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May 22, 2023Liked by Rebecca Velo

Well written article on the state of the Republican party vis-a-vis the Democrats. You laid out the major differences and opportunities that are there for the republican's taking. One I disagree with is the issue of taxes, I believe most people are against the constant over taxation, but the issue is seldom framed properly and wealthy people provide the liquid that makes a hard pill easier to swallow. Republicans fail on messaging for several reasons, the primary being they have little voice in the mainstream media. The secondary being that Republicans are mostly independent, self-reliant, those that believe in individual responsibility, this makes it much more difficult to form cohesion.

Without a doubt if the Republicans can't effectively bring their message and action to inner cities and poison pill Democrat urban strongholds they're doomed. The party also must find ways to infiltrate and educate young minds as those are Democrat strongholds do their overwhelming hold on primary and secondary education. Lots of work to do, but people like you and Adam are sounding the alarm. Keep up the racket, raise the din, use your social media skills to breakthrough the Democrat hum.

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Good points, Rebecca. As much as Republicans dread all this Progressive "progress", they do have to learn to adapt with the times in order to keep up their message. It might be a bitter pill to swallow, but the alternative is frightening. ZL

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May 22, 2023Liked by Rebecca Velo

They GOP doesn't seem to be able to capitalize on this. It's more like the GOP doesn't want to capitalize on it.

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May 22, 2023Liked by Rebecca Velo

They GOP doesn't seem to be able to capitalize on this. It's more like the GOP doesn't want to capitalize on it.

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Good read, but I think you've missed a few points. The Republicans USED TO BE viewed as the old rich white man's political party, but I really haven't heard that sort of reference in a long, long time. Republicans need to stop defending themselves as though it were 1999, and select the battles they can win. That does NOT include forcing leftists to "define" the names which they call us -- who on Earth thinks THAT will go well???? Let's fight the enemy with... definitions?? Never EVER a winning tactic.

Better: Highlight the Soros-funded DAs and their horrid policies -- place the blame for crime squarely in the lap of the Democrat Party, period. Make Soros, and by extension Democrats, poison. They're destroying the very cities run by Democrats -- is that how we want the rest of the nation to fare?? Emphasize that we stand for tough-on-crime policies and representatives, ones who CARE about the cities and states in which they live.

Highlight Florida's success.. in education, in standing up to woke business, and ask: Isn't THAT the model for Republican governance which shows a blueprint that can be followed nationwide?

I'd MUCH rather fight with positivity than negativity. Like that happy warrior, Reagan. :-)

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Regarding urban areas, no doubt the GOP has to campaign there, but it's worth noting that politics is not all about reason. There's reason and there's emotion. Some believe people who are less disgusted by things other people are are more likely to be into liberalism it doesn't matter what. It goes beyond reason. A good deal of the population that once would be pushed into mental facilities are today in urban areas. People who wouldn't, but were bullied for being weirdos, also have a preference fo urban areas, where they don't feel that different. So, I can't help myself thinking investing too much in traditionally liberal areas is that much of a good idea.

All this attempt at unity sounds beautiful, but we have to keep in mind that, in a free society, lack of unity is unavoidable, and we have to know who we are trying to have united with us. We are not united because the information is less controlled and is more readily available. If we keep reminding ourselves of Jesus' life, we know all this attempt at uniting is not the correct path, because, in too many instances, it means giving up something valuable in order to gain the person. Jesus didn't do that; he died fighting for the right thing.

Our future is death and rejection, but it pays off for the following generations. If the GOP doesn't fight with this spirit, the battles just get unnecessarily harder. We try to preserve ourselves in this life. That's not how Jesus left his legacy.

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If the Republican party changed its anti-abortion stance, I would vote for them. As it is, I will never support a party that would let me die rather than abort a non-viable pregnancy, or a pregnancy that would kill me if it continued to term.

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