GOP midterm strategy: Make it a "hate election"

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https://www.axios.com/2026/07/19/republicans-midterms-hate-election

Republicans admit the GOP’s midterm forecast is bleak. But they’re clinging to two hopes: voters’ fear and loathing of Democrats.

“It’s going to be a hate election,” a Republican tied to President Trump’s political operation told Axios. “Voters have to hate the Dems more than they hate us. And we have material to work with.”

Why it matters: There’s broad GOP frustration that Trump has made challenging midterm elections worse by not focusing heavily on pocketbook issues — especially the tax cuts Republicans won — while launching the Iran war, which raised gas prices and fueled inflation.

Trump’s prime-time speech Thursday night about China’s alleged influence campaign targeting U.S. voters six years ago did little to assuage those concerns.

“I have yet to understand how we win the midterms by talking about what happened in 2020,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told Axios.

The Republicans’ plan will probably work too. Hate is the opiate of the masses. Some say its religion, but religion is merely a syringe.

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stringere@sh.itjust.works

8 hours ago

They’re the ones that decided to be trans-exclusive when their voting has harmful implications and results for both the group they’re proclaiming support for as well as many others.

If they’re voting for Nazis as part of a grand plan, they’re voting for Nazis.

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