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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe once-mocked 'Never Trump' movement becomes a sudden campaign force
Groups such as the Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump which is focused on first-person testimonials like Joshs emphasize guerrilla tactics and scathing ads as they troll the president. The movement seeks to build a national political operation to oust both the president and his supporters in Congress, with a particular emphasis on persuading white suburban voters who consider themselves true Republicans to break from the president, according to interviews with more than a dozen anti-Trump advisers and allies who are involved in the planning, some of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.
Advisers to the Lincoln Project, which they say has about 30 employees and raised $16.8 million this quarter, will soon expand to include ground operations. They are coordinating over 2,500 volunteers in Michigan and plan to next target Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Joni Ernst (Iowa), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), who they see as vulnerable after his challenger, Jaime Harrison (D), pulled in a staggering $13.9 million since April.
But most of the projects efforts so far have been centered squarely on Trump evidenced by their surgical strike ads airing on Fox News in Washington, which are aimed not at persuading disaffected Republicans but simply at needling the president.
One 45-second spot focuses on Trumps health, featuring footage of the president walking haltingly down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, with a narrator warning, Somethings wrong with Donald Trump. Hes shaky, weak, trouble speaking, trouble walking.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-once-mocked-never-trump-movement-becomes-a-sudden-campaign-force/2020/07/11/8683c14c-c1f3-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html
Indykatie
(3,697 posts)They come close to crossing the line sometimes but they can afford to do so unlike the Dems. They ridicule Trump and often make him look like an idiot or fool. I knew Pascales' future with Trump was in trouble when the LP released the ad showing his over the top lifestyle financed by the millions he got from Trump's campaign.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)all have one of those and needle the hell out of him.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)And I have joined The Lincoln Project and am sending them some modest donations.
They have what it takes to get under his very thin skin. I love it!
Fiendish Thingy
(15,657 posts)Or even 2022. They are building a fundraising base, and could be positioning themselves to run candidates in the Next cycle. If they get enough defections after November (Romney, Murkowski, and a few others), They could kill off the GOP and become the new party of the American Right.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)PINO can self-immolate, and triggering him into saying something stupid may be an effective tactic.