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Republican Pollster Suggests Tim Scott 2024 WH Run; Hold on While I Laugh Harder
White nationalist GOP won’t make a Black man its standard bearer
I always try to listen to sane Republicans. But they’re fast going out of business as the neofascist Trump wing of the Republican Party gains power. One of those people is Frank Luntz.
Luntz is a Republican pollster and messaging guru. He’s a controversial figure because he’s the one who comes up with buzzwords to get the public to swallow Republican propaganda. He’s the genius who came up with rebrands such as “death tax” instead of “estate tax.” But like him or not, Luntz, who is now an Independent, realizes that the way you frame a message is as important as the actual message itself. And if there’s one thing that Democrats have a problem with, it’s selling good ideas.
Doing a recent interview with The New York Times’ Kara Swisher, Luntz said he considers Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.,) the lone African-American Republican in the Senate, as a potential 2024 presidential candidate. I laughed. Luntz might be a genius wordsmith, but he’s out of touch if he thinks Scott could win the Republican Party presidential nomination.
