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The National Republican Senatorial Committee has sent campaigns a detailed, 57-page memo authored by a top Republican strategist advising GOP candidates to address the coronavirus crisis by aggressively attacking China.
The memo includes advice on everything from how to tie Democratic candidates to the Chinese government to how to deal with accusations of racism. It stresses three main lines of assault: That China caused the virus “by covering it up,” that Democrats are “soft on China,” and that Republicans will “push for sanctions on China for its role in spreading this pandemic.”
“Coronavirus was a Chinese hit-and-run followed by a cover-up that cost thousands of lives,” the April 17 memo states.
The document urges candidates to stay relentlessly on message against the country when responding to any questions about the virus. When asked whether the spread of the coronavirus is Trump’s fault, candidates are advised to respond by pivoting to China.
“Don’t defend Trump, other than the China Travel Ban — attack China,” the memo states.
- What?! A political party is using things that happened to spin an agenda? BastardsGnash
- You don't see an issue with demagoguing an entire country to distract from Trump's failures?yuekit
- It's so predictable and yet people fall into the same trap again and again. Guessing many of those who fell for it were also obsessed with previous "threats"yuekit
- i.e. feminists, Black Lives Matter, immigrants, Muslims, etc.yuekit
- LolGnash
- My favorite part "advice on how to deal with accusations of racism"yuekit
- Maybe because it’s not racist to say China fucked upGnash
- How much confidence do you have that Donald Trump and the GOP will run an anti-China campaign that doesn't involve racism?yuekit
- Is China’s anti-American campaign racist as well, or is theirs just political?Gnash
- I honestly don't know, is Xi Jinping known for race baiting the way Trump does? Does that make it better somehow?yuekit
- Seems like we've reached the point where it should be possible to criticize President bleach drinker without immediately reaching for "whatabout the other side"yuekit
- type responses.yuekit
- When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailGnash
- So you still, at this point, don't think Trump is racist? lol.yuekit
- For fuck’s sake. That’s not what I’m saying at al, hammer.Gnash
- No one's saying don't criticize China.
I'm just throwing out the possibility that in Trump's hands it might not be the most measured critique.yuekit - And that a demagogic campaign against an entire country/culture might not be something to cheer on, actually.yuekit
- China has every right to embark on a demagogic campaign against the us. And their citizens can cheer it on all they wantGnash
- lol...why would I be happy about that either? Personally as a Chinese American, I'd prefer neither side hates each other.yuekit
- I didn’t say you, or anyone, should be happy about itGnash
- I really don’t know what your point is then. Is it that China started it somehow?yuekit
- I haven't seen some huge anti-American campaign by the Chinese. Maybe there is negativity going back to Trump's trade war, but what did you expect?yuekit
- Anyway the article I posted isn't just scapegoating China, it shows a pretty dim view of conservative voters' intelligence.yuekit
- As if more sanctions and bans are going to solve the situation we're in somehow.yuekit