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Attacking Trump is now a losing strategy in BOTH parties
Fox News ^ | 13 June 2018 | Douglas E. Schoen

Posted on 06/13/2018 10:03:45 AM PDT by Magnatron

Tuesday’s primaries in Virginia, North Dakota, Nevada, South Carolina, and Maine indicated that in many congressional races, vehemently attacking President Trump will not be a winning strategy for either Democrats or Republicans in the Nov. 6 general election.

As we’ve seen in earlier primaries this year, it was clear Tuesday that while strongly resisting President Trump is certainly damaging to Democrats, doing so is nothing short of catastrophic for Republicans. GOP voters in several races showed once again that they are rejecting lawmakers who decisively break with the president.

Instead of building their campaigns on being anti-Trump, candidates in both parties would be wise to develop compelling moderate policy alternatives and a unifying message that can appeal to centrist and independent voters.

The most prominent Trump critic to go down to defeat in the Tuesday primaries was Republican Rep. Mark Sanford in South Carolina’s 1st District. Sanford lost his GOP primary for another term in the House to state Rep. Katie Arrington, a strong supporter and defender of the president.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; 2020election; dougschoen; nevertrumpers; trashtrump
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GOP take notice! If you're not supporting Trump, we DON'T WANT YOU!
1 posted on 06/13/2018 10:03:45 AM PDT by Magnatron
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Mark Sanford is a dead duck.

I heard that, while a lame duck is someone who was defeated for re-election, a dead duck is one who is defeated in the primary election.


2 posted on 06/13/2018 10:05:39 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Magnatron

Either get on the Trump Train or get ran over.


3 posted on 06/13/2018 10:06:25 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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GOP take notice! If you're not supporting Trump, we DON'T WANT YOU!

Amen!

4 posted on 06/13/2018 10:06:51 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Magnatron

Some politicians listen to other politicians and some listen to the people they serve.


5 posted on 06/13/2018 10:07:39 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Magnatron

Predictable. It had nowhere else to go


6 posted on 06/13/2018 10:08:42 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: Magnatron

Now we need more clarification of who Trump Republicans are and who are not. Either the latter get on board or get replaced. We need to end the ‘Vote Republican first, Trump supporter second or real Republican or whatever.


7 posted on 06/13/2018 10:08:49 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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8 posted on 06/13/2018 10:10:38 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Magnatron

Lou Dobbs has been saying the same thing for quite a while. He said yesterday that Trump is definitely now the leader of the GOP.


9 posted on 06/13/2018 10:11:20 AM PDT by Signalman
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President Trump needs reinforcements.
Most of the elected GOP are still Bush League Republicans hell bent on turning the USA into North Mexico.

Especially the Senate.

Flake, Corker, Hatch, Heller, Alexander, Graham, McCain, Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio, Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Gardner, Cornyn, Hyde-Smith, Collins, Sasse, Kennedy, Shelby, Ernst, Blunt, McConnell, Wicker, Portman, Isakson, Johnson, Toomey, Rounds, Thune, Gaines, Barasso and Enzi are all Bush League Republicans hell bent on making America into North Mexico.


10 posted on 06/13/2018 10:11:24 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Sanford gets kicked off the Trump train!

Buh bye!

11 posted on 06/13/2018 10:11:51 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)
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To: Magnatron

This was inordinately obvious well over a year ago.

Lets hope the leftists, their yellow bile celebrities, corrupt politicians and black masked street supporters keep up the good work.


12 posted on 06/13/2018 10:12:20 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DouglasKC

I just had a house full of married milenials here for the weekend and they all mentioned. That it is hard to ignore all the good things Trumpi isaccomplishing. They said their peers are coming around and Trump isn’t taboo anymore.


13 posted on 06/13/2018 10:12:37 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Magnatron

Tell McCain.


14 posted on 06/13/2018 10:13:47 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: DJ MacWoW

How true is that !!!!


15 posted on 06/13/2018 10:13:58 AM PDT by bantam
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To: Magnatron

This is GREAT!!!!

More people will run against RINO’s boldly supporting Trump.

We just have to watch out for TSINO’s now

(Trump Supporters in name only)


16 posted on 06/13/2018 10:14:36 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Just Democrats? Kim is more willing than some Republicans!


17 posted on 06/13/2018 10:16:35 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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I found the meme, I didn't make it.

The point is to donate to support FR.

18 posted on 06/13/2018 10:18:26 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Architect of Avalon

He’ll be dead soon (if they weren’t lying to us).


19 posted on 06/13/2018 10:20:52 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Reno89519

What Trump said in the campaign is the future. He said then he would be a unifier. It will happen.


20 posted on 06/13/2018 10:22:23 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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