That saying is overused and easily excused as nonsense by the lamestream media. What may be more effective would be an honest tag to hang on the Democrats. The GOP leadership should point out that this is the most blatant example of Cloward-Piven tactic the left has foisted on the country.
If a lie told a thousand times becomes truth, how much more damaging is the truth told a thousand times? Make the Democrats own the destruction they have caused. Re-educate the people remaining under the spell of malasie.