It isn’t clear, however, that any amount of energy or effort will be enough to hold off a well-organized assault by the Republicans if Bustos also has to worry about “friendly fire” from people like AOC and the usual suspects from the progressive caucus. She also has to deal with the money problem. The DCCC, as of this week, had about $12 million cash on hand compared to the NRCC’s $20 million. This chasm may or may not be connected with AOC’s crazy suggestion to her 4.4 million Twitter followers to stop contributing to the DCCC, but it will make it a lot harder for the latter to protect that 17-seat majority when most of those seats are in Trump districts.
This brings us to the President’s coattails. Time reports, “President Donald Trump raised $24.8 million in the hours following the official launch of his campaign for re-election in 2020, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said.” That figure, combined with the size and enthusiasm of the Orlando crowd, suggests that Democratic hopes of denying him a second term are pure fantasy. None of the Trump voters in those 31 House districts noted above are going to split their tickets and vote for a Democrat — no matter how “moderate.” The party of investigations and obstruction is due for yet another sojourn in the political wilderness.
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