No rally..
Just small get-together in South Carolina , the state that Joe Biden wants to start of the 2024 Presidental nomination campaign…
I’m sure ‘The Donald’ will make sure he makes money on the event….
The idea that Trump might ‘own’ the nomination has been put aside…
“Not all that occurs in the campaign is done in the public eye … There’s a level of expectation that is maybe pushed by people that don’t view the campaign in maybe the most positive light,” said LaCivita. “You have to husband your resources, you have to plan and you have to be ready, and so all of that — we don’t advertise those aspects of campaign building, of campaign organizing.”
The comments come amid mounting questions in political circles about Trump’s low-profile approach. Trump has not held any of his trademark rallies since the end of the midterm election – prompting chatter that he is starting the campaign in a state of political weakness, after a host of Republican-endorsed candidates fell short in the 2022 midterms.
The Trump officials declined to say when his rallies would resume — but they argued that it made little sense to hold them at such an early point in the campaign.
“People want to push, ‘Why aren’t you doing rallies?’ Well, I think it would be kind of crazy to be spending huge amounts of money this far out,” LaCivita said.
It’s the latest piece of a broader plan to solidify Trump’s standing in states that hold key nominating contests in early 2024. During the midterm election, the former president endorsed a host of candidates in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. Trump has also hired a pair of Iowa-based strategists, Alex Latcham and Eric Branstad, come out in support of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status for its caucuses and, this week, took out a full-page advertisement in the Iowa GOP’s annual legislative breakfast program….
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Trump notched a critical win in South Carolina’s 2016 primary, where he received nearly one-third of the vote in a splintered field. This time, the former president could face opposition in the state from two South Carolina-based Republican rivals: Sen. Tim Scott and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, both of whom are potential candidates…
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One would assume NOBODY will forget the legal problems Trump is carrying on his back?
image….The Hill