Trump May Have Just Lost Ohio After Attacking The State Republican Party Chair

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Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:21 pm

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Donald Trump may have cost himself any chance of winning the state of Ohio after he condemned and attacked the state Republican Party chair for criticizing his behavior towards women.

The Columbus Dispatch reported:

Underscoring the searing divisions over Donald Trump within the Republican Party, Trump’s Ohio campaign today disassociated itself with state GOP Chairman Matt Borges because of his lack of support for the party’s presidential nominee.

Trump “is very disappointed in Matt’s duplicity,” Trump’s Ohio director, Robert Paduchik, told the GOP’s state central committee in an extraordinary letter today — a mere 24 days from the election.

“Mr. Trump told me, ‘this is why people have lost faith in the establishment and party leaders,’” Paduchik added to the 66-member group, which picks the chairman.

The problem is that the Ohio Republican Party had been footing the bill for Trump’s campaign workers in the state. If Trump breaks with the state party, he could lose his campaign workers on the ground in a critical swing state.

Donald Trump has no grassroots staff of his own. The nominee is forcing the Republican Party to pay for and staff his get out the vote effort. Trump was already going to struggle on the ground because Gov. John Kasich is refusing to apply his powerful political operation to helping him.

In real world terms, what this means is that Trump may not have the resources on the ground to get his voters out on election day in Ohio.

The Buckeye State is vital to any hope that Trump still has of winning, but by picking a fight with the state GOP chair, Donald Trump may have handed Ohio to Hillary Clinton.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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