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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77673727" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><h3><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/trump-gop-field-operation/" target="_blank">Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a ‘leaner’ 2024 operation </a></h3><p>The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups — raising concerns among some Republicans.</p><p></p><p>Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign <a href="https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1258388669544759296" target="_blank">called itself</a> a “juggernaut” in May of that year, on par with a planet-destroying “Death Star” </p><p></p><p>Trump’s 2024 campaign has traded Star Wars metaphors for talk of a “leaner” and “more efficient” operation, with less real estate, fewer employees and greater dependence on outside groups.</p><p></p><p>The shift comes as President Biden’s campaign and its allies, buoyed by incumbency, have been moving in the opposite direction, building a more expansive operation sooner than in 2020. Strategists for both major parties expect Democrats to raise and spend more than Republicans over the coming months, a dynamic that has been magnified by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/20/trump-legal-bills-fundraising-reports/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6" target="_blank">the significant legal costs</a> Trump’s fundraising apparatus has absorbed to defend him in state and federal courts.</p><p></p><p>The situation has alarmed GOP officials in key states like Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, who have yet to receive promised funding, staff or even briefings on the new plans since the<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-firings-takeover/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9" target="_blank"> Trump team took control of the Republican National Committee</a> in March.</p><p></p><p>[And we know that <a href="https://www.christianforums.com/threads/michigan-gop-chooses-election-deniers-to-run-for-sec-of-state-and-attorney-general-eta-maybe.8245890/page-2#post-77483661" target="_blank">Michigan has had its own fundraising catastrophe</a>.]</p><p></p><p>“In order to win close elections in Georgia, you have to have a ground game that emphasizes turning out early votes and absentee votes,” said Cody Hall, a senior adviser to Gov. Brian Kemp (R). “I have seen no evidence of them having any of that. The Trump campaign has a consultant in Georgia, but there is nothing else that I can see. … Everyone is generally concerned.”</p><p></p><p>The original RNC plan for the state of Georgia, reviewed by The Washington Post, called for hiring 12 regional field directors in April and 40 field organizers by the end of May, in addition to eventually opening 20 offices and a community center in the College Park, a mostly Black suburb of Atlanta.</p><p></p><p>“There is no sign of life,” said Kim Owens, a Republican operative and public relations professional in Arizona. “Especially in a state that Trump lost so closely last time, you’d expect to have more of a presence. I would think, ‘Let’s step it up.’ I think it’s a terrible mistake.”</p><p></p><p>In private conversations with both [current co-chair] Whatley and [fired RINO Ronna] McDaniel, <strong>Trump told them to not worry about getting out the vote</strong> since he could do it himself. He told them to “focus on the cheating.” Party leaders say they are planning a massive operation around “election integrity,” with tens of thousands of volunteers who will monitor precincts and vote-counting across the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77673727, member: 294566"] [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/trump-gop-field-operation/']Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a ‘leaner’ 2024 operation [/URL][/HEADING] The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups — raising concerns among some Republicans. Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign [URL='https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1258388669544759296']called itself[/URL] a “juggernaut” in May of that year, on par with a planet-destroying “Death Star” Trump’s 2024 campaign has traded Star Wars metaphors for talk of a “leaner” and “more efficient” operation, with less real estate, fewer employees and greater dependence on outside groups. The shift comes as President Biden’s campaign and its allies, buoyed by incumbency, have been moving in the opposite direction, building a more expansive operation sooner than in 2020. Strategists for both major parties expect Democrats to raise and spend more than Republicans over the coming months, a dynamic that has been magnified by [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/20/trump-legal-bills-fundraising-reports/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6']the significant legal costs[/URL] Trump’s fundraising apparatus has absorbed to defend him in state and federal courts. The situation has alarmed GOP officials in key states like Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, who have yet to receive promised funding, staff or even briefings on the new plans since the[URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-firings-takeover/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9'] Trump team took control of the Republican National Committee[/URL] in March. [And we know that [URL='https://www.christianforums.com/threads/michigan-gop-chooses-election-deniers-to-run-for-sec-of-state-and-attorney-general-eta-maybe.8245890/page-2#post-77483661']Michigan has had its own fundraising catastrophe[/URL].] “In order to win close elections in Georgia, you have to have a ground game that emphasizes turning out early votes and absentee votes,” said Cody Hall, a senior adviser to Gov. Brian Kemp (R). “I have seen no evidence of them having any of that. The Trump campaign has a consultant in Georgia, but there is nothing else that I can see. … Everyone is generally concerned.” The original RNC plan for the state of Georgia, reviewed by The Washington Post, called for hiring 12 regional field directors in April and 40 field organizers by the end of May, in addition to eventually opening 20 offices and a community center in the College Park, a mostly Black suburb of Atlanta. “There is no sign of life,” said Kim Owens, a Republican operative and public relations professional in Arizona. “Especially in a state that Trump lost so closely last time, you’d expect to have more of a presence. I would think, ‘Let’s step it up.’ I think it’s a terrible mistake.” In private conversations with both [current co-chair] Whatley and [fired RINO Ronna] McDaniel, [B]Trump told them to not worry about getting out the vote[/B] since he could do it himself. He told them to “focus on the cheating.” Party leaders say they are planning a massive operation around “election integrity,” with tens of thousands of volunteers who will monitor precincts and vote-counting across the country. [/QUOTE]
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