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Is the Dem strategy of supporting Trump candidates in GOP primaries a wise one? [1]
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Date: 2022-07-20
I don’t think it is wise for Democrats to spend money this way. But reporters are missing a key aspect of the story: To the extent that the Democratic ads are working, it is because given the opportunity, the Republican base wants to nominate illiberal, antidemocratic candidates. The GOP’s extremism is a demand-side problem.
Take Tuesday’s Maryland gubernatorial primary. Larry Hogan, a Republican Trump critic, had governed the blue state for eight years. Facing term limits, he supported as his successor Kelly Schulz, who had served as commerce secretary and labor secretary in his administration. Schulz’s opponent was state Del. Dan Cox, a QAnon adherent and election conspiracy theorist who described former Vice President Mike Pence as a “traitor” for refusing to subvert the 2020 presidential election on Donald Trump’s behalf. Trump endorsed Cox in November; the next day, Hogan described the candidate as a “wackjob.”
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