Trump tries to amass local army for 2020

[DonViejo]

‘State days’ aimed at developing relationships with elected officials across the U.S. are succeeding in bringing some skeptics on board the Trump Train.

By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO 05/20/2018 06:00 PM EDT Updated 05/20/2018 08:38 PM EDT

President Donald Trump is amassing an army of political insiders for 2020 — all without leaving the White House.

The Trump administration has hosted 14 “state days” over the past few months, inviting county commissioners of both parties to come through for tours and meet senior administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence.

While the daylong events are formally billed as a way to establish a relationship between behemoth federal agencies and their local counterparts, they also are designed to engender new loyalty to a president some Republicans refused to support in 2016 as he begins to look ahead to his reelection campaign, according to two former aides.

On Wednesday, more than 100 county supervisors from Wisconsin are set to make the trip to Washington. By the end of the year, the White House expects every county commissioner in the country to have received an invitation to attend such an occasion at the White House.

Trump isn’t the first president to use the pomp of the presidency to cement support or cultivate alliances in critical states. But for this president, the meetings are helping wipe the slate clean with people who were never on board the Trump Train.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/20/trump-local-officials-2020-598054

[beachbum bob]

1. we register 10 million new democratic voters, we make sure every voter has proper ID to vote

and we get off our asses and vote and get all others to vote. There is no way to overcome the building blue tidal wave..but it takes more than hand wringing

[riversedge]

2. EACH registered Democrat should adapt

--oh maybe 2-3 likely or other Dems and make sure they are registered and have voted (take to polls if necessary). My suggestion to get personally involved.