Dems Messaging Is Based on Fear
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) stated in an interview with Newsmax on Saturday that House Democrats rely on “creating an environment of fear” to gain public support for their policies.
His remarks followed the passage of a budget resolution endorsed by President Donald Trump, which was approved along party lines in the House on Thursday. In response, Democrats claimed that the Republican budget plan would lead to cuts in Medicaid. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) accused the GOP of “probably throwing millions of kids off health insurance.”
Bergman dismissed these claims, asserting that Democrats’ strategy revolves around fear-based messaging.
“[Democrats seek to] create an environment of fear where people vote for you not because of what you’re proposing to do,” Bergman said during an appearance on America Right Now. “Like we are in the framework here to literally redirect money towards the programs that need them, the families that need them. The Democrats have just chosen to attack. Because if you don’t have a plan—which they don’t have a fiscal plan—it’s a messaging plan to just scare [the] American people into voting for them.”
As a member of the House Budget Committee, Bergman emphasized that true leadership does not rely on fear-based tactics.
“So it shows that the other side has no leadership. And quite honestly, we’ve got an abundance of leadership on our side of the aisle. So we’re just laying out [our plan] on the table, and the Democrats are scared they’re going to lose more elections because they don’t have a plan,” Bergman added.