This is the part where Trump uses up all of the RNC's money, people, and resources. Yes, he wants an office in every state, even those like NY where HIlary is up 30 points. Good use of RNC resources?
Donald Trump has one field office in Florida, a state of 65 million square miles and 29 electoral votes. Which is to say, the GOP nominee barely has a campaign in a state he needs to win to have any real shot at the White House. And yet Trump would like the Republican National Committee to devote its limited resources to funding a get-out-the-vote operation for him in Hawaii.
According to Politico, Trump has asked the RNC to open field offices for him in all 50 states — a proposal that has baffled many of the committee’s aides. But no one should be all that surprised by Trump’s “unconventional” general-election strategy: The mogul has long touted plans to contest deep-blue states like New York and California. Whether such ambitions are fueled by egotism, ignorance, or a cynical desire to promote his company’s brand in as many media markets as possible is an open question.
Meanwhile, dozens of Republicans are pressuring the RNC to abandon Trump’s campaign and put all of its energy into fighting off a down-ballot massacre.
“We believe that Donald Trump’s divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide, and only the immediate shift of all available RNC resources to vulnerable Senate and House races will prevent the GOP from drowning with a Trump-emblazoned anchor around its neck,” wrote a group of 70 former Republican officeholders and RNC staffers in a letter obtained by Politico. “This should not be a difficult decision, as Donald Trump’s chances of being elected president are evaporating by the day.”
