Republicans are concerned about the bipartisan popularity of the campaign finance provisions of HR1, the voting rights package recently passed by the House.
It sure seems like there might be light at the end of the tunnel. Hope it isn’t an oncoming train.
Specifically, support for the bill’s measures forcing more disclosures of secret donors was so broad that a senior operative from the Koch network advised just killing it in Congress rather than trying to turn the tide of public opinion. Currently, S1, HR1’s Senate complement, would face the 60-vote threshold of the filibuster and seems unlikely to garner Republican support.
Kyle McKenzie, the research director for the Koch-run advocacy group Stand Together, reportedly said during the meeting that people found the argument that the bill would stop billionaires from buying elections extremely compelling.
“Unfortunately, we’ve found that that is a winning message, for both the general public and also conservatives,” he reportedly said.
Hey, if you wanna claim to be the “populist” party, you might just discover that your supporters support a “populist” solution…
If you then subvert their aims, that seems like it undercuts the argument for your appeal to said supporters.
Oh noes! If this bill passes, George Soros won’t be able to secretly destroy American no more!
The people who ran screaming that we should “drain the swamp”—essentially, diminish the influence of money and status in politics—are surprised to find that many of their supporters actually think that would be good. I suppose this is peak hypocrisy—when you’re unpleasantly shocked to find that people actually believed you.
They went from not believing they could win the votes of 47% of the population to trying to endlessly gaslight them into voting for them anyway. Surprise! All they wind up with is a thoroughly confused base…
“said during the meeting that people found the argument that the bill would stop billionaires from buying elections extremely compelling.”
Funny dat.
The Republicans are cornering themselves into being the easy victims of “What has your political party done for you lately? Now look what we (Democrats) have done!”
Can anyone point out a single meaningful and beneficial act advanced solely by the Republicans in the last four years?
The swamp has been drained and what was left was “Turtle” feces.
It’s really hard to find anything when their party platform was literally “Trump! Trump! Trump!”
Exactly my thought. Sort of like an old computer system that constantly touted its ability as a games platform only to find they had no traction as a serious computer. Despite the fact it was a damn fine piece of hardware. Apple and Microsoft systems walked all over them in the work place marketing.
They are the party of Trump with zero policy to benefit their voter. It is just a rah rah feel good machine. And people are going to catch on.
I had a good laugh over this.
I spent some time over the weekend reading through the bill to ID the key must have provisions. I would append the John Lewis Act (amendment to Voting Rights Act) + guaranteed EV + guaranteed absentee voting + limits on voter ID mischief + limits on vote caging + limits on signature match and voter challenges + machines that provide verified paper trail; online registration + gerrymandering (though I honestly could live without that one if push came to shove. Dems pretty much beat the worst gerrymander in history in 2018).
However, part of me is thinking that we should just pass the whole damn thing as written in the House. The campaign finance reform pieces seem to be very popular and those haven’t really been touted. You could actually get the GOP in another box where they’re stuck opposing a bill that has 70% popularity.
If there’s a way to swing this through reconciliation with a deal that Manchin will approve, go for all of it.
And apparently some them are finally catching on. Ain’t karma a bitch?
Democrats should use the GOP’s own messaging to get shit done.
Imagine any GOP’er voting against any of those bills
Republicans are concerned about the bipartisan popularity of the campaign finance provisions of HR1, the voting rights package recently passed by the House.
New template:
Republicans are concerned about the bipartisan popularity of ____________________, recently passed by the House.
Well, if most voters like what the Other Guys are offering and don’t care so much for your line, then the obvious solution is … don’t let so many of the ungrateful bastards vote!!
Eventually Mitch and his patrons are going to have to do something about all these non-rich bigots who are thinking they should still have a say in stuff. They got them thinking this is “their country,” now they’re going to have to somehow disconnect them from that idea. Hannity’s got some work to do.
You will pry my Atari out of my cold, dead, hands.
According to the New Yorker, which obtained a recording of a private meeting between a policy adviser to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and leaders of many conservative groups…
It’s no surprise there are flies on the wall when everyone in the room is full of shit.
I think the Amiga took the bigger hit on the marketing fiasco. But then, I have on on the shelf to restore so I am biased.
