El director de medios hispanos del Comité Nacional Demócrata, Marco Frieri, emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta a nuevos informes de que Donald Trump y el RNC siguen teniendo una campaña casi inexistente en comunidades por todo el país: 

“Alguien debería decirle a Donald Trump y al RNC que hay elecciones en menos de seis meses. Trump ya está ejecutando una agenda extrema e impopular, y su toma MAGA sobre el partido republicano ha dejado al partido incapaz de organizar su campaña o construir la infraestructura necesaria para llegar a los votantes antes de noviembre. Esto se suma a la la purga de personal que han hecho y la imposición de una prueba de fuego de negacionismo electoral para sus posibles contrataciones. Mientras Trump y sus secuaces MAGA juegan a hacer campaña, los demócratas están a toda máquina para que Trump pierda otra vez, el 5 de noviembre.”

NUEVO:  Los republicanos siguen teniendo una campaña casi inexistente en comunidades a lo largo y ancho del país, y todo es culpa  de Donald Trump.

San Diego Union-Tribune en Español: “Pero cinco meses antes que se emitan los primeros votos en las elecciones generales, la campaña del expresidente tiene poca organización aparente que mostrar para sus ambiciosos planes

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El presunto candidato presidencial republicano ha tenido dificultades para navegar una transición desordenada hacia las elecciones de noviembre, plagada de problemas de contratación, problemas legales personales y el desdén del movimiento “Make America Great Again” (Hagamos que Estados Unidos Vuelva a Ser Grandioso, o MAGA por sus siglas en inglés) por la ‘política de identidad’.” 

Washington Post: “Trump’s 2024 campaign has traded Star Wars metaphors for talk of a ‘leaner’ and ‘more efficient’ operation, with less real estate, fewer employees and greater dependence on outside groups.

“The situation has alarmed GOP officials in key states like Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, who have yet to receive promised funding, staff or even briefings on the new plans since the Trump team took control of the Republican National Committee in March. An earlier party blueprint for a general election build-out has been discarded, party officials say. Plans to open new offices have been scuttled. Hiring has been slowed.

“‘In order to win close elections in Georgia, you have to have a ground game that emphasizes turning out early votes and absentee votes,’ said Cody Hall, a senior adviser to Gov. Brian Kemp (R). ‘I have seen no evidence of them having any of that. The Trump campaign has a consultant in Georgia, but there is nothing else that I can see. … Everyone is generally concerned.’

“The RNC’s plan at the start of this year was also focused on early voting, the plans show, though the Bank Your Vote website — once the centerpiece of the effort — has been offline for weeks as the party retools the program.

“Arizona GOP chairwoman Gina Swoboda called RNC Chairman Michael Whatley on Monday to raise concerns that Arizona was not getting enough resources. … Others in the state remain concerned.

“‘There is no sign of life,’ said Kim Owens, a Republican operative and public relations professional in Arizona. ‘Especially in a state that Trump lost so closely last time, you’d expect to have more of a presence. I would think, ‘Let’s step it up.’ I think it’s a terrible mistake.’

“In Michigan, some of the state’s operatives and Republican lawmakers have grown concerned about a lack of an operation there.

“[Trump] has told people in charge of the RNC to focus on election security more than field programs… In private conversations with both Whatley and McDaniel, Trump told them to not worry about getting out the vote since he could do it himself. He told them to ‘focus on the cheating.’

“In the meantime, the complaints have continued. One person who works on battleground issues for the Trump campaign said there has been a lack of strategy articulated to workers in the field.

“Another key Republican familiar with the national GOP’s operation in Arizona bemoaned the lack of money, staffing and direction from Trump’s team in the sprawling battleground state. ‘They haven’t even sent a data person,’ the Republican said. ‘I said to someone yesterday, ‘No one’s coming — it’s just us.’”

Mientras tanto, la campaña de Biden-Harris y el DNC están redoblando sus esfuerzos para llegar a los votantes, ampliando su infraestructura de campaña en estados clave.

El Nuevo Herald: “El Partido Demócrata de Estados Unidos está realizando inversiones en tecnología y redes sociales para conectar con los votantes jóvenes y los que pertenecen a comunidades minoritarias, como hispanos, afroamericanos y de origen asiático, detalla un memorándum sobre su estrategia de cara a las elecciones de noviembre”.

Hola News: “Estas inversiones son posibles gracias a la importante recaudación de fondos de Biden y el DNC, que han superado por ahora a la realizada por el expresidente Donald Trump, futuro candidato republicano, y por el aparato de esa fuerza política, el Comité Nacional Republicano (RNC, por sus siglas en inglés)”.

Telemundo: “Trump estará confinado en la sala del tribunal la mayoría de los días, lo que limitará drásticamente sus movimientos y su capacidad para hacer campaña, recaudar fondos y hacer llamadas, a diferencia de Biden, quien hizo campaña el martes en Pensilvania, un estado clave en el campo de batalla.

CNN En Español: “Los documentos de campaña presentados recientemente ante la Comisión Federal Electoral muestran que la principal comisión de campaña de Biden entró en abril con US$ 85,5 millones, mientras que la cuenta principal de la campaña de Trump contaba con US$ 45,1 millones”.

NBC News: “Cellphone data, mobile apps and paid media: DNC touts voter-targeting plans”

“The Democratic National Committee is making new tech investments to bolster its efforts to reach young voters and voters of color in an increasingly fragmented environment.

“Bolstered by the over $192 million they have amassed in the first quarter of this year, Democrats have doled out millions to acquire data and new technology to specifically target voters in battleground states and create a ‘data infrastructure’ that can equally be used by national and state parties. 

“The DNC says that so far, it has made 1.2 million calls and sent 5.4 million texts to engage voters and promote events, recruit for organizing activities and support voter registration efforts in battleground states.”

Washington Post: “The Biden operation says it has already opened more than 150 offices across nine state and hired over 400 people, many of whom gathered last week in Wilmington, Del., for a strategy session.”

The Hill: “The campaign plans to have more than 500 staff and 200 offices in the states open by the end of May. It also plans to ramp up surrogate travel and outreach to small businesses during the month.”

Axios: “Biden presses cash, staffing advantage against Trump”

La campaña de Trump y el RNC siguen en desorden financiero y organizacional.

Univision: “Pero en Michigan, un estado clave que pasó de Trump a Biden hace cuatro años, varios funcionarios del partido confirmaron que el Comité Nacional Republicano (RNC, por sus siglas en inglés), reformado por los aliados de Trump después que él consiguiera la nominación en marzo, aún no ha establecido centros comunitarios para llegar a las minorías. Espacios de oficina para albergar los centros fueron ofrecidos por miembros de la comunidad, pero conseguir al personal ha sido un problema, dijo Vance Patrick, presidente del Partido Republicano del condado Oakland.

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El cronograma retrasado contrasta marcadamente con el acercamiento temprano durante la candidatura a la reelección de Trump en 2020. Los programas ‘Latinos por Trump’ y ‘Voces Negras por Trump’, iniciaron en el verano y otoño de 2019, respectivamente.”

CNN En Español: “Algunas personas cercanas a Trump han reconocido que les sorprende la falta de campaña tradicional al margen del juicio, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que faltan pocos meses para las elecciones generales.”

The Dispatch: “RNC-Trump Campaign Field Program Runs Aground”

“Neither the [RNC] nor the Trump campaign has much infrastructure or personnel in the swing states that will decide the November 5 election.

“That means few if any regional and local campaign headquarters; little to no deployed field staff; and little to no traditional voter turnout activities, such as door-knocking, phone banking, or volunteer organizing. Even after the Trump-led RNC’s reimagined field program eventually emerges, their strategy is to concentrate almost exclusively on the half-dozen states that will determine Trump’s fate. Republicans elsewhere? They’re on their own. 

“The field program is lagging, especially compared to the voter turnout operation stood up by President Joe Biden.

“We checked in with Republican operatives in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. They see little evidence, if any, that typical get-out-the-vote activities—including voter registration and volunteer recruitment and training—are happening. Nor have they seen any signs that there is staff on the ground to conduct such activities. They say they do not expect the RNC to address the problem anytime soon.”

NBC News: “Biden is building a behemoth of a campaign. Trump at this point seems to be playing catch-up.”

“Trump’s advisers would not disclose staffing levels, but his ground game still seems to be at a nascent stage.”

Daily Beast: “While the new RNC leadership has centered its messaging on a combination of Trump-centric fundraising and budgetary cuts, the latest filings don’t yet reflect significant changes on either end. On the spending side, the latest filings show that the RNC’s operating budget actually increased by nearly $1.2 million over the previous month. … A closer look at the RNC’s own filings reveals some persistent hidden weaknesses.”

Financial Times: “Donald Trump falls $75mn behind Joe Biden in money race as donor base shrinks”

Associated Press: “Trump’s political operation is struggling to catch up to Biden on fundraising and organization.”

Fox News: “Democrats hold vast fundraising advantage as Republicans face cash problems, disarray in crucial swing states”

“According to year-end reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this week, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) holds nearly three times the cash on hand reported by the Republican National Committee (RNC), and brought in nearly three times as much fundraising in the final month of 2023.

“The RNC reported its worst fundraising year since 2013 raising just $87.2 million in 2023, and starting 2024 with just over $8 million in cash on hand. If adjusted for inflation, the RNC’s fundraising was last this low in 1993 — before the 2002 McCain Feingold Act restricted political committee fundraising from corporations and capped donations from individuals.”