Maybe I've been living in a cave, but I can't recall a single time. Republicans learned long ago that a good offense was the best defense, and Democrats still haven't figured out how they've been had.
Republicans always deflect criticism from themselves by beating others to the punch.
They accuse others of doing what they've been doing for years. The fact that the charge is totally baseless, and even 180 degrees out of phase, is irrelevant. Republicans are conducting class warfare against America's working classes and engaging in the politics of greed . This will be easy to demonstrate, simply because the facts are all on the side of liberals. For some lessons on how to do it, just look at how the far right conservatives have done it.