People often say, “Never discuss politics in polite company.” But, considering today’s volatile climate, let’s break that rule.
As a Christian who’s been president and CEO of Care Net since 2012, I’ve seen the abortion debate shift dramatically — especially since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade. Many pro-lifers celebrated, thinking we’d won the war.
But did we declare victory too soon?
For decades, the pro-life goal was clear: overturn Roe through the courts. Every January, faithful pro-lifers marched in Washington, D.C., aiming for the right Supreme Court justices to rule in favor of life. Dobbs seemed like the victory we’d fought for — overruling Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, declaring abortion isn’t a “substantive right” rooted in our nation’s history.
But events since then demand we reflect and consider the serious limits of purely political solutions.
The Democratic Party’s position on abortion hasn’t budged since 2012: abortion on demand, anytime, for any reason. It’s their litmus test. Meanwhile, the Republican stance has shifted.
In 2012, with Mitt Romney as their standard-bearer, Republicans opposed all abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or the mother’s life — exceptions that would make 97 percent of abortions illegal. Today, President Donald Trump says abortion should be left to “the will of the people” at the state level. Other Republicans support six- or fifteen-week bans with exceptions, allowing nearly 98% of abortions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The 2024 Republican platform no longer affirms the unborn’s “fundamental right to life” or supports a Human Life Amendment, only opposing late-term abortions — less than 2% of cases.
Here’s the inconvenient truth: when you consider the abortion issue based on both parties’ platforms, both parties are essentially pro-choice now — one has no exceptions, the other has some.
The debate isn’t about bans anymore; it’s about abortion availability.
This shift undermines two core pro-life convictions: human life begins at conception and is worthy of protection, and a baby’s value isn’t determined by conception circumstances. A weeks-based approach — negotiating when it’s acceptable to end a life — compromises these convictions. This should be as non-negotiable as saying it’s wrong to kill an innocent outside the womb.
Pro-choice advocates don’t negotiate. Their conviction — bodily autonomy at all costs — supports abortion up to birth. That’s why they fought Mississippi’s fifteen-week ban in Dobbs, even though it seemed they would lose. But our weeks-based strategy fails morally and practically. Morally, it undermines the baby’s personhood. Practically, compromising on conviction doesn’t inspire others to adopt it. I can’t think of a successful movement — religious, political, or social — where this approach worked.
History shows that compromising on conviction rarely inspires change. Look at slavery. Abraham Lincoln called it “wrong, morally and politically” in 1859, yet his 1861 inaugural address avoided abolishing it, focusing on stopping its spread. He compromised.
Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass shared Lincoln’s conviction but refused to negotiate, linking their actions to ending slavery entirely. Douglass’s clarity pushed Lincoln. By 1865, Lincoln couldn’t imagine a union with slavery, seeing the Civil War as God-ordained “woe” for the offense of slavery.
We need that clarity today. A weeks-based framework doesn’t inspire courage in politicians or the culture. Without acting like Douglass, we won’t get a Lincoln. I’m grateful for pro-life Republicans working to support women at risk for abortion, and for Dobbs. But if the national policy tolerates most abortions, those efforts are muted. Indeed, abortions are up since Roe was overturned, more states have loosened their restrictions on abortion than not, and public opinion has shifted in a pro-choice direction.
Politicians face Pontius Pilate’s dilemma when faced with an innocent Jesus: “Should the shouts of a powerful and vocal crowd sway them to sacrifice the innocent?” The politics of abortion don’t change its morality. In 2012, Republicans had a measure of clarity — I hope they regain it, and Democrats find it, because vulnerable lives are at stake.
Culture shapes politics, and religion shapes culture. The 2023 Ohio ballot initiative, making abortion a constitutional right, passed with 57% support in a “pro-life” state. Exit polls showed Catholics and Protestants voted yes at rates mirroring the broader culture. Worse, 54% of women who have abortions profess to be Catholic or Protestant.
If you lose the pews, you lose at the polls.
Roland Warren is president and CEO of <a href="https://care-net.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Care Net</a> and the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Alternative-Abortion-Must-Abundant-Life/dp/0997228539/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GE1540HN1QI0&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.puTuVSrDnqiSL-sbmiDzx4VDsjs8IzGvmM7Mkl9eYtz0brcntZs1IqkZV1FRqnk-iIYazXoiCCXWOQiczInm11PwHrpxCuDiyaoQgJaTcK7JJGMCcfGgg-9__tSGOI__WeCVTB0WvHBmW_2ujDtZl2NqDgLfgWZix08DE1eaXEXdATvQAKHncx-DECpW_gYPu24FR7VRHCXSWeBi0pB3HgRuPUuboOcxRjtQMNJudkk.S9JjGheZ3vdBUxf6tNQG9-DWoSHJFrtISKjQg40kSm4&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=The+ALternative+to+Abortion&amp;qid=1747317907&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+alternative+to+abortion%2Cstripbooks%2C113&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Alternative to Abortion: Why We Must Be Pro-Abundant Life</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a six-part series by pollster Brent Buchanan on the politics of the American South. Last week, Buchanan broke down the unique features and critical importance of the Southern suburbs. Today, he takes a close look at North Carolina.
We hope you enjoy.
It might sound like a stretch to think voting behavior and political divides in one of the South’s most consequential swing states could be explained by barbecue sauce.
But that’s exactly what we found in North Carolina.
In both barbecue sauce and politics, North Carolina’s “split personality” is rooted in centuries-old settlement patterns and evolving demographics. Barbecue here is a source of pride, and, like taste preferences nationally, voters in the Tar Heel State — or, shall we say, the Sauce State — are divided.
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The so-called &#8220;barbecue boundary&#8221; is more than a culinary cleave; it reflects the state’s foundational divisions. Western North Carolina, settled predominantly by German and Moravian immigrants, developed the Lexington style of barbecue with tomato-based sauces.
Then there’s Eastern North Carolina, settled earlier by English and Scots-Irish immigrants, known for their whole-hog barbecue and vinegar-based sauces. These regional distinctions mirror broader cultural and political divides, with the western &#8220;Trumpian Highlands&#8221; standing apart from the more moderate &#8220;Faux South&#8221; and gridlocked “Sweet Tea Suburbs&#8221; of the east.
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Our analysis shows a political patchwork of those Trumpian Highlands in the west reflecting the deep-red, Appalachian-rooted strongholds that have surged rightward in recent years, and the Faux South in the east, which is a concentration of moderate, Mid-Atlantic-influenced counties shaped by trade routes rather than mountain and lowland plantation culture. Mixed in are the modern Sweet Tea Suburbs, encompassing the politically gridlocked, middle-class communities ringing cities like Raleigh and Charlotte.
“The Tar Heel State’s battleground status is primarily driven by their voters in the Trumpian Highlands,” said Nicholas Valdiviez, Cygnal’s Sampling Lead, who spearheaded this project. “The turnout differentials are even more galvanizing where we saw those areas jumping 14% for Republicans from 2012 to 2016, and falling 16% for Democrats in this same time, which is a whopping 31% delta in turnout between parties leading into Trump’s first term.”
By 2024, the Republican margin in the Trumpian Highlands reached 74-26, rivaling the deepest red regions anywhere in the South. However, keep in mind this region was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene and while they may have been trending Republican in recent years, President Joe Biden’s woeful (putting it mildly) response could have added fuel to voters’ enthusiasm for Trump.
These numbers still suggest a partisan ceiling in the western part of the state, excluding more liberal pockets like Asheville and Charlotte, meaning the GOP’s continued dominance here will depend on sustaining enthusiasm among rural voters, especially as the state’s population centers continue to grow and attract out-of-state liberals. Without the magnetism of Trump atop the ticket, Republicans can’t bank on the lovers of Lexington BBQ to deliver a statewide win.
Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the barbecue boundary, the Faux South region — with its Mid-Atlantic heritage and more moderate political leanings — tells a different story. The region as a whole saw Republicans peak in 2016, winning 52% of the vote, but then saw the steepest decline of any southern region from 2016 to 2020, with only a mild recovery. North Carolina was a latecomer to the larger trend in 2024, showing a five-point spread favoring Republicans.
Then, from 2020 to 2024, the Faux South shifted three points to the right, signaling that even in historically challenging areas, the GOP is capable of making incremental gains and keeping them. But it is the region’s volatility that makes it a true wild card — one that could swing statewide outcomes if either party finds the highly attractive candidates, compelling messages, and a solid mobilization strategy.
As we <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-swing-why-southern-suburbs-refuse-to-budge?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Brent+Buchanan&amp;category=Original&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Beyond+The+Swing%3A+Why+Southern+Suburbs+Refuse+To+Budge%C2%A0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mentioned,</a> the Sweet Tea Suburbs surrounding North Carolina’s major cities are politically gridlocked, with little movement since 2008. Turnout and margins are often determined by local issues and demographic changes from transplant residents.
“Though Republicans don’t control the governor’s mansion, they do hold both Senate seats and a majority of House seats,” said Valdiviez. “But if both sides of the barbecue boundary, Lexington and Eastern-style, continue to grow in population — especially in the ‘burbs — things could make the politics more precarious for Republicans.”
Valdiviez is right: things could get dicey for Republicans, but only if they fail to connect with middle-class voters’ day-to-day concerns in the same way Democrats have.
But things look different if Republicans make those more moderate Democrats in North Carolina distance themselves from or defend the radical voices of Bernie Sanders and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-blasts-80-20-loser-ocasio-cortez-warns-dems-not-to-pick-her-in-2028?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Chris+Cuomo+Blasts+%E2%80%9980-20+Loser%E2%80%99+Ocasio-Cortez%2C+Warns+Dems+Not+To+Pick+Her+In+2028" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AOC</a>, who now lift the party’s mantle. Just because the suburbs’ inelasticity is inherently left-leaning does not mean those ardent Leftists won’t alienate independent voters in the same way they did in 2024, turning North Carolina to Republicans.
North Carolina’s electoral map is a lot like its barbecue boundary: divided, fiercely proud of its local identity, and resistant to one-size-fits-all solutions. It requires a nuanced understanding of each region’s history, culture, and evolving priorities. And just like BBQ in North Carolina, if you bring the wrong sauce in the wrong region, you’re going to be asked politely to leave.
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COMING UP NEXT: Like North Carolina, all eyes are on Georgia, especially as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stacey-abrams-linked-group-received-2b-from-biden-admin-slush-fund-doge-finds?author=Ashe+Schow&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Stacey+Abrams-Linked+Group+Received+%242B+From+Biden+Admin+Slush+Fund%2C+DOGE+Finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revelations</a> about Stacey Abrams’ shady political machine during the Biden years and Republicans look to unseat the swing state’s vulnerable Democrat Senator, John Ossoff. 
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ABOUT THE MAP: Amid America’s massive political realignment, mostly ushered in by President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, the South is more consequential than anywhere else. It is responsible for more than a third of Senate seats, the equivalent of an entire <a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/Class_II.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">class</a> of Senators up for reelection in any cycle, and it accounts for 193 electoral votes, more than half the needed amount to win a presidential election.
By breaking the South into distinct regions, we can better understand the layered realities on the ground. We named each of the South’s regions out of necessity, not novelty. This regional lens reveals patterns and divides that state lines alone obscure, allowing for a more accurate and intelligible analysis of the South’s electoral dynamics.
This large-scale project aggregates voter trends in areas like education, income, gender, age, and partisanship – and even some of our own recent polling data. So far, we’ve analyzed everything from the realignment of its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-end-of-democratic-assumptions-how-minority-voters-are-reshaping-southern-politics?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Brent+Buchanan&amp;category=News+and+Analysis&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=The+End+of+Democratic+Assumptions%3A+How+Minority+Voters+Are+Reshaping+Southern+Politics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minority voters</a>, the stagnation of its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-swing-why-southern-suburbs-refuse-to-budge?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Brent+Buchanan&amp;category=Original&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Beyond+The+Swing%3A+Why+Southern+Suburbs+Refuse+To+Budge%C2%A0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suburbs</a>, and the necessity to call out its unique regions, which transcend state lines and better <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-rise-of-the-south-is-not-what-you-think-why-it-holds-the-keys-to-political-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">define</a> its implications on national elections.

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President Donald Trump said on Monday evening that he is endorsing two Republican candidates running for governor in Arizona, calling them both &#8220;terrific people.&#8221;
Trump previously threw his support behind Karrin Taylor Robson, an Arizona businesswoman who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-backed-arizona-businesswoman-launches-bid-for-governor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched her campaign</a> in February, leaning into the president&#8217;s endorsement. Now, Trump is also expressing support for Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) after the congressman jumped into the race in late January.
&#8220;I like Karrin Taylor Robson of Arizona a lot, and when she asked me to Endorse her, with nobody else running, I Endorsed her, and was happy to do so,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114378287917044509" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;When Andy Biggs decided to run for Governor, quite unexpectedly, I had a problem — Two fantastic candidates, two terrific people, two wonderful champions, and it is therefore my Great Honor TO GIVE MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT TO BOTH. Either one will never let you down. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;
During a speech at Turning Point USA&#8217;s AmericaFest in December, Trump said that Robson would have his &#8220;support&#8221; if she entered the race. Robson played a clip of Trump&#8217;s remarks in her announcement video.
&#8220;Karrin Taylor Robson is answering President Trump&#8217;s call,&#8221; the video&#8217;s narrator states.
In a social media post on Monday, Robson thanked Trump for announcing his endorsement of her.
&#8220;THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT! Today, @realDonaldTrump reaffirmed what he told me in December when he urged me to run on stage: That he supports me &amp; has fully endorsed my Arizona First campaign,&#8221; she <a href="https://x.com/KTaylorRobson/status/1914462330127081925" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
Biggs, one of Trump&#8217;s most ardent supporters in Congress and the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, also thanked Trump for his endorsement, <a href="https://x.com/andybiggs4az/status/1914450553242845493" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a> on X, &#8220;It’s been an honor to support you and fight for your agenda since 2016. I look forward to fighting alongside you as Governor of Arizona, the greatest state in the nation!&#8221;
Both Robson and Biggs are seeking to unseat Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs next year. Robson also ran for governor in 2022, falling just short of Republican Kari Lake in the GOP primary. Lake went on to lose to Hobbs in the general election.
The president often boasts about his track record of endorsing candidates who go on to win primary and general elections, and GOP hopefuls usually look for Trump&#8217;s backing to give them a significant boost against intra-party rivals. Biggs <a href="https://politicalpulse.net/us-polls/arizona-governor-election-polls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appears</a> to be the <a href="https://ktar.com/arizona-election-articles/2026-arizona-governor/5651775/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early favorite</a> to win the GOP primary in 2026.

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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is reportedly weighing a run for New York governor and signaled that she could jump into the race with a statement on Wednesday blasting New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Stefanik, who served as House Republican Conference chair from 2021 to 2025, steadily rose through the ranks of the GOP after first winning her seat in 2014. The Republican Congresswoman has been encouraged to run for governor by New York Republicans and some of Trump&#8217;s allies, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/stefanik-considering-run-for-governor-of-new-york-00293028" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, citing &#8220;two people familiar with her thinking.&#8221; On Wednesday, Stefanik <a href="https://x.com/EliseStefanik/status/1912565080849555603" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> Hochul, pointing to new <a href="https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/the-state-of-new-york-april-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling</a> from Marist that shows the Democratic governor&#8217;s approval rating at 39%.
&#8220;This latest bombshell polling proves what every New Yorker already knows: that we must FIRE Kathy Hochul in 2026 to SAVE NEW YORK,&#8221; Stefanik wrote. &#8220;Hochul is the Worst Governor in America and it’s not even close.&#8221;
&#8220;Her incompetence, corruption, and radical failed Far Left policies have destroyed our great state causing businesses and families to flee from crushing high taxes, out of control regulations, inept fiscal mismanagement, wide open border sanctuary city policies putting illegals first and NYers last, and an out of control crime crisis due to Democrats’ failed bail reform defund the police policies,&#8221; Stefanik added. &#8220;This polling shows that we can WIN &amp; SAVE NEW YORK.&#8221;
The Marist poll also showed that 57% of New Yorkers &#8220;do not want Hochul to run for re-election in 2026,&#8221; a number that includes 40% of Democrats. Sixty-four percent of the state&#8217;s voters say that New York&#8217;s economy is deteriorating, which is a big spike from the 51% who said the same a year ago.
President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114347490565859534" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> Stefanik in an early morning Truth Social post on Wednesday, writing without context, &#8220;Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is GREAT!!!&#8221;
Stefanik, who has been a loyal supporter of Trump, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-united-nations-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tapped</a> by the president to serve as U.N. ambassador in the new Trump administration, but her nomination was pulled as Trump deemed it more important to keep her in the House and &#8220;maintain EVERY Republican Seat in Congress.&#8221; Stefanik&#8217;s 21st Congressional District is a competitive area, and Democrats held the seat for more than 20 straight years before Stefanik took it back for the GOP.
Hochul, who took over after former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations in 2021, has already declared her candidacy for 2026. Former Democratic Rep. Jamaal &#8220;fire alarm&#8221; Bowman has <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/12/13/i-wish-i-didn-t-pull-that-damn-fire-alarm---rep--bowman-reflects-on-time-in-congress--primary-loss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hinted</a> at a potential run for governor, as has Democratic Rep. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/22/torres-hochul-governor-campaign-00191249" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ritchie Torres</a>.
If Stefanik jumps into the race, she would likely be the leading Republican candidate. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is also reportedly mulling a run.

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A 40-year-old New Mexico man has been charged over arson attacks that targeted the headquarters of the Republican Party and a Tesla showroom in Albuquerque, the Justice Department announced.
The DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/albuquerque-man-charged-connection-arson-attacks-tesla-dealership-and-republican-party-new">said</a> Monday that 40-year-old Jamison Wagner had been arrested by the FBI over the attacks, which burned out two Teslas and left significant damage to the GOP headquarters in Albuquerque. Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the DOJ would be seeking 40 years in prison for Wagner if he is convicted.
Wagner was charged with two counts of malicious damage or destruction of property by fire or explosive.
“Let this be the final lesson to those taking part in this ongoing wave of political violence,” Bondi said. “We will arrest you, we will prosecute you, and we will not negotiate. Crimes have consequences.”
The DOJ said that it had identified Wagner through evidence left at the scene of the attacks and surveillance footage.
The first attack took place on February 9 when two Tesla vehicles outside the Tesla Albuquerque Showroom were targeted with a homemade incendiary device. Inside one of the vehicles was found a glass container with napalm material. Other vehicles and the outside of the showroom were spray-painted with swastikas and the words “Die Elon,” “Tesla Nazi Inc,” and “Die Tesla Nazi.”
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The next attack took place on March 30, when the headquarters for the New Mexico GOP were firebombed, leaving significant damage. The phrase “ICE = KKK” was spray-painted on the building as well.
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Investigators said they linked Wagner to the attacks by matching his Hyundai Accent to one leaving the scene of the GOP headquarters after the bombing and matching his physical appearance to surveillance footage of the suspect.
The FBI also said it found materials for making incendiary devices at his home, spray paint matching the vandalism at both crime scenes, an “ICE=KKK” stencil matching what was spray-painted at the GOP headquarters, and at least eight suspected incendiary devices.
“This arrest is part of the FBI’s aggressive efforts to investigate and hold accountable those who have targeted Tesla facilities in various states across the country,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Under Attorney General Bondi’s leadership, we will continue to locate and arrest those responsible for these acts of domestic terrorism, and the FBI will work with partners at the Department of Justice to ensure such lawbreakers face justice.”

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One of the things I always warn folks against in politics is the belief that anything that happens is eternal — that the change is eternal and there will never be another loss in the future.
I&#8217;m old enough to remember when George W. Bush won reelection in 2004 and secured the Congress of the United States, that there were Republicans who thought the Republican Party would never lose again. It was the initiation of a brand-new era. Then, of course, by 2006 Democrats had taken the Congress, and by 2008 the presidency.
I&#8217;m also old enough to remember when, in the aftermath of Barack Obama&#8217;s 2012 victory, Democrats proclaimed they would never lose again. They had a brand-new, undefeatable coalition that would just continue to grow and Republicans would be in the minority forever. Within four years, however, Republicans had taken the presidency with Donald Trump.
Now I hear Republicans who sound triumphalist about the idea that Democrats can never win again, will never take power again. They say all the trends are against the Democrats. That&#8217;s true, the trends are against Democrats right now and that&#8217;s a good thing.
We see population movement from north to south, from blue states to red states, knowing electoral votes will follow. We see the Democrats failing to find any sort of leadership class in the aftermath of the Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders octogenarian triumvirate.
However, politics change quickly. Things happen. 
And there are warning signs on the horizon. The biggest one is that President Trump&#8217;s popularity is not transferable to every single other Republican candidate. You cannot just take President Trump, stamp him on a thing, and then hope that thing is going to be a winner. That is not how it works.
Barack Obama tried the same thing. It didn’t work with him either. 
Every politician has to build their own coalition. Every politician has to have their own group of people who follow them for their own personal reasons.
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So this bizarre idea that everyone in politics seems to have, both on the Right and the Left — that you can take a very popular politician and then smear that popularity over the bread of normie politicians and expect it to taste exactly the same — that is not how it works. 
This is precisely why President Trump&#8217;s administration must be successful.
President Trump is doing very important work on everything from getting rid of DEI to completely restructuring education in the country to changing how we spend to eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. On foreign policy, he&#8217;s restoring a sense of American military power and deterrence. He&#8217;s actually doing peace through strength. And he&#8217;s looking with fresh eyes at difficult situations like the Middle East.
These are very important things that President Trump is doing. And that means no mistakes.
“No mistakes” should be the byword inside the Trump administration. And the warning signs are there. Pretending they are not is simply whistling past the graveyard.
I know Republicans are all very happy and we want to tell ourselves that President Trump won an extraordinarily broad-ranging victory in his race against Kamala Harris.
The truth is that the 2024 election result was actually far closer than people would like to acknowledge. And that is not a rip on President Trump by any measure. It was a narrow win and that means if a few votes shift, suddenly things are different. And that could happen. Pretending that it can&#8217;t happen is a fool&#8217;s errand.
In the end, President Trump won 77.3 million votes. And Kamala Harris, a horrendous candidate running on the back of a dead candidate, won 75 million votes. President Trump won 49.8% of the vote and Kamala Harris won 48.3% of the vote. That is a solid electoral victory but it&#8217;s not, by any stretch of the imagination, a giant blowout, which is why I&#8217;m saying Republicans need to be careful.
We are starting to see some early indicators of the fact that a Democratic electorate could revive itself. One of those warning signs came courtesy of this special election shocker in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which went for President Trump last year by 16 points. Democrats flipped the state Senate seat in Pennsylvania — a seat that the GOP had occupied for literally decades.
The reality is that in special election races, it&#8217;s very hard to generalize from those races because they tend to have lower turnout. And so what you get is opposition turning out at a higher rate and the home party turnout coming in at a low rate, believing that there&#8217;s not going to be any sort of competitive election.
But as The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/lancaster-county-special-election-pennsylvania-republicans-james-malone-josh-parsons-ken-martin-85a0644a?mod=hp_opin_pos_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">points out</a>, Republicans might want to take the surprise loss in MAGA country as a warning.
That is not wrong.
It’s also true because on Thursday, Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), President Trump&#8217;s excellent nominee for the U.N. ambassador, had her nomination withdrawn by President Trump. It wasn’t because he doesn&#8217;t like Elise Stefanik — he thinks that she&#8217;s terrific. He is doing it because the margin in the Congress of the United States is simply too narrow.
President Trump had made a bunch of moves to take representatives from particular districts and put them in his Cabinet, including National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. That was going to include Elise Stefanik. There are three or four different congresspeople who&#8217;ve been pulled into the administration, leaving their districts open for an election.
President Trump is basically signaling here that the House of Representatives is on a knife&#8217;s edge and you can&#8217;t pull good congresspeople from their districts to serve in other aspects of the executive branch for fear the GOP might lose the district.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) put out <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1905330013244915791">a statement</a> saying he would immediately invite Elise Stefanik to return to the leadership table, adding, “It is well known Republicans have a razor-thin House majority, and Elise’s agreement to withdraw her nomination will allow us to keep one of the toughest, most resolute members of our Conference in place to help drive forward President Trump’s America First policies.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Stefanik&#8217;s withdrawal was just a result of the political realities they&#8217;re grappling with in the House, that every vote counts.
For this, you can thank some congresspeople like Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who reliably votes “No” on every contentious vote in the House of Representatives, meaning that the majority shrinks by one every single time.
There is also concern in other districts where there really should not be any concern. In Florida&#8217;s sixth Congressional District, which is Mike Waltz’ old seat, there is now a special election and it&#8217;s really competitive. Democrats are pouring money into that particular race, which is far too close right now. This should not be a competitive district.
I expect that Republicans will hold the seat. But the fact that it&#8217;s even competitive signals that any sort of overweening confidence among Republicans is misguided.
We have to act like every possession matters. We can&#8217;t act like we’re up 30 points when in reality we’re up two and there are just a couple of minutes left in the ballgame.
None of us should be overconfident.

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Trans-identifying lawmaker Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-identifying-democrat-confronted-with-biological-reality-introduced-as-gentleman">Sarah McBride</a> (D-DE) took some serious backlash on Thursday for claiming that the Republican Party was focusing on &#8220;culture war&#8221; issues to the point of being &#8220;bizarre.&#8221;
&#8220;We will not take a lecture on decorum from a party that incited an insurrection,&#8221; McBride began, waving aside criticism of Democrats&#8217; behavior both during and since President Donald Trump&#8217;s address to the joint session of Congress.
&#8220;I appear to live rent free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues,&#8221; McBride continued. &#8220;I wish that they would spend even a fraction of the time that they spend thinking about me thinking about how to lower the costs for American families. &#8230; They are obsessed with culture war issues. The Republican Party is obsessed with culture war issues. It is weird and it is bizarre.&#8221;
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But the consensus on X was that McBride was not really in a position to make that judgment call.
&#8220;&#8216;The American people deserve serious elected officials,&#8217; says the man who believes he&#8217;s a woman lol,&#8221; former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines posted.
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&quot;The American people deserve serious elected officials&quot; says the man who believes he&#39;s a woman lol <a href="https://t.co/IVRcbHwKhR">https://t.co/IVRcbHwKhR</a>
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&#8220;Men pretending they’re women and demanding that everyone go along with it is weird and bizarre,&#8221; added The Heritage Foundation.
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Men pretending they’re women and demanding that everyone go along with it is weird and bizarre. <a href="https://t.co/SCYU81K8PK">https://t.co/SCYU81K8PK</a>
&mdash; Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heritage/status/1900260605329605003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I don’t know I kinda think it’s weirder and more bizarre for a man to claim that men can become women and then put on ladyface and demand everyone participate in an obvious delusion,&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s John Daniel Davidson posted.
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I don’t know I kinda think it’s weirder and more bizarre for a man to claim that men can become women and then put on ladyface and demand everyone participate in an obvious delusion. <a href="https://t.co/UoK62shE7s">https://t.co/UoK62shE7s</a>
&mdash; John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnddavidson/status/1900266723573666078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Trump War Room account posted a simple, &#8220;Bruh.&#8221;
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Bruh <a href="https://t.co/5qGDS0G7HL">https://t.co/5qGDS0G7HL</a>
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&#8220;This person is not in a position to tell us what is &#8216;weird and bizarre,'&#8221; Fox News host Lawrence Jones said.
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This person is not in a position to tell us what is “weird and bizarre.” <a href="https://t.co/bvPhD5GQ29">https://t.co/bvPhD5GQ29</a>
&mdash; Lawrence Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) <a href="https://twitter.com/LawrenceBJones3/status/1900243350915109058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), who sparked ire from the Left when she introduced McBride as &#8220;Mister,&#8221; weighed in as well: &#8220;What&#8217;s truly &#8216;weird and bizarre&#8217; is thinking you can throw on a wig, put on some makeup, and suddenly become a &#8216;female.&#8217; No amount of pretending will ever change the way God created you. The truth is unshakable, and no one will ever erase it from our culture.&#8221;
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What&#39;s truly “weird and bizarre” is thinking you can throw on a wig, put on some makeup, and suddenly become a “female.”
No amount of pretending will ever change the way God created you. 
The truth is unshakable, and no one will ever erase it from our culture. <a href="https://t.co/ZnII5Rn7mn">https://t.co/ZnII5Rn7mn</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaryMiller/status/1900246971170119779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trans-Identifying House Member Torched For Claiming Republicans Are ‘Weird’ And ‘Bizarre’

Trans-Identifying House Member Torched For Claiming Republicans Are 'Weird' And 'Bizarre'

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Clay Travis, the founder of Outkick, offered a succinct commentary as to why young men, whether to the Right or even to the Left with their political proclivities, have turned more and more Republican.
Travis was part of a panel along with Daniel Cox of the American Enterprise Institute, Magdalene Taylor, “a freelance writer and critic covering sex, relationships, and culture,” according to <a href="https://www.gq.com/contributor/magdalene-taylor">GQ</a>, and Hannah Rosin, senior editor of The Atlantic.
“Young men have not become much more conservative, at least according to Gallup, but they have become more Republican,” Cox noted. “They’re more Republican now, but not necessarily because they’ve shifted to the Right on issues like climate change or abortion or same-sex marriage; they&#8217;re still well to the Left of their dads and grandfathers when it comes to that stuff. &#8230; There&#8217;s something about Trump that was attractive and then there&#8217;s something about the Democratic Party, at least in its current manifestation, that was repellent.”
“I was really struck by you saying especially that, you know, even if they are more likely to identify as Republicans, they&#8217;re still far more liberal than the men of generations before them,” Taylor stated.
“What is it that we&#8217;re missing?&#8221; Rosin wanted to know.
“What I would start with is that men aspire to be bigger, stronger, and faster than we are, almost universally,” Travis began. “That’s why superheroes are popular; that’s why pro athletes are popular. Who is the most masculine Democrat right now in America? Mayor Pete? (Buttigieg) &#8230; Nobody’s like, ‘Mayor Pete, he’s a bada**.’ Chuck Schumer?&#8221;
“But Trump&#8217;s like a grandpa,” Rosin protested.
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“Trump took a bullet in his ear and immediately stood up and said, ‘Fight, fight, fight,’” Trvis responded. “Every man in America and most of the women out here were impressed by that, even if the women won&#8217;t admit it. &#8230; And second part of this, basically summing it up, Democrats, for men, are pu**ies, and Republicans aren’t. There are no masculine men in the Democrat Party right now.”
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Clay Travis gets audible gasps from University of Chicago audience after he declares that men view Democrats as &#39;pussies&#39;: Daniel Cox: &quot;Young men have not become much more conservative, at least according to Gallup, but they have become more Republican. They&#39;re still well, to the… <a href="https://t.co/NDt0ZSDsY0">pic.twitter.com/NDt0ZSDsY0</a>
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Clay Travis On Why Young Men Are Turning Republican: ‘Democrats, For Men, Are Pu**ies’

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The Republican Party is &#8220;now more diverse than it&#8217;s ever been in modern times,&#8221; NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki explained on Sunday after President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> won re-election last week.
Kornacki <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-november-10-2024-n1311007" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> with &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; moderator Kristen Welker about how data show minority groups have shifted toward the GOP over the past eight years while Democrats have attracted more white and college-educated voters.
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Trump &#8220;did it by transforming the Republican Party. It is now more diverse than it&#8217;s ever been in modern times, and certainly much more than when Donald Trump first came on the scene eight years ago,&#8221; Kornacki said.
Using a screen behind him, which displayed election statistics, Kornacki went over how the results from &#8220;pre-Trump&#8221; in 2012 compared to now showed more voters under the age of 30, those with an income of less than $50,000, and people with no college degree gravitate to the GOP.
Kornacki discussed race and ethnicity, highlighting the growing &#8220;diversity&#8221; in the Republican Party.
&#8220;Again, pre-Trump versus now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The black vote still overwhelmingly Democratic, but that&#8217;s a 15-point shift. It used to be 87 points for the Democrats, down to 72. How about this? You&#8217;ve heard a lot about it this week. This is what the numbers look like. Hispanic voters were 44 points Democratic before Donald Trump. Now, basically a toss-up constituency. And Asian Americans, a 32-point shift there as well. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened to the Republican Party since Donald Trump became its standard bearer eight years ago. This has been the movement.&#8221;
Kornacki explained how &#8220;the story is the opposite&#8221; for the Democratic Party, going over results showing that more white voters — though not a majority — are turning blue, as are college-educated voters and people earning more than $100,000. He also got into how Trump &#8220;swept&#8221; the swing states, highlighting Wisconsin as an example, and &#8220;pulled off&#8221; becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years, pointing to the &#8220;giant strides&#8221; he makes in blue states like California.
Welker mentioned that the results are in and &#8220;they&#8217;re not going to change,&#8221; but she also noted that counting is still happening in some places.
&#8220;Yeah. I mean, if you remember from 2020, it took about a month till we got all the national popular vote,&#8221; Kornacki said. &#8220;And let me just show you, nationally here, one thing we&#8217;re waiting on, big — we know California is a Harris state. But as I said, still some votes to come: 75% is in. That means there are millions more votes just from California. And there are other states like this. A lot of it has to do with vote by mail, those ballots taking a long time for some of these states. So when you look at where the current popular vote stands, you know, you&#8217;ve got there — probably another 10 million or so, when all is said and done, are going to be added to this. This has been the story for a while in states like California. They take a very long time.&#8221;

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Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) announced this week that she is now joining the Republican Party after seeing how extreme her former party has become.
Gabbard made the announcement with former President Donald Trump at a rally Tuesday evening in Greensboro, North Carolina, a key swing state in the upcoming election.
She said that the Democrat Party has become &#8220;completely unrecognizable&#8221; in recent years as it now embraces censorship, open borders, and weaponizing law enforcement under politicians like Vice President Kamala Harris.
&#8220;It is because of my love for our country and specifically because of the leadership that President Trump has brought to transform the Republican Party and bring it back to the party of the people and the party of peace that I&#8217;m proud to stand here with you today, President Trump, and announce that I&#8217;m joining the Republican Party,&#8221; Gabbard said.
The former Democrat presidential nominee <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/tulsi-gabbard-announces-leaving-democratic-party-rcna51659">left</a> the party in 2022 and became an independent because of the party&#8217;s embrace of &#8220;wokeness,&#8221; its hostility to people of faith, and its &#8220;racializing every issue.&#8221;
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&#8220;I am joining the party of the people, the party of equality, the party that was founded to fight against and end slavery in this country,&#8221; she said with Trump on stage. &#8220;It is the party of common sense and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace.&#8221;
&#8220;So as we stand here today, we have 14 days until the most historic election of our lives,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And my message to my fellow Americans, regardless of your political affiliation, now is the time for us to stand together to save our country. There is nothing less than that that&#8217;s on the line. A vote for President Trump is a vote for a big, open tent party that welcomes people from all backgrounds and all walks of life.&#8221;
&#8220;A vote for President Trump is a vote to express our deep love for our country and our appreciation for our God-given rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution,&#8221; she added. &#8220;A vote for President Trump is a vote for secure borders and safe communities, and a vote for President Trump is a vote for peace here in America and around the world.&#8221;
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Welcome to the party, <a href="https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TulsiGabbard</a>. <a href="https://t.co/nDHxnST9CC">pic.twitter.com/nDHxnST9CC</a>
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Tulsi Gabbard Joins The Republican Party

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A four-term Democrat Texas state representative who broke with her party and sided with the GOP on bills such as one banning gender-transitioning surgeries for minors and another designed to remove sexually explicit books from school libraries has announced she will join the Republican Party.
Houston Democrat Shawn Thierry, who lost her seat in a May runoff, announced her decision on Friday.
“As a woman, a mother, and a lawmaker, I have dedicated my life to championing the values that fortify our families and uplift our communities. After much reflection, prayer, and soul-searching, I have come to a decision that aligns with my core values and the best interests of our beloved country,” she wrote on X.
“For my entire adult life, I have voted as a Democrat. I was raised in a household with my amazing parents who believed the Democratic Party was the party of the people—a beacon of justice and opportunity for all,” she recalled. “But as the years have passed, I have watched with dismay as the party I once knew has drifted far from its roots. It has become almost unrecognizable—radicalized and increasingly out of touch with the values that millions of everyday Americans hold dear. The Democratic Party has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience, support policies like promoting sex changes for children during a vulnerable stage of their lives, and dismantling Title IX protections for women in sports.”
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“This is not the party I grew up with,” she continued. “I have witnessed firsthand how the so-called ‘liberal’ left now stifles thoughtful debate, silencing dissent with an iron fist—demanding blind allegiance to ideology, where one must ‘comply or be cast out.’ This is not the Democratic Party I once supported and represented.”
“And so today, at such a time as thus, I am officially announcing that I am leaving the ranks and rancor of the Democratic Party elite. I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve our Union and fought to end the atrocities of slavery. In 2024, the Republican Party champions economic empowerment, by investing in Historically Black colleges and universities like the one I proudly graduated from. It’s the party of parents, believing that they have the fundamental right to determine the best educational environments for their children to learn, grow, and succeed. It is the party that fosters prosperity and entrepreneurial opportunities, enabling small business owners to not just survive, but to thrive, fulfilling the promise of the American dream. Mothers around our country from all backgrounds, races, and communities understand that it’s our sacred duty to preserve the innocence of our children, protect them from being sexualized, and sterilized. To respect universal truths, and to uphold the rights of biological women as defined by science, nature, and common sense. I am leaving the left because the left has abandoned Democrats who feel betrayed by a party that has lost its way, lost its commitment to hard working families.”
“I know that by making this choice, my choice, I will face relentless attacks, criticism, and mischaracterization,” she wrote. “But I will complete my faith walk. Scripture reminds us in Job 13, ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.’ And so, I trust that God will guide me and cover me as I step into this new chapter of my life. It is time to shift our consciousness from the distractions of personalities to the substance of real policies. I will not be alone; I will be with millions of courageous women and men of good conscience, who are willing to place people over political ideology. So, I will continue to be a change maker and a champion for children. Censured, but not silenced, I will use my voice to amplify the voices of women everywhere —women who are willing to make waves across America. Together, we can nurture and protect our children by creating a safer, brighter future for them. Together, we can restore the spirit, security, and soul of America.”
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In May of last year, Thierry explained why she favored banning minors from receiving transgender medical procedures after the Texas House advanced a bill that would prohibit the practice. She said in a statement that she voted to ban minors from receiving &#8220;GnRH-analogs, (i.e. &#8216;puberty blockers&#8217;), cross sex hormones, and to undergo irreversible surgeries when experiencing gender dysphoria&#8221; after speaking with constituents and &#8220;reviewing the scientific data in this country and around the globe.&#8221;
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&#8220;I am assured that this position is rooted in sound policy which supports the health, development, and overall well-being of minors,&#8221; she said.
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
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Republicans are gaining ground on Democrats in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania, registering more new voters than Democrats in July.
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2024/08/27/pennsylvania-voter-registration-republican-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Tuesday that Republicans added 19,127 new voters to their rolls in July, while Democrats added 17,495. For the year, Republicans are outpacing Democrats in new voter registration in Pennsylvania, leading 94,603 to 87,325, according to the state. The gains for Republicans in Pennsylvania include the all-important Bucks County — to the northeast of Philadelphia — as the GOP is leading the Democrats in new voter registration for the first time in the county in 15 years, according to the <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/bucks-county-pennsylvania-registered-republicans-20240724.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Inquirer</a>.
&#8220;It’s a morale booster, it’s something we’ve been targeting for years,” Bucks County GOP Chair Pat Poprik said.
Democrats still hold a lead over Republicans in total registered voters in Pennsylvania, with 3.9 million to the GOP&#8217;s 3.5 million.
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Pennsylvania is arguably the most important swing state in the 2024 election, and the Trump campaign is heavily focused on reaching out to voters there. President Joe Biden took the state in the 2020 election by more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-pennsylvania.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">81,000 votes,</a> boosted by a 17,000-vote advantage in Bucks County. In Donald Trump&#8217;s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton, he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> Pennsylvania by more than 44,000 votes, coming close to Clinton&#8217;s vote tally in Bucks County.
The Trump campaign and Republican Party are also pushing for Pennsylvania Republicans to embrace mail-in ballots and absentee voting. The campaign launched SwampTheVoteUSA.com on Monday, which RNC Chairman Michael Whatley <a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/election-2024/2024/08/27/trump-campaign-gop-push-mail-in-voting-absentee-pennsylvania-voters/stories/202408270072" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> &#8220;will make it faster, easier, and more secure than ever for patriots in the Keystone State to deliver their mail ballots for President Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a crucial, cutting-edge development in our sophisticated ground game, which will help deliver President Trump back to the White House and save America,&#8221; Whatley added.
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Trump has held multiple campaign rallies in Pennsylvania in the past two months, including the gathering in Butler when a would-be assassin attempted to kill him on July 13. The Republican nominee is <a href="https://www.donaldjtrump.com/events/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> to return to Pennsylvania for a rally in Johnstown Friday afternoon.
Trump&#8217;s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), has also made multiple stops in Pennsylvania, including an <a href="https://thehill.com/video-clips/4851686-watch-live-jd-vance-courts-voters-pennsylvania/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event</a> on Wednesday where he is expected to speak at a shipping and warehousing company in Erie. Trump has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-hold-rally-in-town-of-assassination-attempt-to-honor-supporters-who-were-shot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to return to the town where he was shot for another rally before the election.
Trump is in a dead heat with Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/pennsylvania/trump-vs-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.

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