House Democrats say the darndest things
House Democrats sure are desperate to distract from the fact that a combination of recruiting failures in must-win districts across the country and an incredibly unpopular nominee at the top of the ticket have left them without a path to the majority. Yesterday, DCCC chairman Ben Ray Luján was bragging about candidate recruitment, despite a well-documented list of swing districts where House Democrats simply forgot to find a credible candidate. Now today, former DCCC Chairman, and architect of the smallest House Democrat minority since the Hoover administration, Steve Israel, is saying that House Democrats will center their fall campaign on “security.” There’s one glaring problem with this strategy – House Democrats’ unpopular positions on security issues across the board.
Among other national security failures, House Democrats have steadfastly supported President Obama’s deeply unpopular plan to close GITMO and bring terrorists including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammad to U.S. soil, and are key partners in the Obama administration’s unpopular Iran nuclear deal, which Secretary of State John Kerry admits will likely fund terrorism and. When you add in the fact that a strong majority of voters think that presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton should have been indicted for putting confidential national security information at risk on her private email server, it’s easy to see that “security” is just not a winning issue for Democrats right now.
NRCC Comment: “If House Democrats plan to campaign on ‘security’ they may want to rethink their dangerous positions on moving terrorists from GITMO to U.S. soil and supporting Obama’s Iran nuclear deal that will help fund terrorism. Between their unpopular and irresponsible stances on foreign policy and their support for a presidential candidate who most Americans believe should be indicted for putting top secret information at risk, House Democrats will face an uphill climb convincing Americans that they are the party of security.” – NRCC Spokesman Bob Salera