Rightwing playbooks used in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault on the vice-president

Rightwing playbooks used in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault on the vice-president

For Barack Obama there was “birtherism” and a name they said sounded like a specific Middle East terrorist. For Hillary Clinton there was “Lock her up” and merchandise that said, “Trump that bitch”, “Hillary sucks but not like Monica” and “Life’s a bitch: don’t vote for one.”

Rightwing playbooks deployed in past election campaigns are being dusted off for an all-out assault against Vice-President Kamala Harris, the de facto Democratic nominee aiming to become the first Black woman and first person of south Asian descent to be US president.

“It’s obvious that the Republicans are going to play the race and gender card, which we’ve seen already in some of the attacks on social media,” said Tara Setmayer, a Black woman who is co-founder and chief executive of the Seneca Project, a women-led super political action committee. “It may be catnip for their Maga base but it will be a turnoff for the moderate voters in the battleground states that will determine this election.”

          • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
            118·
            1 year ago

            The fact that you felt the need to link to Project 2025 implies that the Democrats are defined by being opposed to it.

            • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
              8·
              1 year ago

              That’s quite a leap. You inferred something, I didn’t imply it. I simply posted a link to the Democrats platform which laysout their vision and policy and a link to the Republican platform which lays out their vision and policy. Any inference is entirely in your head.

              We’re very lucky that the Republicans published a detailed 900 page roadmap for turning the US into a fascist theocratic dictatorship. It’s impossible to deny, now, since everyone can see it with their own two eyes.

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      26·
      1 year ago

      From her speech the other day (in conjunction with Biden) these appear to be her focuses:

      1. The middle class

      2. Voting rights

      3. Reproductive rights (limited to a bill, no mention of stuffing the Supreme Court)

      4. Justice Reform

      5. Gun Control

      Hopefully we get more information over the best while and some formalization at the convention.

    • AliasAKA@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I mean democrats categorically support unions, support reproductive rights, support protecting the environment… They do have a platform that isn’t “not Republican”. It’s just that republicans know their platform (project 2025 really) is so wildly unpopular they have to focus not on that, they have to focus on tearing down the opposing candidate.

      In terms of helping the working class: taxing the wealthy and wealthy corporations more will help the working class. Improving access to low cost / affordable healthcare will help the working class. Having strong unions will help the working class.

    • Zetta@mander.xyz
      19·
      1 year ago

      I disagree the ban on non competes is a recent example of how this administration is helping the working class.

    • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      To be fair the Democrats don’t have a platform other than

      I’m sorry you’re ignorant. But the good news is that you can actually do something about. Go ahead! Give it a try.

    • Snowclone@lemmy.world
      111·
      1 year ago

      No, that’s just ‘‘I’m rubber your glue’’ bullshit. It isn’t so. Just like CNN isn’t FoxNews for Liberals, and there’s absolutely no cult of personality for Unkie Joe, as you can see from him stepping down, and left wing engagement went WAY up.

      It’s not enough to simply claim there’s no platform, there is, it’s not just ‘‘Trump bad’’. But to be fair, he is promising to create a dictatorship and end our country in order to remake it in his image.

    • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      You’re wrong. Some wisdom for you: If you’re always wrong about something, and only people who hold precisely the exact same viewpoints as you agree, you should consider looking into it yourself. Because the question is no longer whether you’re right, it becomes about who is the most correct, and whether you personally care enough and are brave enough to challenge your own viewpoint.

      Yeah, we are a bit of a microcosm here. However, when it comes to people on the left you can at least trust that most of us will go around correcting one another, often to our own detriment.