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The Guardian - US
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Lloyd Green

The Democrats are gaining because Americans want jobs, not Capitol mobs

‘On Thursday, Biden launched a frontal assault on Trump and the right’s embrace of creeping authoritarianism. Twelve hours later, the government reported 315,000 new jobs added in August.’
‘On Thursday, Biden launched a frontal assault on Trump and the right’s embrace of creeping authoritarianism. Twelve hours later, the government reported 315,000 new jobs added in August.’ Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Can the Democrats make the formerly Republican slogan “jobs, not mobs” their midterm mantra?

They just might get away with it. In politics, jiujitsu is fair play – and these days Republicans are less the party of “law and order” and more the party that denies the outcomes of democratic elections and attacks the US Capitol.

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