MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts mentioned the large adjustments they’re seeing within the Democratic Celebration after night time 3 of the DNC, mentioning that the social gathering that was once straightforward to beat is now on the offense and turning weaknesses into strengths which is tough to beat.
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WILLIE GEIST: Speaking final night time about immigration Senator Chris Murphy, who was one of many co-authors of that laws that Donald Trump killed, together with James Lankford of Oklahoma, the Republican there, he got here out and mentioned, We labored laborious for months and months and months. We obtained the deal Republicans mentioned they wished we introduced it to them, and Donald Trump got here in and killed the invoice. Kamala Harris says, I’ll signal that invoice once I turn out to be president. Going laborious. Very fascinating. This is a matter that Donald Trump thinks he has on Democrats. And the Democrats final night time say, no, really, you killed that invoice. We’re going to be on the offensive on immigration.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Yeah. I imply, it’s a New Democratic Celebration. There’s a special sort of Democratic Celebration than the kind that I ran towards. I imply, you understand, they have been all the time very straightforward to go after and that, like, you understand, form of run round in circles. And so they have been for the conflict earlier than they have been towards the conflict. They have been this. They have been that. You are taking a difficulty that they have been nervous about after which run away from it and also you simply, it might be simply straightforward, straightforward to run towards them.
Now they’re doing precisely what you’re alleged to do, take the problem that’s your weak point, make it your power, and go straight at them with it. And it’s laborious to beat that.
Republicans went together with Donald Trump tanking essentially the most conservative invoice Republicans have been ever going to get on the border as a result of they believed it might be a cudgel they may use towards Democrats. However now the shoe is on the opposite foot.
Not solely have southern border crossings plunged 56% not too long ago on account of actions taken by President Joe Biden and his administration, however Democratic nominee for President Vice President Kamala Harris has promised to signal that conservative border invoice into regulation if she is elected.
Harris actually took Trump’s largest political fear-mongering device (keep in mind the caravans? They magically come again each election) and turned it towards him.
It’s not simply the border, both. It’s the best way this Democratic Celebration strikes, is reclaiming patriotism (sans nationalism, by the best way) and love for nation and neighbor. The DNC has had a number of Republicans and Independents making the case to folks like them that voting for Harris-Walz is love of nation, thereby creating the permission construction for individuals who may culturally really feel obligated to vote for Trump-Vance to rethink their very own private values.
The Democratic Celebration has modified — not in its values, however in its messaging. The social gathering that has all the time been crushed up on the marketing campaign path by glib bumper sticker slogans usually by dangerous religion actors is lastly right here to combat powerful, combat laborious, and win for the folks…
Simply in time to tackle encroaching fascism.
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