Guys and girls in my former business can and will transform any lack of Democratic discipline into attacks that cut you off at the knees. You might think it’s absurd to transform the Green New Deal into “They want to take away your hamburgers and airplanes,” but middle Americans famously don’t read policy but do watch television ads. And guess what? It’s now an article of faith in the Midwest and South that the Green New Deal is there to ban meat and motorcars.

