Posted on 10/20/2025 11:40:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Grassroots organizations like Scott Presler’s Early Vote Action have been working in New Jersey as the final push over the line for the Republican Party to make serious inroads in a state abused by its incompetent Democratic overlords for far too long.
Presler is aiming to do in the Garden State what he did in the Keystone State last year — turn it red.
Trump lost Pennsylvania by 80,000 ballots in 2020. Presler’s activism helped him win it in November by 120,000 votes.
I followed Scott Presler and his organization in the final weeks leading up to the most pivotal state election in my lifetime, Nov. 4’s gubernatorial contest.
After spending days with Presler, I realized his enthusiasm is infectious and inspirational for everyone attached to Early Vote Action.
Despite his high profile, he embraced everyone he encountered with humility, politeness and genuine care.
It’s hard to inspire one person to work as hard as you are for a common cause, yet he somehow attracted teams of people just as passionate as he is.
Many — including myself — have for years criticized the Republican Party for neglecting to reach out to residents in traditionally Democrat-leaning areas.
But what the GOP ceded, Presler and his team embraced as they saw a demographic of residents who aren’t Democratic sycophants; they’re people who haven’t been given an alternative in decades.
“You’re seeing Democrats in blue Bergen County, the backyard of Mikie Sherrill, endorsing Jack Ciattarelli,” Scott Presler told me at Gun For Hire in Woodland Park.
“So clearly, while we’re in the business of getting Republicans out to vote, we also need to be in the business of courting independents and Democrats.”
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in his earlier years, he’d speak out on behalf of homeless vets — he’s a dedicated and hard worker
Clearly, NJ Republicans need all who voted Republican in 2022 plus the Puerto Ricans and Blacks who voted for Trump in 2024.
How to accomplish this? How to get a mix of the best message, the best messenger, an effective social media campaign and an effective ground game.
The best messenger? Is a politician the best messenger? Definitely not! Is a football player, baseball player, WWE wrestling star from NJ the best messenger? Probably.
Second best would be prominent person in any other occupation except professional politician.
Clearly, NJ Republicans need all who voted Republican in 2022 plus the Puerto Ricans and Blacks who voted for Trump in 2024.
How to accomplish this? How to get a mix of the best message, the best messenger, an effective social media campaign and an effective ground game.
The best messenger? Is a politician the best messenger? Definitely not! Is a football player, baseball player, WWE wrestling star from NJ the best messenger? Probably.
Second best would be prominent person in any other occupation except professional politician.
Clearly, NJ Republicans need all who voted Republican in 2022 plus the Puerto Ricans and Blacks who voted for Trump in 2024.
How to accomplish this? How to get a mix of the best message, the best messenger, an effective social media campaign and an effective ground game.
The best messenger? Is a politician the best messenger? Definitely not! Is a football player, baseball player, WWE wrestling star from NJ the best messenger? Probably.
Second best would be prominent person in any other occupation except professional politician.
The couch vote is as important as the real vote. If blacks don’t come out for the Dem, then she is cooked. Happened to Harris.
Thank God for Scott and all he does to help our Country
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