On Sunday’s This Week, anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp what Democrats plan to do about the unavoidable losses they face in the midterms. Heitkamp’s answer will disgust you.
She explained, “Right now, the one thing I would disagree with you all on is that every moment that we’re spending here talking about the January 6 commission we’re not talking about $5 gas, we’re not talking inflation.”
“You want the airwaves to be talking about this because it reminds the voters why they voted for Joe Biden,” she continued.
Remember how we talked about Democrats’ over-dramatization of the J6 hearings? They even hired a movie producer to help them sensationalize the coverage. Right…
Well, I think Heitkamp realized she was revealing her hand because her demeanor shifts and she starts defending her own argument.
Adding, “The danger that we were in, I think, you know, I remember George about a year ago when we saw the first poll where the President’s numbers were really started to go to the negative. We asked the question, what should he do today? He didn’t really do enough at that point in time. Right now this is a base play in the midterms. You are not gonna change hearts and minds.”
Transcript
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Is there anything Democrats can do to stop the wave in ‘22?
HEIDI HEITKAMP: Right now, the one thing I would disagree with you all on, is that every moment that we’re spending here talking about the January 6 commission we’re not talking about $5 gas, we’re not talking inflation.
STEPHANOPOULOS:But that’s not going to help Democrats, talking about $5 gas?
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HEITKAMP: What I’m saying, you don’t want to be talking. You want the airwaves to be talking about this because it reminds the voters why they voted for Joe Biden. The danger that we were in, I think, you know, I remember George about a year ago when we saw the first poll where the President’s numbers were really started to go to the negative. We asked the question, what should he do today? He didn’t really do enough at that point in time. Right now this is a base play in the midterms. You are not gonna change hearts and minds. And people think that money makes a difference. Always remind them I had plenty of money and I didn’t get re-elected. And so at this point the cake’s baked on where you are. The only bright side is when you nominate people like Herschel Walker, when you nominate people like the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania it gives Democrats an opening they wouldn’t otherwise have.