#MobShakedownOfGOP
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1/ "'There are some people who choose for whatever reason to handcuff themselves to the Titanic,' said @jwgop, an adviser to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is considering challenging Trump in the Republican primary. 'Why, I have no idea.'" (more...)
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1/ "'There are some people who choose for whatever reason to handcuff themselves to the Titanic,' said @jwgop, an adviser to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is considering challenging Trump in the Republican primary. 'Why, I have no idea.'" (more...)
2/ “'We are going to streamline this presidential campaign like no presidential campaign has been streamlined before,' said Chris Carr, a veteran party strategist who has been tapped to serve as political director on the Trump reelection effort."
(more on Chris Carr…)
(more on Chris Carr…)
3/ Chris Carr "has extensive experience in Nevada, most recently serving as senior vice president at the Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts."
"During the 2016 campaign, he served as political director at the Republican National Committee. (con't)
May 23, 2018:
politico.com/story/2018/05/…
"During the 2016 campaign, he served as political director at the Republican National Committee. (con't)
May 23, 2018:
politico.com/story/2018/05/…
4/ ...He [Chris Carr] worked at the RNC in 2012 and at the NRCC during the 2010 midterms."
"It’s unclear what role Carr might play in the 2020 campaign," but "Trump 2016 aides Michael Glassner and John Pence, the nephew of Vice President Mike Pence, are also involved." (more...)
"It’s unclear what role Carr might play in the 2020 campaign," but "Trump 2016 aides Michael Glassner and John Pence, the nephew of Vice President Mike Pence, are also involved." (more...)
5/ From article in tweet 1 of this <thread>:
[RNC chair/Mitt Romney niece Ronna Romney] "McDaniel and campaign manager Brad Parscale, discussed how the vehicle will be organized and financed, and how they expect it to function" on Dec 13. [more...]
[RNC chair/Mitt Romney niece Ronna Romney] "McDaniel and campaign manager Brad Parscale, discussed how the vehicle will be organized and financed, and how they expect it to function" on Dec 13. [more...]
6/ AI functionality and deployment throughout 2016 (illegitimate) GOP campaigns is critical to understand Mercer role in GOP campaigns beginning in 2010 (the same year IRS pursuit of RenTech back-taxes began [more on this later]): (more...)
7/ In October, at Ted Cruz in Houston, Parscale, "while brandishing his iPhone on stage" said "'This is how Donald Trump stays president for four more years. Now this phone is how we connect with you. It’s how we turn you into the army of Trump.' (con't)
8/ [Parscale] repeatedly implored the crowd to text the campaign, offering Trump swag in exchange for their digits.
The digital infrastructure to take advantage of all those new cell numbers is already being laid. Gary Coby, Trump's director of digital advertising... (con't)
The digital infrastructure to take advantage of all those new cell numbers is already being laid. Gary Coby, Trump's director of digital advertising... (con't)
9/ ...and fundraising in 2016, who is working with the reelection campaign, is co-founder of the largest peer-to-peer texting company on the Republican side, OpnSesame. Parscale also talked up the potential of text messages in an interview last spring." (more later...)
