The field organization behind Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Iowa— typically a well-oiled machine geared toward wooing the fickle Iowa voter—may be in trouble, according to a Wednesday report from the New York Times.
The team of people working to turn out caucusgoers for Trump in Iowa on Feb. 1 is a motley crew. The Times reported one volunteer had yet to knock on any doors or make any phone calls to potential caucusgoers; another is a 9/11 truther who was told by senior campaign officials to not mention 9/11 to voters.
Rick Shaddock, a precinct captain in Fairfield who maintains a 9/11 conspiracy website, told the Times that so far he’s gotten 12 people to agree to caucus.
“I got 12 to go to the caucus, but I don’t know if they will actually vote for Donald Trump,” Shaddock told the paper.
The article did note a few promising signs for Trump’s field operation in Iowa, including large rally attendance numbers.
The Trump campaign didn’t respond to the Times’ request for comment. Read the full story here.
When he gets murdered in the Iowa caucuses because he knows nothing about how it works, I’m going to laugh.
Ugh. Rump and his minions must think that the large rallies are indicative of how much people really want him to run the country as opposed to just wanting to be part of some ongoing reality mashup. If that volunteer managed to convince 12 people to participate in the caucus BUT he can’t tell if they’ll vote for Rump, that’s a good sign no one in his camp really knows what’s going on.
Just the possibility that this thing could go off and nobody would show up is awesome.
Jeb should have such troubles.
UFOs are standing by to take voters to the caucuses…