“Because Manafort does know how to run and win a general”
What General has Manafort ever run and won?
Of course you could have done your own research .....
“In 1976, Manafort was the delegate-hunt coordinator for eight states for the President Ford Committee; the overall Ford delegate operation was run by James A. Baker III.[4] Between 1978 and 1980, Manafort was the southern coordinator for Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign, and the deputy political director at the Republican National Committee. After Reagan’s election in November 1980, he was appointed Associate Director of the Presidential Personnel Office at the White House. In 1981 he was nominated to the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Manafort was an adviser to the presidential campaigns of George H.W. Bush in 1988,[5] Robert Dole in 1996,[6] George W. Bush, and John McCain. In March 2016 he joined the presidential campaign of Donald Trump to lead Trump’s “delegate-corralling” efforts.[7] In April 2016, Manafort gained control of an expanded $20 million budget, hiring decisions, advertising, and media strategy.[8]”