Florida Republican Party chairman Evan Power – who replaced the threesome guy Christian Ziegler back in January – tells the Palm Beach Post that fundraising email his party sent out warning recipients of “tough polling information to share with you” and included a screenshot of an “extremely alarming headline” from a Newsweek article about a poll finding Vice President Kamala Harris just five points behind convicted felon former President Trump in the Sunshine State doesn’t mean they’re actually worried the not-really-swing-state could back to blue anytime soon.
“It was a typical fundraising email that goes out every day from anybody who is Republican. We’re not worried. It was typical fundraising stuff we do,” said Power, openly and blithely admitting that the party’s “typical fundraising” emails are lies meant to terrify people into sending them money.
Or, maybe less likely, that he is legitimately scared about November and didn’t want to tell the media on the record. Either way it’s not a great look, but it’s not like MAGA voters will notice.