House Republicans have unveiled a plan to recapture the House majority in 2022, and they are targeting 47 vulnerable Democratic districts.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) noted in a memo that the Republicans are just five seats short of holding a majority in the House. And that the Republican Party is competitive in more than 40 districts.
“Only a few weeks into the Biden administration, Americans have already seen the job-killing programs supported by House Democrats,” said National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Emmer (R-Texas) in a press release. “We will leave no stone unturned to hold House Democrats accountable for their socialist agenda and ensure voters understand the devastating impact (Democrats’) cuts to police funding, government regulation of health care, and ending the Keystone XL pipeline project will have on the daily lives of Americans.”
Emmer noted that in the House, Republicans are “just five seats short of a majority and ready to build on a successful 2020.”
The committee made a list that included 29 districts that either do not support President Joe Biden or have less than five percentage points of support for incumbent House members. Republicans also noted that 10 Democratic lawmakers could face redistricting problems next year, and eight other Democratic lawmakers, who won by less than 10 points, also did not perform as well as Biden.
Emmer added that the Republican Party “will continue to focus on recruiting talented, diverse candidates, aggressively expose the Democratic Party’s socialist agenda, and raise enough resources to win the 2022 election.
In the last election, congressional Democrats lost a total of 11 seats. Meanwhile, not a single House Republican member was defeated, although they gained three open Republican seats.
Republicans controlled the House majority for eight years before losing control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections. Some experts note that in modern times, the party that controls the presidency typically loses about 25 seats in midterm elections.
Speaking to Fox News, Emmer said, “Historically, midterm elections are a test for the party in power, and I think this is bad news for House Democrats. It’s not going to be easy, but we’ll finish what we started.”
The committee chairman said in an interview on Fox News that Republicans need to build on the policies implemented by former President Trump (R-Texas).
Emmer said, “Republicans need to embrace (Trump’s) policies. I think we need to continue to support them because our fellow Democrats have said that they will eliminate all of (Trump’s) provisions of these policies. I think they’re going to be in a lot of trouble if they do that.”
Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to tie the Republican Party to newly elected Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R). She has made comments on social media that have been much maligned by Democrats. More than a week ago, the House took action to strip Greene of her membership on two committees.
Cole Leiter, communications director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), issued a statement to the news media after the Republicans announced their campaign platform, saying, “After President Trump and the incompetence of Washington Republicans that has left millions out of work, the American people are looking for leaders they can count on to stamp out this coronavirus (the CCP virus), provide them with a relief check, and get them back to work safely. But instead, Minority Leader McCarthy keeps reminding the nation that he is too weak to resist the dangerous QAnon conspiracists who have taken over his party and sparked violence in the streets that resulted in the killing of a police officer. It’s a contrast the American electorate will not forget.”
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