GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump

wsj.com ^ | Beth Reinhard and Janet Hook

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A well-connected GOP operative alarmed by the enduring strength of Republican Donald Trump's presidential bid is planning a "guerrilla campaign" backed by secret donors to knock him out of the race.

Liz Mair, former online communications director of the Republican National Committee, recently created Trump Card LLC to "defeat and destroy" the celebrity businessman's candidacy, according to a memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal.

"In the absence of our efforts, Trump is exceedingly unlikely to implode or be forced out of the race," the Trump Card memo says. "The stark reality is that unless something dramatic and unconventional is done, Trump will be the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton will become president."

An increasing number of Republicans are concerned that Mr. Trump's inflammatory rhetoric about different minority groups, including Hispanics and Muslims, are damaging the party's image and will undermine efforts to reach a broader electorate in a general election. Expectations that his campaign would fizzle out have been dashed as he has remained atop the polls since the summer.

The anti-Trump crusade aims to unite contributors who are backing a variety of the Republican primary candidates, Ms. Mair said. Opposition research, grass roots organizing and donor outreach has been going on for weeks, Ms. Mair said, while declining to name any supporters.

"It"s loosely organized and highly confidential," said Ms. Mair. "I certainly know donors who are very happy that their fingerprints will be kept off things."

[RoosterRedux]

Precisely.

They are afraid they will lose their control of the GOP.

[Fundamentally Fair]

The first rule of Guerrilla Campaign is don’t tell anyone about Guerrilla Campaign!

[crosdaddy]

Why,Hillary is not their enemy.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

This crazy broad looks like Howard on The Big Bang Theory after he has a sex change operation.

[eyedigress]

That THING is the online director of the RNC?

Good Grief.

[Hugin]

"In the absence of our efforts, Trump is exceedingly unlikely to implode or be forced out of the race," the Trump Card memo says. "The stark reality is that unless something dramatic and unconventional is done, Trump will be the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton will become president."

Another Trump Denier ignoring the polls that show Trump trouncing Hillary in the battleground states. (Quinnipiac)

CO Trump 48 Clinton 37
FL Trump 49 Clinton 41
SC Trump 47 Clinton 42

Other polls show Hillary leading in other battleground states but for the deniers to assume "Trump can't win" is just losers justifying failure. Those same people will do everything they can to ensure Trump doesn't win when he wins the nomination.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

UGH!
That ain’t no lady!
Look at the neck on it!
*shudder*

[MS.BEHAVIN]

P.S.
Guess they found the gorilla!
LOL

[Dr. Sivana]

This might jog your memory. Hardly a serious weapon:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/236052-under-fire-walker-aide-liz-mair-resigns

March 18, 2015, 01:10 am

Under fire, Walker aide Liz Mair resigns



By Niall Stanage
An online communications strategist working for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) campaign-in-waiting resigned late Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, after controversy erupted over disparaging comments she had made about Iowa.

The news agency said that Liz Mair's resignation -- only a day after news broke that she had been hired -- would be immediate, quoting a statement from her.

The statement said, "The tone of some of my tweets concerning Iowa was at odds with that which Gov. Walker has always encouraged in political discourse."

Mair was, for the moment, affiliated with Walker's political action committee, but it was widely expected that she would play a role in his official campaign if he entered the 2016 race for the White House.

She had worked for Walker previously, when he faced a recall election in 2012. In 2008, she worked as online communications director for the Republican National Committee.

The controversy that engulfed her was focused primarily upon tweets she sent during the Iowa Freedom Summit in January, an event where Walker was seen to have shone.

At one point, she tweeted, "In other news, I see Iowa is once again embarrassing itself, and the GOP, this morning. Thanks, guys."

Shortly afterward, she added, also on Twitter, "The sooner we remove Iowa’s frontrunning status, the better off American politics and policy will be."

Mair's views of Iowa appalled GOP activists in the state, which holds the first contest in the presidential nominating calendar.

A co-chairman of the state GOP, Cody Hoefert, told The New York Times that he found the remarks, which also included criticisms of ethanol subsidies beloved by Iowa farmers, "disgusting and repulsive."

Opinions about Mair did not break along neat lines, even among conservatives, however. Erick Erickson, the activist and commentator behind RedState.com, wrote a defense of Mair earlier on Tuesday evening, before news of her resignation broke.

Erickson asserted that Mair was "very competent at her job" and suggested there was an orchestrated campaign to force her out.

"I think an early test for Scott Walker is going to be if he is willing to stand up to the sound and fury of people outraged by a staffer's tweet in the way he stood up to union activists," Erickson wrote.

He updated the post in light of the news of Mair's resignation. "Team Walker has botched this," he wrote, adding that it "plays into the 'not ready for prime time' theme already developing around Team Walker."

The initial Associated Press report also quoted Rick Wiley, one of Walker's closest aides, saying of Mair, "We accept those who have a variety of viewpoints on issue[s], but what we ultimately must have is absolute respect for people across the country."

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Liz Mair, former online communications director of the Republican National Committee, recently created Trump Card LLC to "defeat and destroy" the celebrity businessman's candidacy, according to a memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal. "In the absence of our efforts, Trump is exceedingly unlikely to implode or be forced out of the race," the Trump Card memo says. "The stark reality is that unless something dramatic and unconventional is done, Trump will be the Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton will become president."

Y'know, because Liz Mair and other brain-dead sexists will cross party lines to vote for Hillary.

[Albion Wilde]

[NormsRevenge]

Brinnnggggg It Onnnn !!!!

[Lazamataz]

That is LIZ MAIR???!?

It's a tranny. You can see the Adams Apple.

Leave it to the GOPe to tack so far to the left that they now have trannies in leadership roles.

[mrsmith]

“The anti-Trump crusade aims to unite contributors ...” with Liz Mair’s bank account.

[windsorknot]

Lady looks like a dude.

[The Sons of Liberty]

GOP Operative Plans ‘Guerrilla Campaign’ Against Donald Trump

I fully expect them to start changing the rules about convention delegates, etc. to block Trump.

[Buckeye McFrog]

She is one nasty piece of work.

Nasty, and she wasn't picked-up by the Democrats? Must be one incompetent piece of work.

[Catsrus]

Bingo! This reminds me of the first debate when Megyn Kelly, Brett and Chris Wallace couldn’t contain their excitement at the plans they had to take Trump out. It backfired on them big time.

[RoosterRedux]

Hahah. That was my first thought.

"Unemployed political operative seeks cash."

[RoosterRedux]

If the GOPe changes the rules, Trump will go 3rd party...and win.