Posted on 09/22/2024 3:52:39 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning out infrequent voters on behalf of Donald Trump, raising concerns about the party's presidential nominee relying on outside groups for an important part of his campaign operations.
Trump and the Republican National Committee he controls opted to share get-out-the-vote duties in key parts of the most competitive states this year with groups such as America PAC, the organization supported by billionaire Elon Musk.
It is difficult to demonstrate that something is not happening. But with fewer than 50 days until the Nov. 5 election, dozens of Republican officials, activists and operatives in Michigan, North Carolina and other battleground states say they have rarely or never witnessed the group’s canvassers. In Arizona and Nevada, the Musk-backed political action committee replaced its door-knocking company just this past week.
“I haven’t seen anybody," said Nate Wilkowski, field director for the Republican Party in vote-rich Oakland County, Michigan, which includes crucial Detroit suburbs. He was speaking specifically of America PAC. “Nobody’s given me a heads-up that they’re around in Oakland County areas.”
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Googled this Wilkowski guy. There is an avalanche of articles about him and every one say the same thing — namely this story.
He may be a mortgage loan officer. There is zero other mention of him. 20 repeats of this article and 2 mentions of loan officer.
Orchestrated BS story. GOPe Swamp Filth want contracts from Lara Trump to do nothing and blame it on what didn’t happen before them
The GOP office in my city is only open for a few hours a day.
Oh, and another thing. GOP voters turnout just fine. 67%, which is the multi year norm, even with VBM.
You want to knock on doors, knock on Independent doors. That’s where the votes are.
True that. But "yuge" rallies and appearing on Gutffeld reaches only the true believers.
Yep... laying the groundwork.
AP—‘nuff said.
There’s not a person at these rallies who isn’t voting for Trump. Rallies are the visual reality of preaching to the choir. But the choir isn’t big enough to get Trump elected.
I’ve NEVER had anyone knock on my door. Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, California, Texas, Louisiana, Massachusetts.
For either party
I’m in Maricopa in Pinal County, AZ. We had a Trump door knocker last weekend so this article is bunk. It’s the first time we’ve ever gotten anything like that from the Trump campaign, or from any campaign with the exception of Wendy Rogers who was with her husband about 10 yrs ago. I haven’t gotten any Harris door knockers either, but the article doesn’t seem to care about that. The idea that door knocking sways voters these days is ridiculous anyway. It’s not 1950, FFS!
AP? Worthless propaganda. Nuff said.
It makes no sense to me. I would think those two groups would have the highest percentage of voters!
I just don’t get it.
It j may be true .
Trump firing Reince Prebius who got him elected in 2016 and hired of two clueless female heads in a row
Rhonna Romney a Crook and his botox victim daughter in law and they has dismantled The Gop Get out the vote system set up by Bush in 2000.
The experts are long gone and botox libs is clueless outside a Palm beach luncheon .
Desantis had to take over the FL RNC get out the vote system
since the RNC is clueless thanks to those moron hires .
I canvassed for Desantis and we were busy .
Scared this is 2020 again .
The GOP is always short on volunteers like the Dems who have the unions and teachers to knock doors. We have to knock them smarter.
No its not. Its most likely the truth. Freepers, trumpsters need to volunteer and get off the keyboard. Dems have more $$$ and more doorknockers. The election will be won by volunteers, not rallies in Topeka and Springfieldthat regurgitate the same old bs
In my city in Maine, the democraps have an entire building that is open year-round.
The Republicans rent space in a building on Main Street shortly before the election, and they close up shortly AFTER the election.
Trump did not fire him from the RNC - he hired him to be the WH Chief of Staff (which he was terrible at) - aside from that I completely agree he should have left him at the RNC where he had done a stellar job rebuilding it after the Steele disaster.
Contacts have been essential to getting lazy voters to actually show up and vote...and there are plenty of them to sway election results if they show up...or not show up.
I haven’t gotten any Harris door knockers either, but the article doesn’t seem to care about that.
Unless you have been identified as a potential Harris voter they aren't going to be knocking on your door reminding you to turn out and vote. Swaying people on which candidate to vote for isn't what GOTV is about nor is it the topic of the article...
door-knocking has gone the way of the rotary telephone, the analog clock, the telegram, and the Dodo bird ...
more propaganda meant to stop Trump voters from going out and voting, in the electronic age door knocking is outdated and in every single battleground state GOP voter registration is outpacing Dem voter registration
I don’t want a sign because I don’t want my property vandalized
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