Trump 2020 campaign director Brad Parscale insisted on Saturday that the Republican Party had not withdrawn from California despite setbacks in the 2018 polls.
“We have the potential to win eight seats in Congress, back to Republicans here in California,” Parscale said at the Republican party’s autumn convention in Indian Wells.
But Parscale acknowledged that the work would not be easy and said the work should be done by the Golden State Republicans, not the national party leaders.
“You’re the California Republican Party,” he said, according to Politico. “I can’t do any tricks on my laptop that you can’t. You have to work hard and talk to your neighbors. And with a strong leader with President Trump at the front, the sky is the limit.”
“It takes a lot of work and talking with your neighbors, and with a strong leader with President Trump in charge, the sky is the limit.”
– Brad Parscale, Trump 2020 Campaign Manager
Democrats defeated the California Republican Party in last year’s polls, leaving Republicans only seven of the 53 state seats in the US House. California’s two Senate seats also belong to the Democrats.
Republicans in the state suffered another blow last month when the Orange County secretary, who was a Republican stronghold in southern California, announced that registered Democrats outnumbered those in the south. Republicans registered for the first time since the Watergate era.
However, Parscale told convention attendees on Saturday that Trump’s reelection campaign envisioned a major effort in California, with no less than 50 paid staff, making it one of the “biggest polling day operations” in the country. state history, the politician reported.
In addition, the campaign plans to take advantage of artificial intelligence and other high-tech tools to learn “who voters are, where they live, how they consume information, and how to get in touch.”
“Many of you are afraid of not criticizing them, that California doesn’t matter,” said Parscale. On the contrary, he said, Trump’s campaign sees the country’s most populous state as an important battleground in the “fight for this country’s future.”
Later this month, President Trump will travel to California with planned events in the San Francisco and San Diego Bay area, Sacramento’s FOX 40 said.
Trump had already visited California in April, making stops in Los Angeles and the state border with Mexico.