{"id":1033095,"date":"2024-05-22T21:21:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T21:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1033095"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:54:13","slug":"icymi-dnc-launches-maga-veepstakes-to-expose-extremism-of-trumps-vp-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-launches-maga-veepstakes-to-expose-extremism-of-trumps-vp-contenders\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: DNC Launches \u201cMAGA Veepstakes\u201d to Expose Extremism of Trump\u2019s VP Contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/signal-2024-05-21-225610_002.png?w=780\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1033096\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> \u201c\u2018Trump has floated dozens of names, and while he trots them around like sad show ponies on the campaign trail, it doesn&#8217;t really matter who&#8217;s in his good graces one day and who&#8217;s shooting their dog the next,\u2019 DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin told Axios in a statement. \u2018Trump&#8217;s VP contenders have all already shown they pass his extreme, MAGA litmus test.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/22\/democratic-national-committee-trump-vp-maga\"><strong>Axios<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Scoop: Inside the DNC&#8217;s plans to paint Trump VP contenders as extreme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Sophia Cai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Democratic National Committee is launching a \u201cTrump&#8217;s MAGA Veepstakes\u201d project to paint all of former President Trump&#8217;s VP contenders as extreme on denying the results of the 2020 election and on abortion among other policy issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[\u2026] As dozens of Trump&#8217;s potential vice presidential picks do their best to distinguish themselves in the lead up to Trump&#8217;s selection, Democrats plan to lump them together as &#8220;all the same&#8221; in terms of backing an &#8220;ultra-MAGA&#8221; policy agenda, DNC officials tell Axios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>[\u2026] The DNC, in coordination with the Biden campaign, plans to mobilize across departments to spotlight the VP candidates&#8217; positions on policy and use their own words against them to make the case that the whole field of candidates is extreme, a committee official told Axios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It also plans to run paid ads and dedicate staff across the communications, digital and research departments to the effort. [&#8230;]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cTrump has floated dozens of names, and while he trots them around like sad show ponies on the campaign trail, it doesn&#8217;t really matter who&#8217;s in his good graces one day and who&#8217;s shooting their dog the next,\u201d DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin told Axios in a statement. \u201cTrump&#8217;s VP contenders have all already shown they pass his extreme, MAGA litmus test.\u201d [&#8230;]<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DNC plans to zoom in on a set of four issues in particular where they expect Trump&#8217;s eventual running mate to have vulnerabilities:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2020 election \u2014 Refusing to certify the results of the 2020 or 2024 election if they were VP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abortion \u2014\u00a0 Applauding Trump&#8217;s role in overturning Roe v. Wade and supporting a national abortion ban<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health care \u2014 Supporting plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working families \u2014 Tax cuts for billionaires and cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4679254-dnc-trumps-maga-veepstakes-project\/\"><strong>The Hill<\/strong><\/a><strong>: DNC launching \u2018Trump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes\u2019 project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Jared Gans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a project to attack the list of top Republicans being considered as possible candidates for former President Trump\u2019s running mate.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The committee said in a release Wednesday that \u201cTrump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes\u201d is designed to hold the potential choices \u201caccountable as they sign onto Trump\u2019s dangerous, out-of-touch MAGA agenda as part of their desperate race to the bottom.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cLike any narcissist, Donald Trump will choose a VP in his image: an extreme, anti-choice MAGA election denier who wants to rip away Americans\u2019 freedoms and sell out working families to help their special interest donors,\u201d Rosemary Boeglin, the communications director for the DNC, said in the release.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The release states that the \u201clitmus test\u201d for being considered to be the running mate requires supporting Trump\u2019s false claims of the 2020 presidential election being stolen, supporting bans on abortion, working to repeal the Affordable Care Act and wanting to \u201csell out working families\u201d and \u201cgut\u201d Social Security and Medicare.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/democrats-plan-assault-trumps-vp-pool-mock-maga-veepstakes-report\"><strong>Fox News<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Democrats plan assault on Trump&#8217;s VP pool, mock &#8216;MAGA Veepstakes&#8217;: report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Anders Hagstrom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Democrats are planning a media assault on former President Trump&#8217;s large group of potential running mate picks, hoping to paint the group as extremist, \u201cultra-MAGA\u201d Republicans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump has offered few clues about who he intends to select, leaving the group of roughly a half-dozen major candidates pushing to set themselves apart. Democrats are looking to paint the candidates with the same brush, however, arguing they would all effectively be the same, Axios reported Wednesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Democrats, with their reported \u201cTrump&#8217;s MAGA Veepstakes\u201d plan, look to focus on key issues like election denial, abortion, healthcare and tax cuts. No major Trump VP candidates have split with him regarding his view of the outcome of the 2020 election.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-vice-president-dnc-maga-b2549535.html\"><strong>The Independent<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Democrats launch \u2018MAGA Veepstakes\u2019 to target extreme views of Trump\u2019s running mate hopefuls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Alex Woodward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Democratic National Committee has launched a campaign to target the \u201cdesperate race to the bottom\u201d to become Donald Trump\u2019s running mate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DNC\u2019s \u201cTrump\u2019s MAGA Veepstakes\u201d will highlight the Republican vice presidential hopefuls\u2019 anti-abortion views, election lies, and support for gutting healthcare and Social Security. [&#8230;]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The campaign, first reported by Axios, will shape Democratic messaging during President Joe Biden\u2019s re-election campaign, which has broadened its scope to warn against the Republican party\u2019s growing far-right antidemocratic agenda and Mr Trump\u2019s dominance across US politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The \u201cMAGA Veepstakes\u201d campaign will reach across social media, in rapid response messaging and in candidates\u2019 remarks, advertisements and debates, a DNC official told The Independent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Democrats will hammer Mr Trump\u2019s shortlist of running mates, which is \u201cchock full of anti-abortion extremists who are in lockstep with Trump\u2019s cruel anti-choice agenda to rip away women\u2019s freedoms,\u201d according to the DNC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The campaign also will target the party\u2019s \u201cextreme election denialism\u201d and Mr Trump\u2019s bogus narrative that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Democrats will also focus on potential running mates who have vowed to gut the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, as well as Medicare and Social Security, and the GOP\u2019s \u201cyearslong records of threatening seniors\u2019 pocketbooks.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The campaign will also zoom in on candidates\u2019 support for Trump-backed tax cuts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201c\u2018Trump has floated dozens of names, and while he trots them around like sad show ponies on the campaign trail, it doesn&#8217;t really matter who&#8217;s in his good graces one day and who&#8217;s shooting their dog the next,\u2019 DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin told Axios in a statement. \u2018Trump&#8217;s VP contenders have all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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