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malenipshadows · 3 years
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+ With Republicans close to reclaiming control of the House next year, the treatment of Cheney suggests GOP leaders will do almost anything to rally the party's base, even if that means sweeping the events of Jan. 6 under the rug and embracing — or refusing to confront — Tr*mp's ongoing lie that he won the 2020 election, a campaign that he actually lost by a wide margin. + Those backing Cheney's ouster argue she has become a distraction by continuing to criticize Tr*mp, who remains the dominating force in the party. They want to move forward, they say, and focus on policy ideas and providing
a clear contrast with Democrats. + But critics see the fight as a larger distraction.  “My unsolicited advice would be: Talk about the future and what you offer to Americans,” said Alyssa Farah, the former Tr*mp White House communications director.  “I do worry that this is sort of showing that we're going to continue more the politics of personality, as opposed to the politics of policy and deliverables to the American public." + While a message about being “sufficiently pro-Tr*mp” may work in certain districts, Farah noted Republicans' focus on election interference depressed GOP turnout in Georgia, where the party lost two runoff elections in January that gave Democrats control of the Senate.  And Farah warned that aligning the party with lies about voter fraud could turn off suburban voters and older voters in key swing districts.
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