In the last few days, Democrats were gifted two moments that crystallized massive vulnerabilities for the GOP. Their response showed they still don't know how to use them to their advantage.
First, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa dismissed concerns from her constituents at a town hall that proposed Medicaid cuts could cause people to lose eligibility and even die. "Well, we are all going to die," she said blithely.
Then, video emerged of Department of Homeland Security police handcuffing one of Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler's aides in his Manhattan office, which is in the same building as an immigration courthouse.
These are the kinds of moments that break through, spilling over from the Beltway to the barbershop, the normally nonpolitical spaces where elections are won or lost.
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