Washington Post: “President Biden and Democrats often engage in their own existential messaging, warning that some Republicans — who they deride as ‘extremists’ — are out of lockstep with most Americans, eager, for example, to cut programs like Medicare and Social Security…”
“But much of the rhetoric from the declared and potential Republican candidates so far is remarkable for its dystopian tone. In many high-profile moments, these Republicans portray the nation as locked in an existential battle, where the stark combat lines denote not just policy disagreements but warring camps of saviors versus villains, and where political opponents are regularly demonized.”
Said GOP pollster Frank Luntz: “Trump has turned Republican politics on its head. We were so much more positive and hopeful, and it was Republicans who looked to the future with excitement and energy, but those days are long gone.”
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