CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Midwestern Republican leaders are confident President Trump will again prevail in their states in November and that Joe Biden won’t be able to rebuild the Democrats’ so-called “blue wall,” citing cracks in their opposition’s organizing capacity, claiming an enthusiasm advantage, and predicting a backlash to coronavirus-related economic restrictions.
In interviews with the Washington Examiner during the Republican National Committee in-person business meeting in Charlotte, heads of the GOP state parties in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — all states Trump won over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 by razor-thin margins — projected confidence that, at times, bordered on cockiness about Trump’s chances of again sweeping the states.
