GOP targets downballot Democrats who downplayed concerns over Biden’s mental fitness
By
Samantha-Jo Roth
July 1, 2024 4:58 pm
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Republicans in both chambers are targeting Democrats who have previously downplayed concerns about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office in an effort to help the GOP pick up seats this fall.
The National Republican Campaign Committee released a memo that outlined a new strategy to blast House Democrats’ “blind allegiance” to Biden as a weapon in an effort to “expand the map and grow the House majority.” The memo comes days after Biden’s widely criticized performance in the first presidential debate.
“House Democrats have stood by and enabled this crisis due to their own fecklessness and allegiance to their party over the people of this country,” said Jack Pandol, the NRCC’s communications director, in the memo.
Throughout the memo, according to Politico, Republicans point out specific lawmakers’ previous comments, calling them the equivalent of “gaslighting and misdirection.”
They specifically point to remarks from Reps. Mary Peltola (D-AK), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Susan Wild (D-PA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Pat Ryan (D-NY) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA).
Many lawmakers in tough reelection battles have sought to distance themselves from questions about Biden’s mental acuity in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Hur’s report that found charges were not “warranted” over Biden’s mishandling of classified documents but raised questions about his mental capabilities.
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