Republicans FLAIL Backtracking Fatal Mistake
September 5, 2022
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as posted by the channelRepublican candidates are desperately trying to scrub their campaigns of any abortion extremism following the backlash of Roe v. Wade being overturned by both Democrats and Republicans. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report.
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The big scrub
"Republican candidates around the country are trying to disappear the hardline anti-abortion stances they took during their primaries.
Why it matters: It's longstanding practice for candidates in both parties to modify their rhetoric for general-election audiences, but this year's messaging gymnastics are next-level.
Some GOP nominees also are curbing their focus on voter-fraud conspiracies about the 2020 election and other far right or Trump-centered topics.
Zoom in: Big wins in a Kansas abortion referendum and a special House election in New York, in which Democrat Pat Ryan made abortion a centerpiece issue, have emboldened Democrats.
Republicans initially argued that abortion wouldn't significantly boost Democrats.
But in battlegrounds in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Colorado, Arizona and North Carolina, GOP candidates are scrubbing abortion language from campaign websites and adjusting rhetoric on the trail."
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