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| GOP seeks unity, even if that means embracing election lie |
| 2021-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a new buzzword among Republicans in Washington: unity. The House GOP, led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, is moving toward stripping Rep. Liz Cheney of her leadership post for her frequent criticism of former President Donald Trump. The unusual step, they say, is necessary to unify a party whose base still reveres the former president four months after he incited a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. "We all need to be working as one if we’re able to win the majority," McCarthy said this week. With Republicans close to reclaiming control of the House next year, the treatment of Cheney suggests GOP leaders will do almost anything to rally the party’s base, even if that means sweeping the events of Jan. 6 under the rug and embracing — or refusing to confront — Trump’s ongoing lie that he won the 2020 election, a campaign that he actually lost by a wide margin. Those backing Cheney’s ouster argue she has become a distraction by continuing to criticize Trump, who remains the dominating force in the party. They want to move forward, they say, and focus on policy ideas and providing a clear contrast with Democrats. But critics see the fight as a larger distraction. "My unsolicited advice would be: Talk about the future and what you offer to Americans," said Alyssa Farah, the former Trump White House communications director. "I do worry that this is sort of showing that we’re going to continue more the politics of personality as opposed to the politics of policy and deliverables to the American public." Bye Alyssa While a message about being "sufficiently pro-Trump" may work in certain districts, she noted Republicans’ focus on election interference depressed GOP turnout in Georgia, where the party lost two runoff elections in January that gave Democrats control of the Senate. And she warned that aligning the party with lies about voter fraud could turn off suburban voters and older voters in key swing districts. "Those are the ones where you have to win over moderates and independents, and that message does not resonate with them, fundamentally," she said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Let's see what the Arizona audit shows before we do anything else. I suspect it will be most enlightening. |
| Posted by: Tom 2021-05-07 13:27 |
| #3 Unity means being a RINO? That was the pre-Gingrich default stance |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-05-07 10:39 |
| #2 What's the point if it's unity in letting the Democrats, BLM and ANTIFA do whatever they want? |
| Posted by: Grailet Speang1824 2021-05-07 10:16 |
| #1 Trump’s There FIFY |
| Posted by: Warthog 2021-05-07 09:46 |