Despite his anemic approval ratings, President Donald Trump could nonetheless win reelection in 2020 if he aggressively turns out his base and Democrats don’t do enough to get out the vote. But turnout is about who actually shows up on Election Day — not who is winning the war of ideas — and according to veteran Republican strategist Stuart Stevens, the party winning overall public opinion isn’t the GOP.
There’s a reason why the words “interviewed on condition of anonymity” often appear in articles in which GOP insiders say negative things about their party: they are fearful about openly and publicly saying what they think or criticizing their party. But Stevens isn’t, and on Twitter, he has been speaking his mind about Trump’s presidency and the direction of his party.
Democratic ideas, Stevens tweeted, are much more popular than Trump’s. The conservative posted, “Taxing multi-millionaires is far more popular than a border wall. Medicare for all is more popular than a border wall. Free trade is more popular than a trade war, (and) somehow, R’s have granted that advantage to D’s. There are no new conservative solutions, only victim shopping.”
View the complete September 18 article by Alex Henderson on the AlterNet website here.