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Democrats’ 2022 Midterm Playbook: Falsehoods and Fear
Wall Street Journal Opinion Page ^ | May 9, 2022 | Gerard Baker

Posted on 05/11/2022 9:06:17 AM PDT by Wuli

The modern left’s rules for radicals were followed to the letter in the wake of George Floyd’s murder two years ago: Seize on an event that attracts national attention to promote their extreme ideological objective; knowingly misrepresent what that event means with the eager help of friendly media to maximize public fear; mobilize a mob to intimidate those who might stand in their way; compel the obeisance of a craven crowd of corporate chiefs, technology leaders and other influential figures; and have it all justified and promoted by Democratic officeholders and candidates.

In 2020 the campaign created enough of a climate of fragile uncertainty that many voters were persuaded to validate it to avoid further turmoil.

We don’t know if it will be as successful this time, but we should be under no illusions about what they’re up to. [snip]The leak last week of a draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and the response to it by the left, represents another attempt to [snip] [at] moving the country more rapidly toward their favored ideological destination.

The Black Lives Matter campaign two years ago ranks as one of the most effective demonstrations of extraconstitutional political activism in at least half a century. The far left, representative of only a tiny strand of opinion in the U.S., succeeded in orchestrating a campaign of disinformation, intimidation, moral blackmail and outright violence to create a political climate favorable to its interest. Seizing on the murder of a black man by a police officer to create a narrative that [snip] it managed to turn the blame onto the incumbent Republican president and his party and helped elect a president and Congress that have been eager advocates for their wider cause.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; anwr; bidenflation; democrats; election2022; election2024; keystonexl; leftistitimidation; november2022; opec
Baker is simply warning that the Left is likely to repeat their 2020 playbook and will use the Supreme Court decision to expand their actions from small protests to massive Washtington D.C. protests and riots around the country, with a Biden White House cheering them on to push the blame on Republicans. Baker is not saying he thinks it will work this time, only suggesting it is what the Left will do.
1 posted on 05/11/2022 9:06:17 AM PDT by Wuli
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Democrats’ 2021 2020 2018 2016 … 1832 1830 1828 2022 Midterm Playbook: Falsehoods and Fear
2 posted on 05/11/2022 9:15:28 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: dsrtsage

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3 posted on 05/11/2022 9:17:42 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Wuli
"...in the wake of George Floyd’s murder death two years ago..."
4 posted on 05/11/2022 9:21:33 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Wuli

full article

https://archive.ph/u9DuJ


5 posted on 05/11/2022 9:26:53 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Wuli

It works, so they’ll do it until they’re stopped.


6 posted on 05/11/2022 9:45:25 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Wuli

Dems 2022 playbook:
2000 mules on steroids!


7 posted on 05/11/2022 9:47:22 AM PDT by ga1948
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To: catnipman

my link should have provided full access

did it not?


8 posted on 05/11/2022 10:07:02 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

ONLY took to word #18 to tell a lie.

FLOYD was NOT murdered-—

He killed himself with FENTANYL.


9 posted on 05/11/2022 10:21:00 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Wuli

nope ...paywall ...


10 posted on 05/11/2022 11:28:55 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Wuli

So what else is new????.......


11 posted on 05/11/2022 11:54:20 AM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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