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Dems acknowledge anti-Trump message falling short after Georgia loss
Joseph Weber
By Joseph Weber Published June 21, 2017
Democrats acknowledged Wednesday that their anti-Trump campaign message has failed to connect with voters this year in the wake of two more party losses in House special elections.
Voters "want us to focus on jobs and the economy,? Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos told Fox News? ?Happening Now? on Wednesday. ?I get almost no questions about Russia. I get no recommendations that I [should] support impeachment. ? All of the other sideshows are not what people want us to focus on.?
The moment of reflection comes after Republican Karen Handel defeated Jon Ossoff in Georgia?s closely watched House runoff, despite millions in out-of-state donations pouring into his campaign amid Democratic hopes that an Ossoff win would deliver a rebuke to President Trump.
Instead, Republicans cited Handel?s win as a rebuke to Democratic ?obstruction.?
Democrats had entered the 2017 special elections expecting to ride the wave of opposition to Trump ? hoping his low approval ratings, popular-vote loss and now-persistent allegations his campaign team colluded with Russians to influence the election would translate to Democratic support at the polls.
However, Democrats have lost all four House races so far this year where they sought to flip a Republican-held seat.
Georgia?s race marked their highest-profile defeat, in what became the costliest-ever House election.
Dems acknowledge anti-Trump message falling short after Georgia loss
Joseph Weber
By Joseph Weber Published June 21, 2017
Democrats acknowledged Wednesday that their anti-Trump campaign message has failed to connect with voters this year in the wake of two more party losses in House special elections.
Voters "want us to focus on jobs and the economy,? Illinois Democratic Rep. Cheri Bustos told Fox News? ?Happening Now? on Wednesday. ?I get almost no questions about Russia. I get no recommendations that I [should] support impeachment. ? All of the other sideshows are not what people want us to focus on.?
The moment of reflection comes after Republican Karen Handel defeated Jon Ossoff in Georgia?s closely watched House runoff, despite millions in out-of-state donations pouring into his campaign amid Democratic hopes that an Ossoff win would deliver a rebuke to President Trump.
Instead, Republicans cited Handel?s win as a rebuke to Democratic ?obstruction.?
Democrats had entered the 2017 special elections expecting to ride the wave of opposition to Trump ? hoping his low approval ratings, popular-vote loss and now-persistent allegations his campaign team colluded with Russians to influence the election would translate to Democratic support at the polls.
However, Democrats have lost all four House races so far this year where they sought to flip a Republican-held seat.
Georgia?s race marked their highest-profile defeat, in what became the costliest-ever House election.