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Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day.

At a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., urged lawmakers to stick to criticizing Harris for her role in Biden-Harris administration policies.

“This election will be about policies and not personalities,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the meeting.

“This is not personal with regard to Kamala Harris,” he added, “and her ethnicity or her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever.”

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[-] Intrama@lemmy.world 194 points 4 months ago

Yikes. The fact you gotta warn ppl is mind boggling.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 82 points 4 months ago

Yeah, right? If you have to preemptively warn your elected party members to not do a racism or a sexism maybe you're the party of the racists and sexists.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 30 points 4 months ago

No no, the way it reads is not to do these things overtly.

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[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 49 points 4 months ago

The coin has dropped that they'll have to go back to dropping hard Rs in private for a while if they want any chance at turning the country into a christofascist dictatorship.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 14 points 4 months ago

So is the fact that Trump won't be about to stop himself from doing it.

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[-] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 146 points 4 months ago

Hmm. Sounds woke. Republicans awaking to wokeness? Gotta try something when your base is infatuated with Old Sleepy Don, who can't stop defaming E. Jean Carroll and doesn't have anything bad to say about white supremacists.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd say that you and I should join some right-wing forums to make the point that this is "woke" and "anti-Republican", but I strongly suspect many of them are already saying it themselves.

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[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 21 points 4 months ago

"Why am I being censored? Free speech under attack!"

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 99 points 4 months ago
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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

I'm afraid the archive link just keeps asking me if I'm a robot and won't let me in no matter how many times I check the box or tell them how many motorcycles I see.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 months ago

This means that you're a bot now. I'm so sorry.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I’m afraid the archive link just keeps asking me if I’m a robot and won’t let me in no matter how many times I check the box or tell them how many motorcycles I see.

I agree with this person.

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[-] JesusSon@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago

"Hey listen guys just wait until we win and then we can say the N word whenever we want just like the good old days." - Mike "Hey son watch me jack it" Johnson

[-] HWK_290@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago

Mike "my son controls my" Johnson

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

The idea that men should never have to learn self control - instead relying on another man to do it for them - just shows how weak-kneed these dudes are.

Normal men - Be strong! Be brave!

Republicans - Not on my watch!

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 67 points 4 months ago

"Stop saying the quiet part out loud during campaign season. You can do it afterwards again"

From the party that has actively encouraged these white nationalists at every step

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Back to facial expressions it is!

[-] Wiz@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago

She laughs! Womenfolk are not allowed to laugh.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 4 months ago

stop being sexist cries party that nominated a nineteen time serial sexual abuser of women.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 months ago

And chldren.

[-] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago

The party that has promoted a sexist and racist agenda for decades is surprised when its members publicly make sexist and racist comments about an opposing candidate? This very well could turn into a major leopard-ate-my-face moment and I'm ready for it with plenty of popcorn.

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[-] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They hate on James Donald Bowman’s Indian wife. They hate on that Sikh woman that spoke at the convention. Who actually believes they will hold back regarding the opposing parties’ black female nominee?

Edit: Oh this article is about the elected people in the party. Not the actual members. I guess we will be seeing more BS from right wing ‘news’ as a work around.

[-] razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago

The fact that they have to say that speaks volumes.

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[-] Juice@midwest.social 39 points 4 months ago

Republican leaders urge hamburger club to steer clear of hamburgers

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[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Steer clear, aka "stop making so many..."

Back in 2020, they found over 200000 bigoted comments or slanders against Harris alone.

They're ramping up now, of course: "Diversity hire", "escort", "slept her way to the top", doctored images of her and Epstein, etc:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sexist-falsehoods-target-kamala-harris-222921484.html

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[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

Yeah but then they don't have anything left

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 19 points 4 months ago

"We could run on our ideas..."

image of guy getting thrown out the boardroom window

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[-] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

Both sides are the same? So far this is the only side whose leadership has to caution members to not be racist or sexist.

Now if they can get their followers on social media to do the same...

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

Good luck with that.

[-] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 4 months ago

Mission: Impossible

[-] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

BREAKING NEWS: "Has the Republican party turned Woke?"

[-] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 24 points 4 months ago

Can they warn party members to not incite another insurrection or civil war too?

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago
[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

"Guys, guys, guys, everybody be cool man, people are paying attention right now."

[-] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago

Pretty wild stuff, both sides are the same my ass. Could you imagine the Democrats having to tell their party members to not be bigots?

No you cannot and that is fucking incredible, The amount of cognitive dissonance you have to have to be a Republican is mind-boggling.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago

You can shut it down on the outside but we all already know how deep inside them the racism dwells

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[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But if they don't attack her on race and sex, how else are those inbred idiots gonna attack her? Because attacking is all they ever do.

Oh nvm they'll just make shit up like they normally do.

[-] Mikelius@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

They could focus on their wildly popular policies and ideas! Oh wait

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Republican leaders urge fish not to swim.

[-] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Narrator: “They didn’t.”

[-] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago

Trump made them think its fine to keep saying the quiet part out loud without realizing the majority hate the sexism and hopefully a majority also hate the racism. They don't know how to attack without dog whisteling and hopefully it continues to drive people away from them.

[-] Wytch@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 months ago

"Remember, the dog whistle is just as effective to rile up your base, so don't be afraid to use that instead"

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 months ago

LOL it says quite enough that they have to be reminded of this

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

Time to secretly get some recordings of what they are really saying at their dinner party circles à la the recent recordings of Supreme Court justices discussing flags in their neighborhoods.

[-] VanillaBean@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Guys guys, please wait until we win to unleash all that hate and racism"

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

May as well ask a horse to stop shitting in the street.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

That is going to be impossible since the GOP is now a Nazi organization.

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