Dan Cox's Alternate Reality
Everybody knows Dan Cox is unelectable in the 6th Congressional District. But Dan Cox thinks he can become a Congressman because....Donald Trump is winning a primary poll? That doesn't compute.
Fundraising emails are notorious for living in a fantasy world all of their own. But Dan Cox’s latest fundraising email doesn’t even pass that basic laugh test.
Friend,
I'm sorry to write so late but I just got off a campaign conference call and saw the good news. It is undeniable and electric - today's latest polls show we can win this race with your help.
Consider:
>> President Trump is crushing Biden in every swing state and overall.
>> 7 in 10 Asian Americans in the United States believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and a majority hold a disfavored view of the Biden Administration, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
>> Black voters are giving up on Biden, moving towards President Trump en masse.
>> UNHEARD OF in politics where Hispanic Democrats outnumber Hispanic Republicans by over 14%, all voting Hispanics now support President Trump over Biden!
>> And an AP-NORC poll of U.S. adults, 75% said they believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
>> NOW THIS WEEK MARYLAND GOP voters' support for President Trump has jumped to 49pts above the field, to a 62% lead! That means in my race in District Six, we know his lead is over 70% and higher.
>> Independents are now surging their vote for President Trump at nearly 10% more than Biden nationally. And in District Six, we have thousands of swing Independents and swing Democrats. That means as your America First candidate with the voter demographic support that we already possess in District Six, and with your help and the grace of Almighty God, we can win this seat by at least 10 points.
>> and the Liberal-leaning Cook Political Report now lists District Six as an open seat no longer safe for Democrats.
A few things.
One, Cox is just flat-out lying about how “the Liberal-leaning Cook Political Report now lists District Six as an open seat no longer safe for Democrats.” Because that is not accurate. At all.
That’s a level of dishonesty from Cox that is among the boldest you’ll see from him or in any other fundraising missive.
But Cox also cites a bunch of nonsense data as proof that he can win the 6th in November.
A national poll between Trump and Biden is not indicative of the Presidential race at this juncture, much less a Congressional race.
Trump’s approval among various ethnicities has nothing to do with Cox or the 6th District and is, bluntly, a borderline racist argument.
Independents “surging” for Trump has nothing to do with the winnability of the 6th for Cox.
Cox’s entire missive also, conveniently, ignores the fact that Donald Trump did not even carry the 6th Congressional District during the 2020 election.
The most damning evidence of all against Cox’s electability, of course, is the fact that Cox lost the 6th Congressional District to Wes Moore just last year in the 2022 gubernatorial election. An election that sees lower Democratic turnout than a Presidential Election.
There is no electability argument for Dan Cox, no matter how much he tries to spin it. But even I’m shocked by how far Cox stretched the truth in an effort to separate rubes from their hard-earned money.