Republicans are occupying a fact free zone in America today. Just look at this board, where no right wingers can ever back up their claims with any sort of link that's not from Brietbart or Newsmax.
That's the entire strategy behind the "fake news" and "alternative facts" memes. This way, any news we don't like we can simply say is fake, again, without any sort of facts to disprove it. Like the election being stolen.
All the Republicans have are culture wars and trying to frighten the rubes. Ask any Republican now running for office what their specific plans are for helping the economy or health care or infrastructure situation and all you'll get is deflection. Except maybe for pushing the idea that more guns will solve gun violence.
We have a guy running for Gov. in NY, Zeldin (R), whose office has put out, literally, nothing by way of any sort of platform that deals with real issues. Beside the fact that he's been caught out lying about his military service, what's not to like. (he was a military lawyer, and apparently a good one, but is on record claiming he was a paratrooper in Iraq)
Socialism! They don't really understand it but it's been scaring people for generations and is, unfortunately, a winning strategy.
I was pleased to find out a few weeks ago that the local high school is introducing courses in financial literacy. Now if only they could do the same for political literacy.
