Fearful of alienating Trump voters, Democrats shift attacks to Paul Ryan in targeted districts
by David M. Drucker | Nov 7, 2017, 12:46 PM
Senior Democratic strategists, fearful of alienating President Trump’s working-class base, are planning a midterm advertising strategy that targets House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
This emerging strategy to win back the House in 2018, boosted by Ryan's tumbling national approval ratings, is a quiet concession by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that attacking Trump could turn off white voters in targeted districts who are unhappy with Washington and open to voting for the party's candidates, but remain loyal to Trump or are not ready give up on him.
“There is no interest in isolating these voters,” said a party insider familiar with the approach of the Democrats' House campaign arm.
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