Rachel Maddow is warning Democratic candidates that it might not make sense for them to even try to reach Republican base voters in next year’s election. “In political terms, we are left with this awkward evidence of what Republican voters are looking for in a candidate right now,” the MSNBC host said. Maddow noted that two GOP lawmakers ― Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) ― were reelected last year despite being under indictment and facing potential prison sentences. “This is an indelible thing: Heavily Republican districts easily reelected both of these men to Congress despite the criminal charges they were actively facing,” Maddow said. Maddow wondered what the pundits would make of that trend as they work with Democratic candidates on appealing to the GOP base in 2020.

Source: Huffington Post December 03, 2019 07:07 UTC