Trump Teases Aggressive 2024 Campaign for Blue States

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Trump Teases Aggressive 2024 Campaign for Blue States

Fox News reported that in a New Year's Day fundraising email, former President Trump claimed a strong position for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Initially the sole candidate, Trump now leads polls, securing a double-digit advantage in Iowa and a significant national lead. Legal controversies, including indictments, seemingly strengthen his support among Republicans. Fox News posited that Trump's disciplined campaign strategy, avoiding debates and letting rivals attack each other, has proven effective. Despite initial competition from Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, Trump remains the frontrunner as the nomination race nears its first votes.

In an interview with Breitbart News, Trump said he plans an aggressive play for traditionally blue/purple states like New York, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Minnesota.

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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.”

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