Opinion by Jim Geraghty: A Virginia political novice shows the GOP how to stop obsessing about 2020
Cao’s line wasn’t just a good zinger; an answer like that urges Republicans to refocus and stop thinking about the 2020 election and Trump’s delusional fantasies of being declared “In addition to the not-so-small point that the 2020 presidential election conspiracy theories aren’t true, for a 2022 Republican candidate, they’re a waste of time.
If Republican candidates are going to argue about what should have been done two years ago, they might as well spend time denouncing the invasion of Iraq or the bailout of General Motors or the cancellation of “ .” What’s passed is past. Tell us what you’re going to do if you’re elected and you start work in January.In a year when it seems Republican nominated many candidates who are not the sharpest knives in the drawer, Cao might be the best of the lot. He brings a sterling résumé — immigrating to the United States in 1975 as a refugee from Vietnam, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County and then the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
“ ‘Extremist.’ Where have you heard this word before?” he asked the audience at a mosque. “Where have you heard this word before? I fought [for] and served this country. I bled for this country. And I’m being called an extremist. I’ve served honorably for every American. I know lots of people that served with me didn’t agree with my politics, and that’s fine. I served them anyway. I served them as a commanding officer, I served them in combat, to preserve life.
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