Just so you know how things are going with the Trump campaign’s takeover of the Republican National Committee, here’s largely “Beltway establishment” GOP-friendly outlet Axios with an article titled “Trump’s RNC struggles in swing states as Biden’s team grows” with a snapshot of how things are not okay at this current stage of the 2024 campaign: “One RNC staffer on the payroll through the end of this month was kicked out of their office by a Trump campaign aide, who also locked the staffer out of the data server the RNC has used to assist local campaigns.”

It’s not clear if this person is definitely outgoing, as the article states that some of the fired staffers have been told they can reapply for their jobs in the Trump subsidiary – with 2020 election denial now a prerequisite. Either way Axios does not paint a pretty picture of the inside of the party headquarters, specifically to the swing state efforts, writing that a third of the layoffs were those tasked with overseeing volunteer recruitment and mobilization operations in the swing states.

Zoom in: “Many Republicans fear” that the recklessness and incompetence is going to cost them dearly, with those first three words being key here, that for all the bluster and bullshit you hear them talk publicly, for all the polls saying Biden is screwed, this is where you should take notice. Axios is the mouthpiece for the DC GOP, carrying their water when they want to get the word out in exchange for access so they can conduct regular political reporting. They’re printing that DC establishment Republicans are getting scared because DC establishment Republicans are actually getting scared now, regardless of whether this is message-laundering or regular reporting.