Lara Trump has said that the Republican Party needs to get the swing states back, which is an admission that Trump has lost.
When Maria Bartiromo on Fox News asked which states the RNC is targeting, Lara Trump said, “Well, listen, every state obviously counts. But there are the key battleground states, I think, as Michael said, we really need to focus on Pennsylvania, which is absolutely one of those states. We also need to focus on states like Arizona, Wisconsin and Michigan, a state that was a big win for Donald Trump in 2016. I think we can get Georgia back under our belt. A state on which Donald Trump also wants to focus a lot. Next week you will see another huge fundraiser from that state by President Trump. And so listen, all of the conflict states were heavily focused on their 19 key counties across the country that we need to win to ensure that Donald Trump becomes the 47th president.”
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Lara Trump sends a big message and seems to admit that Trump lost the swing states: “Pennsylvania is absolutely one of those states. We also need to focus on states like Arizona, or Wisconsin, Michigan… I think we can get back on track.” pic.twitter.com/mim7EOL95S
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There was no mention of the RNC helping House and Senate candidates, or state Republican parties that are struggling. The conversation in which Lara Trump was asked about targeting was about her helping her father-in-law win back the White House.
Donald Trump’s standard line is that he won all those swing states in 2020, but they were stolen from him. Trump uses this line at every campaign event, so the fact that Lara Trump suggests that the Republican Party needs to win back those states suggests that they were lost by Donald Trump in 2020, which is quite a departure from the familiar line when talking about the elections of 2020. .
Trump’s big fundraiser was a mirage financed by a conservative billionaire. Some key data is not unknown, such as how many donors are maxed out at this event and how much money will go to the RNC, legal department, defense and Trump’s campaign.
Biden’s campaign is exponentially better than Trump’s, and as the nation has learned over the past decade, never take anything that comes out of Trump’s world at face value.
Lara Trump’s departure from the 2020 election is a disaster for Fox News as it represents a breach in the false bubble that Donald Trump is still a winner.
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