Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) killed the Democratic division narrative by pointing out that Republicans have no division because they’re following racist Trump off of the cliff.
Transcript via Meet The Press:
CHUCK TODD:
But let me ask you this. Do you think there’s a danger of going too far to the left, that it might scare some voters, say, in Ohio?
SEN. SHERROD BROWN:
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Well, I, I, I hear these stories that are — that’s the story of the day, about Democrats moving to the left. I think the more-important story is how Republicans continue to move to the right. How President Trump extols — betrays workers and utters racist, anti-Semitic rhetoric. And nobody in their party calls him out. They don’t have divisions. They’ve all followed his racist actions and betrayal of workers. They’ve followed it like lemmings off the cliff. That’s the story, not some degrees of differences between and among Democrats. That’s the real story.
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Sen Sherrod Brown unloads on Republicans, "They don't have divisions. They've followed his racist actions and betrayal of workers. They follow it like lemmings off the cliff." https://t.co/R6gfh2cZlm pic.twitter.com/XBFYbuq2fy
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Sherrod Brown Spoke The Truth About The Trump/GOP Dynamic
Sen. Brown laid it out with no punches pulled. The story isn’t about Democrats moving left because, given Trump’s approval ratings, the country is clearly center-left. The story is the extreme rightward shift of the Republican Party under Donald Trump. There is not a single popular policy that has been championed by Trump and his party.
The Republican Party is unified in following the cult leader to their own destruction. Praising Republicans for their unity is a lot like praising the flavor of the poison drink that Jim Jones served to his followers. Republicans are unified around the principle of self-destruction.
Sherrod Brown had it nailed. The media loves the “Democratic division” cliche. The fact is that Trump is failing president who most of the nation despises. The media has to have something to whip the horserace for 2020, so they are going with “Democratic division,” when the story that will by historians will center around Trump leading the demise of the Republican Party.
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