DNC chair: Republicans are scarier than ISIS or Ebola
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In an interview with CNN anchor Candy Crowley on Sunday, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz agreed with the suggestion that Democrats believe Republicans are scarier than ISIS or Ebola. After Crowley played a campaign ad that labeled GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner "way too extreme for Colorado," she asked Wasserman-Schultz about the extremism message:
Crowley: So we've heard this in previous elections, too extreme, too extreme their Tea Party, we can't work with them. So, it seems that the Democrats' overall message is yes, ISIS is scary. Yes, Ebola is scary but Republicans are a lot scarier.Wasserman-Schultz: Well, that's right. Cory Gardner is a sponsor of a bill that would prevent women from being able to get access to make their own reproductive choices even in the case of rape or incest. [Real Clear Politics]
Wasserman-Schultz made headlines last week for her refusal or inability to name competitive Senate campaigns in which the president has been active.
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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.
