Posted on 07/12/2022 8:35:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democrats are facing their worst political environment in over a decade heading into November’s mid-term elections. Republicans lead the generic ballot and hold a solid structural advantage in competing for the House of Representatives. And despite concerns about candidate quality, the GOP is also favored to take control of the Senate.
The correlation between presidential approval and their party’s mid-term prospects also can’t be ignored. Joe Biden has hit the lowest poll numbers of his term, with a recent Times/Siena poll showing him at just 33 percent approval with only 13 percent believing the country is on the right track.
In response, Democrats have desperately tried to change the narrative by focusing on abortion and guns, but that’s gone over like a lead balloon because ultimately, those aren’t issues that affect the vast majority of Americans in their everyday lives. The economy and inflation are still at the top of any list of concerns.
In short, the fundamentals are just awful for the Democrats. That means they need to do something to influence the election that goes beyond actually enacting good policy, and if you listen closely, you’ll discern exactly what they are preparing.
Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says there's a "strong chance that we'll see a resurgence of the virus" later this year.
Biden campaigned on a promise to "shut down" the virus, but it was all a lie. pic.twitter.com/mmPIfZaht6
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 11, 2022
What evidence is there that we’ll have a massive, deadly COVID spike in the Winter? There isn’t much except the fact that we know the coronavirus is largely seasonal now. But even then, the virus is showing itself to be far less deadly than in the past due to a combination of weaker variants and widespread immunity (both natural and vaccine-induced).
Still, the administration is sounding the alarm, going so far as to extend the state of emergency again.
The United States will be extending the COVID-19 health emergency on Friday.
Friday will be 854 Days of 15 Days to Slow The Spread, but who’s counting?
— Dr. David Samadi (@drdavidsamadi) July 11, 2022
Then there’s Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been a ghost for the last few months. He popped back up on Tuesday to let Americans know that we can’t just “put the pandemic behind us.”
ANTHONY FAUCI: We can't just "put this pandemic behind us." pic.twitter.com/xqZStfenCU
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 12, 2022
If you’ve read this far, you probably see where I’m going with this. Prior to the 2020 election, Democrats used the threat of COVID as an excuse to push through election law changes in a variety of states. That included swing states like Pennsylvania. Mail-in balloting became common, with unmonitored drop boxes being placed around cities. Things like so-called “drive-thru voting” also became popularized as well as extensions that allowed ballots to be returned well after election day.
What that all added up to was a chaotic free-for-all of an election with very few guardrails, and that’s exactly what Democrats want to see again in November. You can even put aside the discussion over fraud. The fact is that Democrats benefit from ballot harvesting and mass mail-in voting. There’s a reason they wanted to federalize those practices while eliminating election security provisions like voter ID.
Republicans simply can not allow themselves to be run over by the same truck again. As the administration begins to push the COVID narrative more and more, the GOP should respond by making it clear that there will be no changes to election laws no matter what happens. Not at the federal level, and not at the state level where they have the power to dictate. In 2020, many red states lined up to do the Democrats’ bidding on this front. This time, things must be different.
100% nationwide mail-in balloting because of the virus. No exceptions!
Mail-in voting fraud is their only hope.
They know how easily they got away with it in 2020, why not again?
Who will call them on it/
THAT'S what the average and less thans come home to.
They don't actually listern or digest anything, but they hear the sound byte/bullet points.
No?
We're STILL hearing about "it's what he says", and "his attitude about women"
It’s time to ban the fully corrupt Marxist democrat party from America. No exceptions.
WE GOT HIM..WE ARE ARRESTING TRUMP.....YAYYYYYYY....
Might Joe just issue an Executive Order and bypass that pesky “legislation” stuff?
The red states won’t fall for this again. Blue states are there without covid anyway.
“Oh noes” the democrats have an October surprise.
Go watch Tyson vs Spinks in 1988.(President Trump was there BTW)
The democrats are Spinks, we are Tyson.
I particularly like the Lester Holt School of Journalism.
BOTH SIDE OF A STORY ARE NOT ONLY NOT NECESSARY, BUT ARE DANGEROUS BY GIVING SOMEONE ELSE’S “OPINION” ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
Forget that the “opinion” of the other guy might be the TRUTH.
I nearly had a spell when I heard the idiot say that.
Are the resident FR Vaxxers up to putting on another long drawn out historic hissy fit in support of their jab fix?
“Our main problem is the alphabet media, ABC, NBC, LMNOP . . etc.”
I haven’t watched the media since the first impeachment of Trump.
They have zero influence on me because I won’t watch any TV media.(I’m done with enabling urban propaganda)
Now, if the media treated the two political parties the same. If they were a neutral media.
I would tune back in, but they won’t because they’re urban democrat hacks.
I’ve got a great idea.... Let the October Surprise be your his list of accomplishments and his record. Run on results and agenda for a change.
All I remember when I think of Spinks, is Richard Pryor’s bit on him...”I ain’t got no money, I ain’t got no teethus, and I definately ain’t got no driver’s license.”
Bookmark.
I have a feeling that Europe and China will be in a recessionary panic and it’s going to overcome any new “covid-sniffles” demands the government thinks it can make. No one cares. This winter the 3rd world will wonder when its donations are coming, and they ain’t coming.
Unfortunately, almost 14 residents have tested positive in the facility I work. Nothing for over a year and now, boom.
All I remember when I think of Spinks, is Richard Pryor’s bit on him...”I ain’t got no money, I ain’t got no teethus, and I definately ain’t got no driver’s license.”
Which Spinks are we talking about?
Leon or Michael?
I’m unfamiliar with that particular Pryor routine, but I really liked Richard Pryor. He was one of the best.
Kind of like you.....the funniest guy on Free Republic.
If they haven’t wised up by now, they never will. Almost everyone I know who was “vaccinated” and boosted is now going through multiple rounds of COVID infection, while those of us who refused the phony “vaccines” have been totally fine. Those I know who are experiencing this just can’t put two and two together, though their confidence in the “vaccine” does seem to be a little shaken, even if they won’t admit it. Of course, they just spout the usual nonsense, “It would have been a lot worse if I wasn’t vaccinated”, something that is unknowable.
I’ve heard mention of the same surge of infections occurring right now in other places as well. We have a true “pandemic of the vaccinated” going on, likely because of antibody dependent enhancement.
I won’t put it past them
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