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During an annual GOP retreat in Orlando, Florida, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy offered a prediction about the Republican Party’s chances of flipping the House in 2022.
“Our focus on this one has been different than the others,” he told reporters about their priorities at the retreat. “We re focused on policy and building a better America as we move forward.
“We believe Republicans will take the House in 2022,” he added. “Just for a refresher, so everybody knows, in the last election there wasn t one Republican incumbent to lose, first time since 1994. We were able to defeat 15 Democrats, every single Democrat lost to a Republican woman, a Republican minority, or a Republican veteran. We re very proud of that, we re proud of what we ve been able to do.
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Republicans strain to dent Biden without getting personal
Not taking the opportunity to more concretely define Biden something Trump struggled to do during the 2020 campaign could backfire for Republicans.
Instead of launching personal attacks on “Uncle Joe,” Republicans are hoping to puncture President Joe Biden’s popularity without getting down in the mud. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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ORLANDO Republicans demonized former President Barack Obama for eight years on their way to reclaiming Congress and the White House. They’re not looking to revive that strategy against Joe Biden.
Instead of launching personal attacks on “Uncle Joe,” a politician many Americans have known for decades, Republicans are hoping to puncture Biden’s popularity without getting down in the mud. They aim to yoke him to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, progressive Democrats and a “radical” liberal policy agenda all of which, Republicans know, poll lower with the American