Republicans In Panic Mode As More GOP Senators Retire

The Republican Party was hoping to have the incumbent advantage in the 2022 midterms, but now that a fourth Republican senator has announced their retirement, consultants for the Party in a full-blown panic. And they should be. Their Party is not only losing members, but they are actively angering the public with their actions. Farron Cousins explains what's happening. Link - https://www.alternet.org/2021/03/gop-... Don't forget to like, comment, and share! And subscribe to stay connected! Connect with Farron on Twitter:   / farronbalanced   *This transcript was auto-generated. Please excuse any typos. Republican consultants who have recently spoken to media outlets are in a bit of a panic because we now have four Republican senators who have announced that they're retiring at the end of their terms. And these terms expire in 2022. So that means out of the 20 seats that Republicans had to defend, they will now only have six 16 incumbents. That's not exactly where they want to be right now, especially considering the fact that Republicans in 2022 have 20 seats up. Democrats have 14. So Republicans already had a lot of work cut out for them to retain their 50 members in the Senate. And now they're losing four members. Now, one of the members they're losing that as retiring is from the state of Alabama. They're not worried about that at all. And I wouldn't be either you could write the letter or on a potato in Alabama, and it would be to Democrat as long as it's not accused of hanging out at malls, trying to pick up under aged girls. Uh, you know, cause cause apparently yes, the Alabama voters do draw the line at that. But other than that, riding our on a potato, it's gonna win an Alabama. So really it's only three, but these three Senate seats, because they're no longer going to be incumbents. And because they're in swing States, um, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, uh, those are tough ones. And now you're going to have to spend truckloads of money. Introducing someone new up against a democratic challenger for an open seat. That is not a small order by any stretch of the imagination. And again, the consultants are panicking, not just because they now have to, you know, work so hard on those races. But because any time you have to focus more of your efforts in one area, you have to remove them from another resources are finite people who know what they're doing. That is a finite resource. Money is finite. You do not have enough to just say, Oh well we'll just staff it up more. Yeah, there's a lot of really, really bad campaign consultants out there. I think Donald Trump's 2020 campaign is, is really good proof of that. And of course, he's going to want his people out there doing, doing things and doing rallies for them. And that's probably not going to go well, considering the public at large still hates the man. So yes, Republicans, you have your work cut out for you and it's not going to get any easier considering the fact that you're also not delivering for the American public. And instead you are actively trying to obstruct good things for the American public, not a single one of you voted for the recent stimulus package. You're not going to allow this expansion of voting rights to happen. Um, so what are you actually doing now? Like what are you doing? What are you going to go and campaign on? Well, folks vote for us because we didn't do this and this, you know, we didn't put money in your pocket. Uh, we, we didn't let you vote absentee and actually made it illegal in some States for you to even get food and water and voting lines. So, uh, that's our pitch. Yeah. Yeah. Good luck with that. Um, don't think it's going to resonate with voters the way you think that will though.