No They're The Defunders/Tax Raisers/Troop Haters/UnChristians

Not against pointing out the facts, but a too common thing from Dems/surrogates is to validate Republican criticisms by attempting to point out the inconsistencies and hypocrisies.

And there are just some narratives that are so baked into our politics, how people perceive the parties, and how the press covers things (often deserving of criticism!), that you can't overturn it in one election cycle or several.

Mostly it's just saying "they're right about this thing" and, well, there's a party for that if that's what voters want.