The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

In foreshadowing the contest for the soul of the Republican Party, two of the freshman congresswomen who won their races made comments on what they represented.  CNN reports…

CNN Wrote:"We really reflect the faces of America," Mace told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union" about the incoming Republican freshman class. "The diversity and the inclusion that we have in the Republican Party. That is our future. And if we don't get on board with recruiting the right people -- minorities, women, veterans, et. cetera, then we're going to lose in the future."

Malliotakis said she believes one of the reasons so many GOP women were motivated to run was, "seeing the Democratic women being elected in 2018 that don't necessarily reflect our values, particularly those who are, you know, self described socialists."

This assumed that domestic spending, the government helping the people, can be called socialist and is not American.  They have to convince people that increasing the division of wealth is the correct direction.  This might make it hard for them to pick up people like minorities, woman and veterans.