Democrat Pollster Tell Party to Lie to Win

Say what you will about Republicans, but many of them refused to wear masks ever because they didn’t believe they worked. Others refused on the “you can’t tell me what to do” principle. Other Republicans supported masks and, as COVID evolved and the vaccine spread, abandoned support for masks. Whether it was principle, conspiracy, science, or data, you knew where Republicans have stood all along. Governors like Ron DeSantis and Brian Kemp were assailed by the media for no mask mandates, etc.

Democrats believe masks work. Democrats have insisted up until two weeks ago that we not only keep masks on, but that the government might need to mandate N95 masks.

Then, two weeks ago, they began a rapid shift.

Republicans opposed masks for science, data, conspiracy, and principle. Democrats are only abandoning masks because the polling tells them they have to. Two weeks ago, Democratic governors sat with the Democratic Governors Association behind closed doors for briefings that explained Virginia and New Jersey’s elections and the current political environment. They rapidly began ditching masks.

Now we have the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee polling and it is an unmitigated disaster for the Democrats. The Democrats really are changing their positions because of polling, not principle.

The poll found that that 57% of voters in competitive congressional districts agree with the statement, "Democrats in Congress have taken things too far in their pandemic response," and 66% of self-defined "swing" voters in competitive districts agree with that statement. White and Hispanic voters in competitive districts were equally as likely to agree (59%), while Black voters (42%) and Asian voters (46%) disagreed with the statement. The poll also did not define what "taken things too far" means.

But wait, it gets worse.

The DCCC is advising Democrats to start lying about their positions.

The data showed that Democrats could mostly regain the ground lost to Republicans if they offered a strong rebuttal to the political hits. When faced with a “defund the police” attack, for instance, the presenters encouraged Democrats to reiterate their support for police. And on immigration, they said Democrats should deny support for “open borders or amnesty,” and talk about their efforts to keep the border safe.

Sorry Democrats. But there is a steady stream across the border still and you’re almost all on record supporting amnesty in some form.

Turns out the culture war attacks by the GOP are working and voters think Democrats overplayed their hand on COVID. That’s not good headed into the midterms. All the Democrats can do is lie their way out of it. But voters have good b.s. detectors.

God help the Democrats if there is another COVID wave over the summer.