So I’ve been trying to delve further into my new favorite mystery: the GOP’s ground operation and what the heck is going on with it. So far, I’ve been looking back at articles I’d read and re-read at publication, and at articles I hadn’t read and reading for the first time, looking for clues to the Trump/RNC ground game question I discussed in recent to inform. One thing I hadn’t fully understood or perhaps had forgotten is that Turning Point USA and its main man Charlie Kirk played a huge role in pushing for Ronna McDaniel’s ouster from the RNC. And the push seems to have been largely to take over the GOP’s field operations or to play a bigger role. So a significant part of the impetus for all of this seems to be coming from Turning Point and its campaign arm, Turning Point Action. So that’s one clue.

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