No offense to Jon and Dan but these are history lessons and fact checks. They’re not messages that win on Venezuela. You don’t beat GOP framing with facts. You beat it with emotion.
“Make Venezuela Great Again” isn’t what voters want.
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Thank you!
Smart messaging
In case anyone is bored and wants to read how the Dems should message the situation.
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FWIW, I don’t think the general public cares about the legality either unless there is very clear downstream impact where something else occurs to show that this set a horrible precedent. I wrote about how Dems, I think, should message the situation, given that.
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I think this is the key messaging challenge for Trump on Maduro (elected to MAGA not MVGA). I wrote about how Dems can take advantage here.
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I’m a PR expert and have some messaging thoughts about the Maduro situation for Dems. Sharing in case anyone is interested!
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Comms expert here with 15 years of experience - sharing some thoughts on how Dems can message the situation!
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FWIW, some thoughts on how Dems can message the situation:
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On Trump and Maduro: Regime change doesn’t lower rent, cut grocery bills, or fix healthcare. That’s the opening Democrats should be HAMMERING right now.
As a 15-year comms expert, I break down how Dems should respond to Trump’s Maduro/Venezuela moment.
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I ponder what happened to performative empathy. More on my blog. medium.com/@chris_harih...
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, I ponder what happened to performative empathy. More on my blog. medium.com/@chris_harih...
Dems invoking January 6th over National Guard deployment is a dead argument. If voters cared, Trump would've lost.
If you need a message, keep demanding the release of the Epstein files. It remains a messaging gift right now.
Democrats don’t lack messaging discipline. That would require having good messages to commit to.
We have horrible messaging and horrible messengers. We need to fix that, then the distribution piece will be more “resolvable.”
Yes
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Much of what MAGA pushes gets labeled as “disinformation,” and Dems tend to write it off on that basis. They would prefer to scold/complain when it’s been proven this does nothing. They have to get off the sidelines and push their own messages, leveraging the same tools, platforms, and tech.
By this logic, if you live in Kansas, you shouldn’t be permitted to live in Massachusetts because it would disturb the culture of each state.
These people want to control where you live, where you go, who you sleep with, what bathroom you use, everything. It’s nuts.
Vance is actually good at interviews. Most normal people will look at this and think he sounds empathetic and reasonable.
Posting clips of him does nothing to help Dems win.
Dems are cooked, man. Yeesh.
No offense but I trust the Pod guys over an associate professor from Wilmington college. Again, no offense. 💀
Most hip hop news accounts on X are now just straight up pro-Trump accounts.
Or maybe they always were, and like certain podcasts, just slowly laundered Republicanism to audiences that weren't previously full-throated Republican.
Notice a pattern?
Trump's security clearance revocations aren't just revenge - they're a warning.
The message to national security professionals is clear. Criticize a president/candidate, risk your career.
That chilling effect on future dissent? That's the actual goal here.
This is why Trump resonates while Dems fall flat:
Trump: *Does something wildly theatrical*
Dems: "Well actually, according to Section 3 of the UN Convention on Geographic Names..."
Marketing works. Creativity works. "Well actually" doesn't.
Stop just fact-checking and start message-driving.
Dems should be tough on H-1Bs. More on that here.
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I am shocked there’s a dude in Nashville regularly doing this sort of incredible coverage. Kudos.
Democrats are so bad at messaging that they can’t make this message stick: this isn’t happening because they did anything wrong. It’s happening because this administration has made it clear they plan to weaponize the Oval Office against Biden’s family.
What Van Hollen says about Trump is what I wrote about today.
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