In a truly insane rant, leftist Washington Post op-ed columnist Jennifer Rubin whined about Democrats not getting their message through to voters, arguing that they needed to be more pithy and offering an example, claiming “Republicans want to kill your kids.”
Rubin, who is also a contributor for MSNBC, made the insane claim during a recent episode of her podcast, “Jen Rubin’s Green Room.”
“For people who don’t get political news, who never pick up a newspaper, who never turn on CNN, who never even bother with Fox News, those people really have no idea what’s going on,” Rubin said, adding that Democrats need to do everything possible to ensure that they were at least able “to communicate basic facts.”
“You don’t have a vaccine because, you’re not getting a child tax credit because,” she added. “All the good things that are happening at the state level, they have to know why they’re getting those things. Oh, you have a chip manufacturing plant because a Democratic president put that into effect and a Democratic governor went out and solicited bids. And now you have X number of thousands of jobs. It’s that simple.”
Rubin went on to argue that they way Democrats communicate is key, pointing out that beyond telling the truth, the talking points actually have to resonate with Americans.
“You can’t talk broad themes. You have to boil it down to nuts and bolts and you have to be pithy. What do I mean by pithy? How about this? Republicans want to kill your kids. It’s actually true,” she falsely claimed.
“If you’re going to oppose vaccinations, if you’re going to stop breakthrough medical research, if you’re going to allow minors and all sorts of people to get semi-automatic weapons, which they use to shoot up schools, well then you are responsible for kids’ health and death, unfortunately. It has to be that simple and that direct, and it has to be over and over and over again,” Rubin added.
WaPo Opinion columnist Jen Rubin on how Democrats should be messaging to people who don’t follow politics:
“You have to be pithy, what do I mean by pithy? How about this, Republicans want to kill your kids. It’s actually true.” pic.twitter.com/T45OJUhTi0
— Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) November 19, 2024
Social media users were quick to call Rubin out for her insane comments, slamming her and the media companies that hired her.
“The Washington Post should be dismissed as a legitimate or serious publication for willfully platforming this deranged individual for the last decade,” The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway responded.
The Washington Post should be dismissed as a legitimate or serious publication for willfully platforming this deranged individual for the last decade. https://t.co/OpF7B4yz7y
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 20, 2024
“Every once in a while it’s worth reminding ourselves that the Washington Post pays this woman to share her thoughts with the world,” Republican communications strategist Matt Whitlock noted.
Every once in a while it’s worth reminding ourselves that the Washington Post pays this woman to share her thoughts with the world. https://t.co/R5iRE4pxMu
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) November 20, 2024
The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro highlighted the fact that Democrats are actually the party that openly celebrates killing children, writing: “Meanwhile, Democrats literally set up a mobile abortion clinic outside their national convention.”
Meanwhile, Democrats literally set up a mobile abortion clinic outside their national convention https://t.co/49auAAw360
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 20, 2024
