Nunes: Stop Chasing Russian Ghosts Around the Closet & Get to Real Work
House Intell. Comm Chair Rep. Devin Nunes, R-CA |
In a speech at the Orange County Republican Party's annual Flag Day Salute on Saturday, Nunes said he looked into possible connections between Trump and the Kremlin:
Sadly, there's one minor problem: as long as Democrats and their allies in the media continue to push the Russia meme, Republicans can try to talk about real issues as much as they want, but it won't change a thing if the other side doesn't play along. And this is the problem: they won't. They're not trying to take on Republicans on individual policy proposals; they want to delegitimize the entire Trump administration. So they're playing a completely different game than Nunes wants to play. Or, perhaps better put, whereas Republicans like Nunes are hoping for a nice and clean knife fight, Democrats are coming out with guns blazing.
You can't "fight for health care reform" while your opponent argues that you're only in power because you cheated in the election.
Now, that doesn't mean that Nunes isn't touching on something important, namely that Republicans have to change their strategy. They certainly do. What they have to do is not just stop talking about Russia, but to go all in. They have to turn the tables on Democrats. Make this not about Team Trump's ties with Russia, but about how Democrats are doing the Russians' job for them by actively sowing chaos, discord, and distrust. Republicans aren't "colluding" with Russia, Democrats are.
This is the single point Republicans like Nunes have to drive home every single day. Use the Democrats' talking points to discredit that entire party and to show Americans that they, not Republicans, are treasonous.
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Michael van der Galien is Editor-in-Chief of Dutch news and opinion website De Dagelijkse Standard, a freelance journalist and columnist, and a regular contributor to several American websites including PJ Media.
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Preach it Devin.......preach it.
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