With fewer than 100 days before the election, local GOP officials in battleground states have raised alarms about the scant presence of Trump campaign field staff. The Trump campaign’s shrunken in-house operation resulted from its takeover of the Republican National Committee in March, when Trump secured the nomination. That new opportunity has allowed the Trump campaign to supplement a bare-bones in-house field program with allied programs fueled by megadonors. “These folks have been pre-dividing themselves based on their own focuses,” said a Trump campaign official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly. The Trump campaign official said more outside groups would emerge to participate in various facets of Trump’s ground game.

Source: Washington Post August 03, 2024 16:44 UTC