Washington-SANA- Work in politics long enough, and you start overthinking it. Who\u2019s the target audience? What\u2019s the key talking point? How do you persuade him or her to support you?<\/p>\n
In 2022, Republicans cannot fall into the trap of second-guessing themselves and overcomplicating the talking points. The path forward is simple. All signs point to a \u201cred wave.\u201d Every indicator shows President Biden floundering. His approval rating is stuck in the 30s. Just this week, an ABC News\/Ipsos poll revealed only 28% of Americans support Mr. Biden\u2019s handling of inflation.<\/p>\n
Republicans are running against Mr. Biden \u2014 end of story. That is the answer to all questions. The blueprint is simple: Expose Mr. Biden for his litany of failures since January 2021 \u2014 drive the point home, again and again.<\/p>\n
Why? Because Mr. Biden is the worst American president in decades. He makes his former boss, President Barack Obama, look like a resounding success by comparison (he wasn\u2019t). Not since the Jimmy Carter era have Americans been \u201cled\u201d by such a stunningly incompetent, utterly ineffectual and downright pitiful administration, and that may be harsh to Mr. Carter (it isn\u2019t).<\/p>\n
Whether you support former President Donald Trump or not, good-faith Americans can agree: What we have on our hands now is a national travesty. The Biden administration is a comedy of errors that isn\u2019t funny. Mr. Biden\u2019s first term has not been measured by successes, but rather by record-breaking milestones that were once unimaginable.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s run through the numbers: Americans are most concerned about the U.S. inflation rate, and that rate is at its highest point since 1980. The border crisis is at its worst state in more than two decades. Violent crime is more rampant now than in years past, while record-low numbers of Americans are satisfied with government efforts to address it (24%, to be exact.) Then there\u2019s Afghanistan, where American citizens still remain stranded after one of the most infamous foreign policy blunders in recent memory.<\/p>\n
And, on top of that, Mr. Biden has handled the COVID-19 pandemic worse than his predecessor, whose administration ramped up vaccine production and handed Democrats a silver platter. This, after Biden promised to stop the virus and not to mandate vaccines.<\/p>\n
Need I go on? On every single metric, the Biden administration is failing. Under Mr. Biden, there is no reason to be optimistic about the economy, illegal immigration, crime, public health or foreign policy. The bread-and-butter issues poll so catastrophically for Biden that gun control is now the latest distraction after the Roe v. Wade hubbub fizzled out. (Brace for another topic change soon.)<\/p>\n
But even Americans who don\u2019t watch the news or follow politics cannot ignore Mr. Biden\u2019s blunders. They say so themselves: Nearly 80% of American voters believe their country is currently on the wrong track \u2014 80%. With the economy remaining a top concern, even millions of Democrats are pessimistic about the future. And even in 2010, directly after the Great Recession and right before the Tea Party revolution, more Americans were confident in the future. The same goes for Mr. Trump\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n
We are in uncharted waters. But the journey ahead is clear for Republicans: Make the 2022 election a referendum on Mr. Biden, a president who can\u2019t get out of his own way (when he shows up in public at all). There is no reason to pivot from Mr. Biden\u2019s record \u2014 whatever that means. It is the punching bag in 2022, so it\u2019s time to punch away.<\/p>\n
By the end of the Carter presidency, Americans were ready for a fresh face, new energy and \u201cmorning in America.\u201d Two years into Mr. Obama\u2019s first term, Americans voiced and voted their frustrations with a red wave to wash away all other waves. Until now.<\/p>\n
In 2022, Republicans have a chance to make the Tea Party revolution look like a tiny drop in the ocean. On the other side is a hapless, defenseless victim of his own making \u2014 the worst American president of the 21st century.<\/p>\n
Ted Harvey serves as chair of the Committee to Defeat the President.<\/p>\n
Washington times Newspaper<\/p>\n
Amer Dawa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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