The Trump campaign has ‘walked away’ from the Pennsylvania Republican Party as 2020 heats up, sources say – By Chris Brennan (Philly Inquirer) / May 14 2020
President Donald Trump’s visit to Allentown on Thursday demonstrates just how much he is counting on swing-state Pennsylvania to help him win a second term in November.
But Trump isn’t depending on the Pennsylvania Republican Party to secure that victory.
Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee “walked away” from the state party in late February, according to two GOP consultants who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the rift.
The parting of ways includes the Trump campaign and the RNC moving out of the state party’s Harrisburg headquarters and renting their own offices. The two consultants used the phrase “walked away” independently of each other in describing the split, and a third Republican consultant confirmed their assessment.
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