President Donald Trump’s reelection team has swarmed to Pennsylvania, acutely worried about winning back the purple state, an effort made more difficult by significant Democratic inroads in and around the midterms and that’s helmed by a dysfunctional state party.
Trump won the state in 2016 by less than one percentage point, and the news has gotten worse for Republicans since then. Democrats cleaned up in the midterms, flipping 16 state legislative seats along with landslide victories for Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Gov. Tom Wolf (D) and a few House seats.
The midterms were also bookended by two more Democratic successes: a win in a special election for a House seat in March 2018 and a victory for a state Senate seat — in a district Trump carried in 2016 — this month.
According to Politico, some have laid blame with party chairman Val Digiorgio for lackluster fundraising and voter mobilization. Rumors of a no confidence vote ran rampant for months, but never came to pass.
Because there’s nothing like flop sweat to attract voters who have decided that you are a loser and a menace.
Bring your best game, you mangy carpetbaggers, because if you thought '18 was bad just wait. We are gonna light you up.
sounds like vlad has his work cut out for him, he’ll be needing a few more favors from the abomination this time around.
Maybe they’ll run into Joe Biden in Pittsburgh next Monday. They probably ought to send a team to Iowa too. I have a good feeling about Iowa in 2020.
The Dems need to respond with some excellent sound bites and keywords, using the points that won the House in the midterm elections: Trump and the Republicans in the Senate and House are trying to take away your healthcare.
That’s the message, as opposed to “Medicare for All,” and other things that might be good food for Sanders’ and Warren’s base, but it is too easy for Trump and his ilk to counter with scare tactics: “you’ll lose the health insurance you have,” socialism (too close to communism!), etc.