The GOP Rewrites History

The commercials run by the various GOP candidates in Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee don’t mention the pandemic. The recession doesn’t exist. No black lives are being taken by the police. Instead, we live in a world in which the radical left riots and loots for no reason other than they are simply bad people; they are abetted, of course, by Nancy Pelosi and the ubiquitous AOC.

You can see why these kinds of ads appeal to the base; there is no reason to move to the center during a primary. But what about the general election? Will we see more moderate commercials in September and October in an effort to win over swing voters?

All of these people are running as enthusiastic Trump accomplices, so I don’t think so. What you see now is what you will get. The entire party has bought into base mobilization/culture war politics. They will pay for it in the end.