There’s just one problem: All the rhetoric in the world doesn’t make up for Republicans opposing and obstructing pro-women policies. It’s not just the repeated attempts to crush reproductive freedom and block equal-pay legislation; Republicans also opposed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

There is an assumption that people know this. Many do not. They get their news from the commercials.

I would definitely not say that we’re not going to fall for this. I would not look at this as a given. I think if we do so, we are possibly letting ourselves in for a very rude awakening.