The House campaign arm of the Republican party has made name-calling a part of its strategy for 2020.
National Republican Congressional Committee chair Rep. Tom Emmer, of Minnesota’s Sixth District, has made it clear in interviews that party leadership endorses the effort. In June, Emmer told Politico his staff has a “direct mandate” from himself and Republican leadership to “to be ruthless.”
As part of this campaign of ruthlessness, they’ve called House Democrats “deranged” and “socialists.” (A lot.) They’ve called Minnesota’s Collin Peterson “cranky.”
They’ve also called House Democrats “anti-semitic.”
View the complete August 2 article by Gabe Schneider on the MinnPost website here.