Republicans sure act as though they don’t really want the Senate majority. They haven’t revealed a coherent plan to recruit candidates who can win or to persuade Americans to trust them with power.
As the Associated Press points out, “a series of Republican missteps including recruiting stumbles, weak fundraising and intense infighting is threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority.” The GOP recruits, many selected by former president Donald Trump, come with plenty of baggage.
GOP Senate candidates have a planeload of baggage, including substantial allegations of domestic violence.
In Ohio, a duel has broken out between J.D. Vance and Josh Mandel to determine who is the most outlandish MAGA crowd-pleaser. In other cases, Republicans haven’t been able to persuade their favorite recruits to run (e.g., Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and former senator Kelly Ayotte from New Hampshire, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey).
But arguably more damaging than the weak candidate selection and tepid fundraising, the self-inflicted wounds from candidates’ own mouths provide a steady stream of gifts to Democrats.
Late last month came what might have been the worst policy gaffe in recent political history: Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) rolled out a plan to raise taxes on 100 million Americans and to let Social Security and Medicare expire in five years.
Now Sen. Ron Johnson… has confessed that Republicans still want to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
To millions of Americans who have benefited from subsidized health insurance premiums, Johnson’s message amounts to: Tough luck.
Moreover, what all of this tells us is that Republicans have no idea how to solve the problems we actually have. Where’s the inflation-fighting plan?
Scott [and] Johnson… might find themselves in a whole lot of Democratic ads.
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