The Washington Roundtable is joined by the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair, Ben Wikler, to discuss ground operations for Kamala Harris in the key battleground state, and why he thinks the Trump campaign is falling behind when it comes to reaching voters in person, despite the financial support of Elon Musk and other big donors. “I was just on the phone with the chair of Oneida County, in Northern Wisconsin, and we’re seeing crickets,” Wikler says of G.O.P. outreach. Still, he sees the state of the race in Wisconsin as “super, super, super, super tight.”
This week’s reading:
- “J. D. Vance and the Failed Effort to Memory-Hole January 6th,” by Susan B. Glasser
- “It Could All Depend on Arizona,” by Rachel Monroe
- “Can Harris Stop Blue-Collar Workers from Defecting to Donald Trump?,” by Eyal Press
- “J. D. Vance Got the Conversation He Wanted at the Vice-Presidential Debate,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells
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