From Rolling Stone · Nikki McCann Ramirez · · 1m 20s
Vance begs voters: give Republicans another chance
With midterms looming, the GOP is scrambling to convince disillusioned voters to stick with them despite economic hardship.
In brief
With midterms looming, the GOP is scrambling to convince disillusioned voters to stick with them despite economic hardship. Republicans are relying on culture war messaging and pleas for loyalty rather than addressing the economic problems that drove voters to Trump in the first place. Originally reported by Rolling…
GOP scrambles before midterms
With just weeks until the midterm elections, Republicans are struggling to convince voters disillusioned by their performance over the past two years.
Vance's plea: give us another chance
Vice President JD Vance appeared on the All In podcast asking voters to stick with Republicans for another couple of years to continue their work.
“Give us another chance. Give us another couple years to continue to work on the amazing things that we've been doing for the past two years.”
Culture war messaging over economics
Republicans are refocusing on immigration, anti-trans policies, and communist threats. But voters were primarily driven by economic stagnation, inflation, and high prices.
Trump made economy worse
Trump promised prosperity but delivered trade wars, tariffs that hurt working families, a costly war with Iran, and tax cuts for the wealthy paid for by cutting social safety nets.
Trump tells voters to pretend he's on ballot
At an emergency Republican convention, Trump instructed voters to pretend he's on the ballot. Vance warned against throwing out the baby with the bathwater over policy disagreements.
“Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Don't give the country over to a bunch of crazy people because you happen to disagree with us on a policy issue here or there.”
The key point
Republicans are relying on culture war messaging and pleas for loyalty rather than addressing the economic problems that drove voters to Trump in the first place.
