Democrats Worry About Campaigning Against Trump in 2022 MidtermsWendell Husebø 21 Feb 2022
Some Democrats are worried about campaigning against former President Donald Trump in the November midterms without him on the ballot.
Democrats campaigned against Trump in Terry McAuliffe’s huge loss in the Virginia governor’s race. Mounting Trump as the state’s boogieman proved to be a failing tactic. Now some Democrats are considering that attempting the same strategy in the 2022 midterms will not work.
“It would be a mistake to run against Trump in the 2022 elections,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) told Axios.
With President Joe Biden’s failed policies and polling numbers dragging down the party, Democrats are struggling to find a way to galvanize voters. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) told Axios that Trump may not be the best solution.
“I wish that we could just find one face that we could point to, such as with Donald Trump… maybe a composite,” Hirono said. “I’d like us to do a much more effective job of really drawing the contrast between Republicans and Democrats.”
Sen. Ben Cardin (D), who represents Virginia’s neighbor Maryland, told Axios that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may make a good substitute for Trump but fears he is too closely aligned with Democrats. “Mitch McConnell is well known… He is, for sure, no Donald Trump, I want to make that 100% clear… but he is a figure that does represent a sharp difference from the Biden agenda.”
Democrat strategist Celinda Lake admitted to Axios that running on Biden’s track record of poor governance may be difficult. “One of the problems is our messaging has been driven by governing, not by campaigning, and we need to move into campaign mode,” she said.
“If you’re trying to win the November 2022 elections, you must draw a contrast,” she added.
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