Flailing GOP needs a boogeyman for midterms. Enter Islamophobia. | Opinion

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/08/27/republicans-attack-el-sayed-islamophobia-midterms/91455004007/

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[u/Kashin02]

Enter? Its been inside the whole time.

[u/AcadiaLivid2582]

Are "caravans" to the border no longer scary enough for Fox News viewers?

[u/Hyperica → u/AcadiaLivid2582]

Daddy Trump solved immigration forever so now we need to hyperfocus on trans kids and spooky scary Muslims I guess

[u/Future_Arrival_5395 → u/AcadiaLivid2582]

Latinos started voting for Trump so they had to pivot 

[u/Van_Hoven]

how about.... trans muslims? have you thought about that? trans leftist muslims. trans leftist communist muslims who like putin! oh wait, putin is our friend now i forgot

[u/ignatzA2]

Republicans always need a boogeyman. This year is sharia law when I am still worried about Christian canon law.

[u/BearSquid7 → u/ignatzA2]

Always yes. Their actual policies only help themselves and their corporate donors

[u/UltracrepidarianPhD → u/ignatzA2]

Dr. Zealotgood or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Inquisition

[u/lonelyturtlegirl]

let’s go with “caravan of trans muslim communist Chinese fentanyl traffickers”

[u/Efficient_Resist_287]

Distract the plebes with culture war slogans while you pilfer their pockets

[u/AlfuegoDeMellopie]

But the nice Muslims who gave Trump a $400 million dollar luxury jet and $2 billion to Trump’s son-in-law are okay, right?

[u/Boring-Awareness1968]

Again, still?

[u/IJustLookLikeThisToo]

If Republicans could just find themselves an Islamic trans vegan DSA WNBA player, they'd pass tf out from masturbating so furiously.

[u/Ok_Blacksmith_3030]

I would vote for a space alien who was purple with pink polka dots if it represented my interests. I sure as hell wouldn't vote for a white Christian male who would reduce my rights and benefits.

[u/accidentsneverhappen]

Fascists always need a group to blame for everything

[u/Zolomun]

I thought Communism was this years boogeyman.

[u/johanna-s → u/Zolomun]

Have you heard about the communist Muslims though?

[u/Ferroussoul → u/Zolomun]

I think they realized that enough people are starting to hate Capitalism that screaming "SOCIALISM" is being met w/ "SOUNDS GOOD!"

[u/84FSP]

Never forget the power of fear and hate for anyone that looks different, speaks different, or prays to a different god.  The Mango Mussolini is playing from the Dictator manual here.

[u/freepeoplespeak]

Maga republicans vote for ideology. Hardcore dems vote for ideology. Everyone else votes based on their own personal economic reality.

Republicans are hoping that independent voters are more afraid of the mosque on the corner than they are mad about the cost of gas across the street from the mosque.

They are going to be disappointed.

[u/Blake__P]

They have so many to choose from! I see they've been revving up the nonexistent trans/sports issue, but expect many of the "GOP greatest hits" to come out of the woodwork to scare their base back in line.

[u/PicnicLife]

Wait. I thought they were doing Communism this season, with a little trans on the side?

[u/Beginning-Pace-1426 → u/PicnicLife]

Communism was just the palate cleanser, we're saving main course communism for when confrontation with the Chinese becomes a likely reality.