With Less than 100 Days Until the Election, Trump and Republicans More Focused on Infighting Than Winning 

With Less than 100 Days Until the Election, Trump and Republicans More Focused on Infighting Than Winning 

Donald Trump’s most recent attacks on Brian Kemp show that Republicans remain in disarray

“Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans across the country are already showing us what we should expect from a Trump-Vance administration: pure dysfunction and an inability to get things done. If they can’t get themselves together now, it’s obvious that they don’t have what it takes to deliver for the American people,” said DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman. “From infighting to financial mismanagement to supporting somebody who tried to pressure local officials into overthrowing the 2020 election, it’s clear that Republicans are in disarray. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris is the only candidate in this race who is bringing people together – from red, purple, and blue states alike. Voters are energized by the opportunity to reject Donald Trump once and for all and move our country forward as they make Vice President Harris President Harris this November.”

Politico: “Trump reopens old feud in Georgia. Some Republicans are scratching their heads.”

The Hill: Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) on Sunday criticized his party for staying silent as former President Trump attacked conservative stalwarts including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger — both of whom resisted Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in their state of Georgia.

“‘We have done more for the conservative cause than Donald Trump has ever done,’ Duncan said on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ about Kemp, Raffensperger and himself. ‘This is now starting to not be Donald Trump’s problem. This is starting to be the Republican Party’s problem.’”

Atlanta Journal Constitution: “So much for Republican unity.

“Even before Donald Trump took the stage Saturday at his Atlanta rally, he took to social media to berate Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty as traitors to the GOP cause.

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“For months, Trump had refrained from publicly feuding with Kemp and other Republicans he wrongly blamed for his 2020 election defeat. And now, with the race in Georgia tighter than ever against Vice President Kamala Harris, he chose to reopen the raw rift?

“‘Attacking a successful and popular governor is not only wrong, it’s politically stupid,’ said Cole Muzio, a conservative activist and close Kemp ally. ‘The stakes are too high for pettiness – and for the candidate to actively undermine his own chances.’”

USA Today: “Mesa mayor John Giles endorsed the vice president in an opinion column in The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network. In the endorsement, Giles strongly rebuked his party’s nominee, saying: ‘This year too much is at stake to vote Republican at the top of the ticket.’

“‘Since Donald Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, Republicans have yet to course correct,’ Giles wrote. ‘In the spirit of the late Sen. John McCain’s motto, ‘Country First,’ I call on other Arizona Republicans to join me in choosing country over party this election and to vote against Donald Trump.’”

AZ Central: “In interviews, Giles said Harris could win Arizona. ‘I think she needs to remind people like me… how chaotic four years of Donald Trump was. We truly were referring to it as a national nightmare.’”

Newsweek: “With less than a 100 days to go before the presidential election, the Michigan GOP is entangled in financial turmoil, despite recent attempts to stabilize the state party’s shaky finances.

“After a troublesome year under the helm of former Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo, who clashed with some long-term, big-name donors to the party during her leadership, new chair Pete Hoekstra vowed to put the party back on the right track. Recent financial statements prove that, in the time between Karamo’s ouster in January and now, Hoekstra hasn’t yet achieved that goal financially.

“The latest financial report from the Michigan GOP, released on July 25, shows that the party has only $384,000 on hand in its federal campaign account, while owing $184,000 in its state account.”

Colorado Sun: “Republicans running in tight races across the state this year don’t expect to get the kind of help from the Colorado GOP that the party has offered in the past, a big deficit as conservatives try to claw their way back to political relevance. 

“They have good reasons for that assumption.

“Fourteen of the 18 candidates the party endorsed this year in contested Republican primaries lost. Chairman Dave Williams used the party’s limited funds to pay for mailers to benefit his own failed congressional primary bid. And Williams hasn’t been seen much since his primary loss even as a movement to remove him as chair is underway.”

Colorado Politics: “Lauren Boebert rips Colorado GOP’s ‘infighting,’ calls on Dave Williams to support Republicans or face removal”

CBS News: “‘I have had to spend far too much time dealing with intra party power struggles, and local intra party animosities that continued after primaries and County Chair elections,’ he wrote. ‘In better days, Illinois Republicans came together after tough intra party elections. Now however, we have Republicans who would rather fight other Republicans than engage in the harder work of defeating incumbent Democrats by convincing swing voters to vote Republican.’”