Posted on 07/29/2018 8:49:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
The chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee said on Sunday that he’s confident that the GOP will hold its majority in the House, adding that “things are moving our way.”
“Our message is working and our policies are working. The economy is growing at a faster rate than it’s grown in years and years and we’re keeping people safe at home and abroad. Contrast that with the Democrat message,” Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio) said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“They want to take away your safety by getting rid of Customs and Border Enforcement, they want to cut the military, they’re going to raise your taxes and slow down the economy. I think we have a pretty clear message and frankly, you know, it’s a vote between [Rep.] Nancy Pelosi [D-Calif.] as Speaker or a Republican that’ll keep the economy growing and keep us safe at home and abroad."
Stivers also pointed to the most recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll that showed Republicans closing the gap on the generic House ballot by 1 percentage point.
“Things are moving our way,” he said.
Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said, however, that Stivers is “one of the only people in America that believes Republicans will hold onto the House” in the midterms.
“I’m confident that Democrats and will win back the House. We have extraordinary candidates with records of service, veterans, women, small business owners that do incredible work all across America,” he told ABC’s Martha Raddatz.
“And we are connecting with a very personal message. Putting people first. Democrats have always been for the people. And the more that we can drive an agenda that helps to lower the costs of health care and prescription drugs for the American people and increase wages, the stronger we will be and the stronger we will do,” he said.
“This is very personal as we talk about how we stand up for the people, put people first and have a strong agenda that is built around for the people,” he added.
Stivers responded that Democrats want to “put people in line” instead of “putting people first.”
“They’re going to put people back in the unemployment line with their terrible economic policies, they’re going to put people in line for health care with their government takeover of health care, and we all saw with the V.A. scandal under President Obama that some of those veterans died waiting in line,” he said.
“That is not the answer for health care, a government takeover of health care, a single-payer system is not the answer, it will put people in line, it won’t put people first.”
Democrats currently lead Republicans by 7.3 percent on a generic House in a RealClearPolitics average of polling.
Get out and VOTE!! Don’t underestimate the Dem hate machine along with their fraud machine.
Vote Democrat 2018! They want their crumbs back.
Love Steve Stivers. He was our Rep when we lived in Ohio. True, solid conservative.
Is their way RINOs or conservatives?
Hillary and the Democrats lost the White House because they believed she was going to win and they became complacent.
My only fear is some people who voted for Trump will believe "WE WON" and foolishly not bother to vote.
The Trump win was only one battle in an ongoing war and Democrats (and NeverTrumpers) are still fighting.
Don't take any election for granted.
If the GOP doesn’t go to the mat over border security and The Wall the base will not show up to vote. They either fund the wall before Nov or they lose. Let the Rats shut down gov over the wall and see what happens to them.
“Things are moving our way“
That was before the A-Holes declared they are not funding the wall.
Well it’s clear that the base need to certainly get out and vote in the primaries to make sure folks that represent the pro enforcement view get elected. It’s going to take some time to change the current power structure in congress and one elect cycle hasn’t done it. Putting the Democrats back in charge will stop all progress.
This is bad. Might encourage our side to fight. Someone cue Mitch McConnell to chime in with some of his mealy mouthed defeatism.
That would probably guarantee we keep the House!
Any American voter that casts their vote for any Democrat is either smoking too much reefer, drinking too much booze or, just plain & simple insane!!! Alexandria Ocasio-Cordez, the new face of the Democrat Party...ya gotta be kidding me!!!
Someone needs to light a fire under him and other Republicans to get them to speak up against Lyin’ Ryan and Turtle McConnell’s obvious sabotage towards Trump. If they say nothing then they are in on it. Hold their feet to the fire OR ELSE!
WTF would Independents be pissed with TRUMP & the GOP?
Do they really want to Elect obstructionist Democrats???!!!
This trend will start downward if border wall funding is not included
in the coming budget bill.
Democrats have always been for the people (of other countries who break into our country)
We can get the border Wall funding + the right DACA Bill that we want with no compromises!!!
The 7th VA showed everybody how it is done in 2014.
We Cantorized our weasel, Eric Cantor and replaced him with a genuine conservative before he could betray US on amnesty.
I really thought more districts would follow our lead.
Not many did and in 2016 they re-elected Rubio, McCain, Hoeven and Murkowsky AFTER they all voted for amnesty and a permanent Democrat majority.
Abandoning the rule of law and surrendering the country should not get one re-elected.
Bus League Republicans still control the NRSC, NRCC and most state parties.
They are still determined to keep the borders open and the laws unenforced.
They need to stop trying to pass amnesty and fund the wall.
Most of the GOP Congresscritters oppose enforcement and deserve to lose their seat. I’d rather it had been to a Republican in the primary.
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