A thorough shellacking for Republicans in Pennsylvania this year has left President Donald Trump’s allies worried about his 2020 prospects in the state, which he won by less than one percentage point in 2016.
According to a Monday Politico report, the GOP state chairman, Val DiGiorgio, is being blamed by some for the defeat, with accusations of lackluster fundraising and failing to unite a fractured party.
Trump campaign officials have been in touch with DiGiorgio, who claims that the complaints largely stem from losers in his close chairman’s race and that 2018 was tough for Republicans nationwide.
Others blame the President himself for the annihilation. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA), a once promising new talent who will retire at the end of the term, called it a case of “reverse coattails” where disgust with Trump pervaded voters’ feelings about all Republican officials.
Gee that’s a real shame!
Better worry about Donnie’s 2019 prospects, you traitor’s.
Was it a shellacking or a thumping?
They’re going to get destroyed, in PA and elsewhere. And the root cause will be their own greed and cowardice.
Neither so much as, finally, a fair election thanks to Pennsylvania Supreme Court throwing out gerrymandered districts.