GOP 2020’s election strategy targeting Democrats’ proposals has begun. You might have heard innuendos already and possibly, they make you fearful.

Not surprisingly the GOP would rather fear monger its way to elected office then present a proposal that would counter the other proposals. 

Fear mongering is the most effective tactic used by Republicans and the administration—it predates Trump. But with Trump in office this tactic now echoes on a larger stage to an audience of millions—both nationally and internationally. Trump is a master at delivering and monitoring fear of his base—that is his grasp over them. He started his candidacy on fear with his famous 2015 escalator ride in Trump Tower talking about immigration with the words “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Trump was stoking fear to gain voters—those who can be intimidated by this tactic—a senseless fear.

Now, this enhanced technique is used as a weapon against the Green New Deal. Their innuendo is “meat” eaters will lose their right to eat meat if the Green New Deal is passed. [You would think that eating meat would make you fearless, but not so much.] 

Trump has terminated US participation in the Paris Climate Accord and the administration’s agenda and actions are guaranteed to make the environment worst by promoting the increased use of fossil fuels and eliminating regulations that protect us. For sure, coal mining is not our future. Climate change is happening with a profound negative consequence for our planet; but the GOP’s strategy might be to deny that humans are causing this change rather than have a plan. My assumption is the fear tactic is more appealing for them than addressing the climate change issues that we are now experiencing with a proposal.

Free pubic college tuition, free preschools, student loan debt relief, affordable health care for all, universal background checks on gun sales, etc—each of these programs has a GOP fear anchor attached: socialism is the standard bearer also “Dems will eliminate the 2nd amendment” has always been a Republican’s favorite.

Americans benefit from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other social programs but the fear spread through the GOP universe will force loyal Republican partisans to vote against their own interests. I don’t think that “the huge deficit” conversation can hold any water anymore after the tax break given to corporations in 2018. The GOP is now evaluating how to pay for that tax decrease and what cuts they can make to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and Veterans’ benefits, to sustain the government’s loss of revenue.

So I ask the GOP “Where’s the beef” on proposals to protect our environment and our social benefits programs.