OPINION:
Republicans should put a stop to the fable that the government shutdown of last year damaged the GOP brand with voters. This is a total concoction of the left-wing media. Even the more “moderate” Republicans have been brainwashed into believing it and have swallowed the line. They’re shaking in their boots, saying, “We’ll never do that again.” Don’t they read the election results?
Silly me. I thought we just had an election in which Republicans scored a great victory. If the GOP had such a black eye as a result of the shutdown or some other action, why didn’t it register at the ballot box this month? It certainly seems that the party was rewarded for its strong leadership action, not penalized for “its” shutdown.
Where is the evidence that the shutdown gave Republicans a bad image? The election reflects no indication of this.
HANK TAYLOR
Bryan, Texas
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