Ahead of next month’s election, Doug Heye said Trump’s time is better spent in the important battleground states.
Ahead of Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, GOP strategist Doug Heye critiqued the former president for holding one in a state where he trails Vice President Kamala Harris by double digits, calling it “wasted time.”
As Election Day quickly approaches, the race between Trump, the GOP nominee, and Harris, the Democratic nominee, remains extremely tight, with the outcome largely depending on swing states, as both candidates continue campaigning across the country.
While New York is a reliably blue state, and Democratic candidates typically win statewide easily because of massive margins in New York City, Trump has continued to campaign there as he has held several other campaign events including rallies in the Bronx and Nassau County on Long Island.
“Whether you’re talking about Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, I’d say time spent out of the seven key states that are the swing states that could turn this election by and large is wasted time. Your time is better spent in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Nevada, Arizona et cetera than it is in Texas or in Washington, D.C. or in New York”, Heye, a former communications director for the Republican National Committee (RNC), said on Sunday in an interview with CNN’s Rahel Solomon.
