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Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Ralph Reed’s army plans $62 million spending spree to boost evangelical turnout

Author:     Alex Isenstadt
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     03/11/2024 | 09:33 PM EDT
 Link: Ralph Reed’s army plans $62 million spending spree to boost evangelical turnout
Stephan:  

By most research estimates one in three Americans consider themselves evangelicals, and they are the Trump hard-core base. That’s why the TCPs are pouring so much money into getting these low-education low-IQ people ginned up to vote for Trump.  This is how Trump plans to win back the Presidency. That’s part of Trump’s plan. The other part is bringing Paul Manafort back to his campaign because, I also think, he hopes Manafort can get someone to cover the $500 million judgment he faces in New York. Suppose the Saudis put up the money through some corporation they control, or the Russian government by giving it to some oligarch who passes it through some corporation to Trump. The TCP has become so openly criminal at this point that I think Trump will try anything and believe he will get away with it because the TCP will protect him through inaction.

Chair of the Faith and Freedom Coalition Ralph Reed pats Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on the shoulder at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference on June 24, 2023. Credit: Drew Angerer / Getty

A prominent evangelical advocacy organization plans to significantly ramp up political spending in the 2024 election with one goal in mind: returning Donald Trump to the White House

Faith & Freedom, a conservative-leaning organization, intends to spend $62 million registering and turning out evangelical voters, texting and calling supporters, and door-knocking — $10 million more than it spent four years ago. The group is expected to, among other things, hand out 30 million pieces of literature in 125,000 churches — many of them in battleground states.

“In terms of home visits and voters reached at the door, to my knowledge it’s the largest effort on the right outside of the Republican National Committee ever,” Ralph Reed, a longtime Republican strategist and Trump ally who oversees the organization, said of the direct voter contact enterprise.

The investment underscores the degree to which the white evangelical community has allied itself with Trump, even as he faces a […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 8:59 pm

    Only really stupid people would vote for Trump; that is what he is counting upon. He really should be put in prison! And not allowed to even run for President.