Ben Shapiro posted a thread this morning explaining why he believes Republicans are losing steam ahead of the 2022 elections.
The first one he says is obvious, which is the Democrat upswing in the wake of the Dobbs decision.
But the second reason is the one he spends his time on and it has everything to do with the left’s hatred of Trump and how they want Republicans to keep talking about him instead of Biden:
The Republicans are losing steam in the 2022 election. There are some reasons for this, the Democratic upswing in the wake of Dobbs being the most obvious factor. But there’s something else going on here that represents a deeper problem for the Republican Party.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
The GOP is miscalibrating the very nature of the American political scene right now, based on a myth. In fact, the entirety of American politics is based on dueling versions of the same false mythology: the Mythology of the Emerging Democratic Minority Majority (MEDMM).
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
Democrats have banked on this myth since 2012, believing that it excuses their cultural and economic excesses; this is untrue, and has led them into an electoral box canyon as many minorities turn away from their woke progressive overreach.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
Meanwhile, Republicans have ALSO banked on MEDMM to the extent that they believe only a Magical Person™ like Donald Trump can defeat it.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
This means that when Trump is attacked, Republicans immediately return to making him the centerpiece of the conversation – and this harms them electorally, as every poll is now showing.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
Two things can be true at once: first, the FBI raid on Trump looks like a political hit; second, the more Republicans talk about Trump, the worse they do electorally.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
Americans vote against things, not for them. If Republicans want Americans to vote against Biden, they have to campaign against him, not against the FBI or the deep state or on whether Trump had the right to have boxes of classified documents in his closet.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
There is a reason Democrats are eager to keep Trump at the center of the conversation: half of independents say Trump is a major factor in their vote, and they're breaking 4-1 for the Democrats. Republicans shouldn't play that game. If they do, they're cruising for a bruising.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
Democrats: We don't want to talk about Biden, the economy, our perversion of the education system, or Afghanistan. Let's talk about Trump!
Republicans: GREAT IDEA!!!1!!!! LET'S TALK ABOUT TRUMP!!!11!!!
But why are Republicans losing momentum? A mystery wrapped in an enigma.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 29, 2022
Biden is one of the most unpopular presidents of our time and in the last month his approval rating has been increasing a little. It’s gone from a low 37.9% in July to 42.4% now. Not a good sign ahead of the elections.
Shapiro might be right about Republicans losing their focus a little and needing to refocus on the disaster that is Joe Biden. We can’t just take for granted that we are going to dominate in November. September is nearly upon us and time is quickly running out.