Trump Plans Aggressive Expansion of Electoral Map, Says He’ll Make ‘Heavy Play’ for New York, New Je

[mystery-ak]

Exclusive — Trump Plans Aggressive Expansion of Electoral Map, Says He’ll Make ‘Heavy Play’ for New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico, Minnesota

Matthew Boyle and Alexander Marlow 2 Jan 2024 Palm Beach, FL

PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively that assuming he wins the GOP nomination for president again he will work to expand the universe of battleground states and aggressively compete against whoever Democrats nominate in states like New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Minnesota, and New Mexico.

Trump said he thinks he can compete in a number of states that Republicans have not won in many years in presidential elections. He said he plans to do rallies in these states, and work to try to win them—but maybe not as hard as the traditional battleground states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia. Trump even threw out a possible idea of renting out the iconic Madison Square Garden to hold a rally in the heart of Manhattan in New York City.

“One of the other things I’m going to do — and I may be foolish in doing it — is I’m going to make a heavy play for New York, heavy play for New Jersey, heavy play for Virginia, heavy play for New Mexico, and a heavy play for a state that hasn’t been won in years, Minnesota,” Trump said in the more than two-hour-long interview at his luxurious seaside Mar-a-Lago resort here.

Asked what he means by make a “heavy play” for states like New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Virginia, and New Mexico, Trump said he plans to do rallies and speeches in those states as he campaigns for the presidency in the general election.

“I’m going to do rallies, I’m going to do speeches, I’m going to work them,” Trump said. “That doesn’t mean I’m going to work them as hard as I work Pennsylvania, where I’m doing very well.”

Trump mocked Biden as “Mr. Scranton,” a reference to how the current president regularly references his childhood in the working-class Pennsylvania city, calling Biden “such a fake” and saying “there’s just no way” that Biden will beat him in the Keystone State this year.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Any sanctuary state that is being deluged with illegal immigrants should certainly be on that list ... Illinois for example ... Failed liberal city Governments, like Chicago's, are the gifts that keep on giving to the GOP.

[mystery-ak]

Any sanctuary state that is being deluged with illegal immigrants should certainly be on that list ... Illinois for example ... Failed liberal city Governments, like Chicago's, are the gifts that keep on giving to the GOP.

This maybe a good opportunity to make Il red again which most of it is already...

[catfish1957]

No offense to the Trump strategy, but he really needs to focus on the swing states.  AND...  only venture outward after up 10 or more points in all of them.

This is is the kind of greedy nonsense what killed Hitlerly in '16.

[libertybele]

No offense to the Trump strategy, but he really needs to focus on the swing states.  AND...  only venture outward after up 10 or more points in all of them.

This is is the kind of greedy nonsense what killed Hitlerly in '16.

Greed or does he see an opportunity to win over states that are so shattered that he see a true opportunity to turn them red?

Perhaps he's looking to win by a landslide but unless the RNC and Ronna get their butts in gear to ensure a fair election, I think he's going to have a hard time.

OTH, if you look back, in the '16 election he saw an opportunity and promised what the people wanted; a wall/border security and to take their country back. That's what won him the election.  There is a void in NY and the other states he mentioned that needs to be filled with some sort of hope of turning this country around.  He may do it again, but ... he needs to also remember that the last election was stolen -- that's the huge hurdle that he's looking at.

He has character flaws, J6, the leftists/marxists corruption and his age against him.

[cato potatoe]

Minnesota would only come into play if the Biden campaign collapsed.  There is no way in hell Virginia, New Mexico, New York, or New Jersey will ever send Trump electors to DC, fraudulent or otherwise.

[LMAO]

Minnesota would only come into play if the Biden campaign collapsed.  There is no way in hell Virginia, New Mexico, New York, or New Jersey will ever send Trump electors to DC, fraudulent or otherwise.

Not happening in Minnesota just because of the Twin Cities alone

I don’t see Illinois, absolutely not New York including the other states you listed

If Trump gets the nomination, he’ll carry his 2020 states again and that’s it


Side note: How do we know when an election is fair and not stolen ? It seems both sides have their own definition of that

[libertybele]

Minnesota would only come into play if the Biden campaign collapsed.  There is no way in hell Virginia, New Mexico, New York, or New Jersey will ever send Trump electors to DC, fraudulent or otherwise.

Never say never.  There were a few surprises in the '16 election. That's why there was an outcry to change from the electoral vote to the popular vote. So -- did Clinton legitimately win the popular vote?? I believe Trump was just as surprised that he won as Hillary was surprised that she lost.  If anything Trump clearly now understands the electoral college/delegate voting. Here's the '16 electoral map:

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president

[LMAO]

Any sanctuary state that is being deluged with illegal immigrants should certainly be on that list ... Illinois for example ... Failed liberal city Governments, like Chicago's, are the gifts that keep on giving to the GOP.

Chicago has had failed liberal city governments for quite a while

And the people of that  city continue to vote for more failure

[LMAO]

Never say never.  There were a few surprises in the '16 election. That's why there was a cry to change from the electoral vote to the popular vote. So -- did Clinton legitimately win the popular vote?? Here's the electoral map:

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president

There were surprises in those states in 2016 because a lot of Democrat voters, for whatever reason, stayed home

Even with that, Trump did not take the popular vote, he got less than 50% of the total vote, and it was only through the electoral college he was able to win.

None of that was repeated from that point on

The Republican parties gonna have to come to terms with the fact that, outside of his loyal base, Trump is a vote repellent for the GOP

[libertybele]

There were surprises in those states in 2016 because a lot of Democrat voters, for whatever reason, stayed home

Even with that, Trump did not take the popular vote, he got less than 50% of the total vote, and it was only through the electoral college he was able to win.

None of that was repeated from that point on

The Republican parties gonna have to accept the idea that, outside of his loyal base, Trump is a vote repellent for the GOP

Only through the electoral college @LMAO ?? That's how it's supposed to be.  I also don't believe that a lot of DEMS stayed home, otherwise Hillary wouldn't have won the popular vote.

I'm not exactly a Trump supporter, but I don't believe that he is a vote repellent for the GOP at this point.

IMHO the wild card is going to be who the DEMS run once the force Biden/Harris to step down.  They will wait till the last minute to do so.

[Free Vulcan]

The thing is unless you can get at least a 15 point lead in the swings and blue states, the fraud will fix everything for the Rats.

I don't know how he'll overcome that.

[LMAO]

Only through the electoral college @LMAO ?? That's how it's supposed to be.  I also don't believe that a lot of DEMS stayed home, otherwise Hillary wouldn't have won the popular vote.

I'm not exactly a Trump supporter, but I don't believe that he is a vote repellent for the GOP at this point.

IMHO the wild card is going to be who the DEMS run once the force Biden/Harris to step down.  They will wait till the last minute to do so.

That’s what I said

If it wasn’t for the electoral college, Donald Trump would’ve never been president


And Trump is an effective get out the vote drive for the left and the Democrats. We’ve seen that in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023. Look at the number of offices that the Republicans held in early 2016 and compare that to today.


Does anybody believe 2024 will be different?

[cato potatoe]

Never say never.  There were a few surprises in the '16 election. That's why there was an outcry to change from the electoral vote to the popular vote. So -- did Clinton legitimately win the popular vote?? I believe Trump was just as surprised that he won as Hillary was surprised that she lost.  If anything Trump clearly now understands the electoral college/delegate voting. Here's the '16 electoral map:

Trump promised to carry New York in 2016.  Well, that didn't happen, and as party figurehead, he pretty much destroyed the GOP north of the Mason-Dixon line.

[libertybele]

Trump promised to carry New York in 2016.  Well, that didn't happen, and over the course of his term, he pretty much destroyed the GOP north of the Mason-Dixon line.

He's not the nominee yet, we shall see what unravels.  What I am confident in, is that the RNC, Ronna and the GOPe want Haley. The game is just beginning.

[catfish1957]

He's not the nominee yet, we shall see what unravels.  What I am confident in, is that the RNC, Ronna and the GOPe want Haley. The game is just beginning.

I wish I could share your optimism, but we are just a few weeks from primary season, and I see no path of victory for RDS, Haley, or anyone else.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I wish I could share your optimism, but we are just a few weeks from primary season, and I see no path of victory for RDS, Haley, or anyone else.

Lawfare has led a bunch of people to rally around Trump.  His challengers would have had a better shot if the Democrats had just left him alone.

[Bigun]

Lawfare has led a bunch of people to rally around Trump.  His challengers would have had a better shot if the Democrats had just left him alone.

  Quite true! The more those people don't want him the more I do!

[catfish1957]

Lawfare has led a bunch of people to rally around Trump.  His challengers would have had a better shot if the Democrats had just left him alone.

What is also freaking out the lefty dims now  is that the level of enthusiam for Pedo Joe is historically low.  In these close elections (when and where fraud can be compensated for like in '20) GOTV, and party turnout are of utmost criticality.

That is why by the day, the probabilty of Joe getting the nomination out of Chicago becomes increasingly small.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Hiillary's mistake in 2016 was ignoring the podunk deplorable swings states in the Rust Belt / Great Lakes.

[Fishrrman]

Trump won't win in the blue states, regardless of what efforts he makes.
Nor will the DCommunist candidate win in the red states.

The election will be decided in 5-7 battleground states:
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Pennsylvania
- Georgia
- Arizona
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- Also, that one Congressional District up in Maine that has gone for Mr. Trump 2x already.

They're going to be "the only ones that count".

And, right now, The Party has a good grip on the controls of the "underground election apparatus" in most of them.

It's gonna be an uphill climb for Mr. Trump, regardless of the ineptitudes of ol' white joe (who in all likelihood won't be running) and the treachery of The Party.

But rest assured that any other Republican candidate other than Mr. Trump would face a HARDER climb.

Nikki Haley ???
Really, Briefers -- are you serious...?

[Smokin Joe]

No offense to the Trump strategy, but he really needs to focus on the swing states.  AND...  only venture outward after up 10 or more points in all of them.

This is is the kind of greedy nonsense what killed Hitlerly in '16.

The (likely fatal) flaw in this strategy, is that those Leftist hellholes are inhabited by those who are either ok with it or who just can't afford to move out. They have been bleeding 'red' for three years (and longer), and are the home of Biden's 35% approval.

Concentrate on the stolen swing states from last time. Make the steal have to be glaringly obvious (ridiculously so, even worse than last time) in order for those states to be 'blue'.

New Mexico remains a solid maybe, because it has reached the position of second largest oil producer (impacting the economy there) and is being invaded by illegals, too.

[LMAO]

Lawfare has led a bunch of people to rally around Trump.  His challengers would have had a better shot if the Democrats had just left him alone.

And it's possible the Democrats are doing this BECAUSE they know his supporters will rally around him and make him the nominee were he's the easiest to beat in the general election