar - 08/17/17 06:00 AM EDT

Republicans worry that their candidates could pay in the 2018 midterms for the continued controversy over President Trump’s remarks on the fatal violence in Charlottesville, Va.

Trump’s equivocation on how much blame should be put on white supremacist groups for the violence sets up a challenge that’s difficult for Republican candidates to avoid — and one that Democrats are eager to bring up.

Republican campaign chiefs raced to distance themselves from Trump’s decision not to single out white supremacists for condemnation, acutely aware of the potential damage the comments could have on the party's 2018 prospects. 

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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2017, 01:49:56 pm »
Democrats should be fearing damage to their brand from both Antifa and the KKK.  That is if Republicans had any balls.  Trump has the balls, but he isn't capable of putting up a good argument against them.
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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2017, 02:18:54 pm »
Someone ought to break it to the GOP that their brand was irreparably damaged when it became clear they lied for seven years about repealing Obamacare.  That ship has already sailed.
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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2017, 02:23:49 pm »
Quote from: CatherineofAragon on August 17, 2017, 02:18:54 pm
Someone ought to break it to the GOP that their brand was irreparably damaged when it became clear they lied for seven years about repealing Obamacare.  That ship has already sailed.

Slapping a big TRUMP tramp stamp across its lower back only made it final.
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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2017, 02:26:01 pm »
Quote from: CatherineofAragon on August 17, 2017, 02:18:54 pm
Someone ought to break it to the GOP that their brand was irreparably damaged when it became clear they lied for seven years about repealing Obamacare.  That ship has already sailed.

^^^^^  THIS.

That and they are always more worried about what Democrats say about them than pissing off the Conservatives that used to make up their base.
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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2017, 02:26:44 pm »
What a tangled web they weave when first they practice to stick their thumbs in their butts.

Has it occurred to anyone to pick up where Trump left off in explaining a position of opposing all violent extremes?
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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2017, 02:27:52 pm »
Quote from: INVAR on August 17, 2017, 02:26:01 pm
That and they are always more worried about what Democrats say about them than pissing off the Conservatives that used to make up their base.

^^^^^  and THIS too.
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Re: GOP fears damage to brand from Charlottesville
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2017, 02:29:36 pm »
And this is what the GOP is reduced to. They are more scared of screeching banshees than the people who elected them. And they're only scared because they don't want to lose their perks.
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