Politics & Government

NH, Iowa Dems Launch '2016 Bingo' to Highlight GOP Flubs

The "bingo card" takes aim at Scott Brown, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio and others.

Looking to draw attention to the flubs, flip-flops and dodges of potential 2016 presidential contenders like Chris Christie, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, New Hampshire and Iowa Democrats have launched something they're calling "2016 Early State GOP Bingo."

The two state Democratic parties say the "bingo card" is aimed at highlighting how the GOP candidates are "blocking progress" by "defending their government shutdown, restricting women's health care choices and pushing tax cuts for the wealthiest."

Here are some examples of the squares on the "GOP Bingo" card:

  • "Scott Brown shamelessly seeks publicity – shirtless or not"
  • "Donald Trump picks a fight with a reporter on Twitter" 
  • "Marco Rubio changes his mind about his own legislation"
  • "Ted Cruz denies he was responsible for government shutdown"
  • "Chris Christie bullies someone – anyone, really"
  • "Mike Huckabee talks about libidos"

"The Republican Party hasn't improved one iota since the last election when their candidates were rejected across the country," New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley said. "In New Hampshire, voters are watching a rerun of the last presidential primary where Republican candidates alienated, women, young people, seniors, and the LGBT community throughout their primary process."

"When these presidential hopefuls travel to Iowa, we are just reminded that Republicans across the board won't let go of the policies they keep losing on – hurting the middle class, undermining equality, and trumpeting a culture of political retribution," added Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Scott Brennan. "In Iowa, we have had enough of the far right reaching even further to the right all in the name of extreme party ideology, which only energizes the GOP base and alienates everyone else."

A copy of the bingo card is attached above, or you can track the bingo progress at iowademocrats.org/BINGO and at nhdp.org/bingo.


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