Here we go again, the Trump sign drama continues in Wisconsin. First we had no Trump signs at the Republican Party of Wisconsin (RPW) state convention. I reported on this in May. Now county parties are unable to get Trump signs from the RPW and are having to pay for the signs out their own county party funds.
There's nothing normal about this sign situation. Not having availability of signs for our presidential nominee and county parties having to pay for the signs themselves is unprecedented. RPW gets the money from the campaign, in this case Trump, RPW has the signs made, and then they distribute them to all the county parties.... that's how it's ALWAYS been done. The RPW received over $500k in June from Trump 47 Committee Inc., so where's the money going!?
We just had a very divisive primary on Aug 13th here in Wisconsin. The RPW sent out mailers in support of their establishment candidates with false and misleading disclaimers to gaslight voters into thinking those were RPW endorsed candidates which is in violation of the RPW Constitution, as it's the "exclusive right" of county parties to endorse for those races. The RPW put their thumb on the scale to hurt conservative MAGA candidates across the state. Luckily a few made it through.
An orchestrated attack by the dark money Stronger Wisconsin Fund spent over $450k on nasty, lie filled mailers against about a dozen conservative MAGA candidates who dared to push back on the establishment. Evidence suggests that WI Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and the RPW are behind the Stronger Wisconsin Fund. Maybe that's where the RPW used the $500k they were given and why the RPW has no money for signs.
I'm hearing from multiple counties that when they're picking up their signs from a local printer they're told to write their checks out to RPW, not the printer.....hmmm. I asked my county party campaign chair at our recent monthly Executive Committee meeting if we're getting reimbursed by RPW for the money we've taken out of our own county funds for the Trump signs and the answer was, "No". I also asked when would we be getting any Trump signs from the RPW going forward and they stated they "didn't know when the Calvary was coming" and why we were spending campaign fund money on Trump yard signs. Bonus, the county parties that recently held a press conference to push back on the mailers and the dark money are now having a hard time getting their Trump signs and the RPW is not giving them a discounted price from the printer on the signs unless they apologize to the RPW, unbelievable!
Counties are using precious funds on signs that are normally free when those funds could be used on other GOTV efforts. People are being resourceful and hand painting their own large Trump signs in some counties like the beautiful one above which is great, but again that time and money could be used elsewhere, as we know this election is going to take everything we've got to get Trump over the finish line.
There's been a pattern of the RPW undermining President Trump. I had a front row seat as a Trump Poll Observer County Captain in 2020 where the RPW lied about a poll observer portal to the Trump campaign that never existed, leaving myself, PO County Captains and the Trump campaign hanging. Now we have sign gate in 2024. #WIsigngate2024 Remember Speaker Vos who controls the RPW stated he'd do everything he could to make sure President Trump doesn't win.
It's all about optics right now and the lack of Trump signs plays into a orchestrated narrative to make it appear the support isn't there for Trump. Couple that with the false polling showing this is a tight race when we all know Trump's way ahead. These are the optics needed to make the election steal from Trump plausible. Let's make sure that doesn't happen by making it Too Big To Rig!!
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