Key Point: “The Democratic National Committee is unveiling a new strategy on Thursday, connecting the impact of Trump’s policies to his supporters in red states. … ‘Our job at the DNC is to win elections to improve people’s lives,’ Martin said in a statement to NOTUS. ‘That means we will need to communicate and organize in red, purple, and blue states — because we know that no working family will be left unharmed by Donald Trump.’ … The focus on red states is the start of Martin’s plan to build permanent infrastructure in all 50 states.”

NOTUS: The DNC Has a New Strategy: Show How Trump’s Policies Are Hurting Red States

By Katherine Swartz

• The Democratic National Committee is unveiling a new strategy on Thursday, connecting the impact of Trump’s policies to his supporters in red states.

• An initial memo, first obtained by NOTUS, details the disproportionate benefits Republican states have gained under Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — and the disproportionate harm those states will feel with Trump’s rollback of the program.

• “Our job at the DNC is to win elections to improve people’s lives,” Martin said in a statement to NOTUS. “That means we will need to communicate and organize in red, purple, and blue states — because we know that no working family will be left unharmed by Donald Trump.”

• The DNC is now focused on how the freeze and Trump’s broader agenda will specifically impact Republican states.

• In North Carolina, for instance, 24 IRA energy projects have totaled over $21 billion in investments and nearly 12,000 new jobs, according to the DNC memo. In Georgia, 33 projects have created 16,000 jobs. Trump’s executive order targeting energy projects is expected to pause, delay or eliminate some of these projects already in progress.

• Martin also pointed out how Trump’s policies — like “threatening child care for toddlers” and “targeting nursing homes, rural health clinics, and pediatric cancer research” — would affect many Republican states.

• The focus on red states is the start of Martin’s plan to build permanent infrastructure in all 50 states … Martin actually made the policy a central point of his recent campaign for chair.