Eric Purchase
@ericpurchase.bsky.social
Reader, writer, democracy
Advice from a professional writer on how to take down the Republican Party. Don't react, attack. https://epurchaseattack.substack.com/
Advice from a professional writer on how to take down the Republican Party. Don't react, attack. https://epurchaseattack.substack.com/
Let's shift our attacks from Trump to the Republicans who should be protecting us but who support him instead.
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How to Exploit Trump
Donald Trump is as relevant to the security and prosperity of the United States as an infestation of mice is to your family’s well-being.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let's shift our attacks from Trump to the Republicans who should be protecting us but who support him instead.
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And it's not like there isn't a long, clear track record of Republican failure on the economy.
Of course, Democrats haven't bother to point it out either.
Of course, Democrats haven't bother to point it out either.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And it's not like there isn't a long, clear track record of Republican failure on the economy.
Of course, Democrats haven't bother to point it out either.
Of course, Democrats haven't bother to point it out either.
Graham's "I know this is wrong and goes against everything I said I believed in, but I'll support it anyway" doesn't make him popular with either the truth tellers or the liars.
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Graham's "I know this is wrong and goes against everything I said I believed in, but I'll support it anyway" doesn't make him popular with either the truth tellers or the liars.
The biggest liars aren't Trump and other Republican officials. They're Republican voters, who lie to themselves continually.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The biggest liars aren't Trump and other Republican officials. They're Republican voters, who lie to themselves continually.
Rip-off van Winkle?
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Rip-off van Winkle?
How many districts did the Republicans win by less than 23 points?
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How many districts did the Republicans win by less than 23 points?
Dems should use Trump to delegitimize the Republican Party.
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How to Exploit Trump
Donald Trump is as relevant to the security and prosperity of the United States as an infestation of mice is to your family’s well-being.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Dems should use Trump to delegitimize the Republican Party.
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You are way too generous to Republicans. They're not fighting for anything but themselves.
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You are way too generous to Republicans. They're not fighting for anything but themselves.
Sure, they'll commit war crimes, but they're not going to pull innocent people out of their beds and stick them in concentration camps.
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Sure, they'll commit war crimes, but they're not going to pull innocent people out of their beds and stick them in concentration camps.
Donald Trump is God's way of testing the Republican Party. It failed.
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How to Exploit Trump
Donald Trump is as relevant to the security and prosperity of the United States as an infestation of mice is to your family’s well-being.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Donald Trump is God's way of testing the Republican Party. It failed.
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Yet I've never heard Democrats say things likevthis.
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yet I've never heard Democrats say things likevthis.
Lemon=>lemonade. If you don't have the beef to stop the run, go with small, quick front 4. Use LBs. Have them jump into the gaps at the snap. Saw Michigan do this 40 years ago against a big Auburn OL. Held them to 3 field goals.
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Lemon=>lemonade. If you don't have the beef to stop the run, go with small, quick front 4. Use LBs. Have them jump into the gaps at the snap. Saw Michigan do this 40 years ago against a big Auburn OL. Held them to 3 field goals.
Democrats should propose a benchmark for what Republicans must do to return to normal democratic politics. What conditions must Republicans meet before people consider it safe to vote for them again? Here are five.
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5 Conditions for Republicans' Rehabilitation
Even Republican voters are starting to notice the Trump administration is a disaster.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Democrats should propose a benchmark for what Republicans must do to return to normal democratic politics. What conditions must Republicans meet before people consider it safe to vote for them again? Here are five.
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Exactly. Social justice is good for EVERYONE.
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Democrats, Repeat These 8 Lines
We all scorn sound bites and slogans, but they work.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Exactly. Social justice is good for EVERYONE.
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Republican voters remind me of a freshman composition student who had already crashed her car 3 times because she was fiddling with the radio while driving. Common sense didn't teach her, and she didn't learn from one crash, two crashes...
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Republican voters remind me of a freshman composition student who had already crashed her car 3 times because she was fiddling with the radio while driving. Common sense didn't teach her, and she didn't learn from one crash, two crashes...
Maybe I should have added: grow a spine.
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5 Conditions for Republicans' Rehabilitation
Even Republican voters are starting to notice the Trump administration is a disaster.
epurchaseattack.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Maybe I should have added: grow a spine.
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Is it too much to ask Democrats to anticipate what is bound to happen in the near future?
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5 Conditions for Republicans' Rehabilitation
Even Republican voters are starting to notice the Trump administration is a disaster.
epurchaseattack.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Is it too much to ask Democrats to anticipate what is bound to happen in the near future?
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The question isn't what Trump is responsible for. It's who is responsible for Trump. The whole Republican Party.
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5 Conditions for Republicans' Rehabilitation
Even Republican voters are starting to notice the Trump administration is a disaster.
epurchaseattack.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The question isn't what Trump is responsible for. It's who is responsible for Trump. The whole Republican Party.
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Soon Republicans are going to start pretending they were fooled by Trump and that they didn't have 10,000 opportunities to stop him.
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Soon Republicans are going to start pretending they were fooled by Trump and that they didn't have 10,000 opportunities to stop him.
Earlier in the year a Republican friend and I were sharing predictions of what would happen under Trump. He predicted a boom. I predicted chaos, bungling and a recession. I didn't expect to see it all in the first year.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Earlier in the year a Republican friend and I were sharing predictions of what would happen under Trump. He predicted a boom. I predicted chaos, bungling and a recession. I didn't expect to see it all in the first year.
Don't just say Republicans did an awful thing. Instead, turn it around on them.
E.g., if Hegseth investigates Kelly, say that Republicans are degrading what a criminal investigation means so that it will have less public impact when their own real crimes are investigated.
E.g., if Hegseth investigates Kelly, say that Republicans are degrading what a criminal investigation means so that it will have less public impact when their own real crimes are investigated.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Don't just say Republicans did an awful thing. Instead, turn it around on them.
E.g., if Hegseth investigates Kelly, say that Republicans are degrading what a criminal investigation means so that it will have less public impact when their own real crimes are investigated.
E.g., if Hegseth investigates Kelly, say that Republicans are degrading what a criminal investigation means so that it will have less public impact when their own real crimes are investigated.
Prepare for what happens AFTER Republicans lose.
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5 Conditions for Republicans' Rehabilitation
Even Republican voters are starting to notice the Trump administration is a disaster.
epurchaseattack.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Prepare for what happens AFTER Republicans lose.
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