The admonitions come as Republicans and Trump‘s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day.

Republican leaders are warning party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, as they and former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign scramble to adjust to the reality of a new Democratic rival less than four months before Election Day.

At a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., urged lawmakers to stick to criticizing Harris for her role in Biden-Harris administration policies.

“This election will be about policies and not personalities,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the meeting.

“This is not personal with regard to Kamala Harris,” he added, “and her ethnicity or her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever.”

  • IntramaEnglish
    194•2 months ago

    Yikes. The fact you gotta warn ppl is mind boggling.

    • MudMan
      82•2 months ago

      Yeah, right? If you have to preemptively warn your elected party members to not do a racism or a sexism maybe you’re the party of the racists and sexists.

      • CileTheSane
        9•2 months ago

        maybe you’re the party of the racists and sexists.

        They know, they just don’t want you to know.

    • The Snark UrgeEnglish
      49•2 months ago

      The coin has dropped that they’ll have to go back to dropping hard Rs in private for a while if they want any chance at turning the country into a christofascist dictatorship.

    • lolcatnipEnglish
      14•2 months ago

      So is the fact that Trump won’t be about to stop himself from doing it.

  • bradinutah
    146•2 months ago

    Hmm. Sounds woke. Republicans awaking to wokeness? Gotta try something when your base is infatuated with Old Sleepy Don, who can’t stop defaming E. Jean Carroll and doesn’t have anything bad to say about white supremacists.

    • Samvega
      44•2 months ago2 months ago

      I’d say that you and I should join some right-wing forums to make the point that this is “woke” and “anti-Republican”, but I strongly suspect many of them are already saying it themselves.

    • MagicShel
      21•2 months ago

      “Why am I being censored? Free speech under attack!”

  • JesusSon
    76•2 months ago

    “Hey listen guys just wait until we win and then we can say the N word whenever we want just like the good old days.” - Mike “Hey son watch me jack it” Johnson

      • girlfreddyOP
        18•2 months ago

        The idea that men should never have to learn self control - instead relying on another man to do it for them - just shows how weak-kneed these dudes are.

        Normal men - Be strong! Be brave!

        Republicans - Not on my watch!

  • Wrench
    67•2 months ago

    “Stop saying the quiet part out loud during campaign season. You can do it afterwards again”

    From the party that has actively encouraged these white nationalists at every step

  • katy ✨
    47•2 months ago

    stop being sexist cries party that nominated a nineteen time serial sexual abuser of women.

  • DeepThought42English
    45•2 months ago

    The party that has promoted a sexist and racist agenda for decades is surprised when its members publicly make sexist and racist comments about an opposing candidate? This very well could turn into a major leopard-ate-my-face moment and I’m ready for it with plenty of popcorn.

    • CosmicTurtle0English
      8•2 months ago

      I suspect this is a way for them to signal to independents that they have changed, knowing full well that their rank and file members aren’t going to change anything they are doing.

  • greenshirtdenimjeans
    43•2 months ago2 months ago

    They hate on James Donald Bowman’s Indian wife. They hate on that Sikh woman that spoke at the convention. Who actually believes they will hold back regarding the opposing parties’ black female nominee?

    Edit: Oh this article is about the elected people in the party. Not the actual members. I guess we will be seeing more BS from right wing ‘news’ as a work around.

  • Juice
    39•2 months ago

    Republican leaders urge hamburger club to steer clear of hamburgers

  • _haha_oh_wow_English
    37•2 months ago

    GOP Challenge: Don’t act in a way that lets people know you are a bigot.

    Difficulty: Impossible.

    • Rhaedas
      19•2 months ago

      “We could run on our ideas…”

      image of guy getting thrown out the boardroom window

    • CoachEnglish
      4•2 months ago

      “She laughs.” - Republican without a dog whistle

  • El_guapazo
    32•2 months ago

    Both sides are the same? So far this is the only side whose leadership has to caution members to not be racist or sexist.

    Now if they can get their followers on social media to do the same…