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TexasTowelie

(112,417 posts)
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 07:05 AM Sep 2019

Ohio Democrats' strategy to defeat Donald Trump: Be the 'firewall' and 'left tackle' for Wisconsin,

Note: This article was published a few weeks ago, but I'm posting the thread for its relevance to the general election.


Ohio Democrats' strategy to defeat Donald Trump: Be the 'firewall' and 'left tackle' for Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania


Don't believe the national narrative that Ohio isn't a key state in the 2020 presidential election, state Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper told That's So Cincinnati podcast this week.

Ohio Democrats are performing the role of "left tackle" and "firewall" for key swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, Pepper said. What does that mean?

Democrats want to "protect" those states by making Trump spend money and time in Ohio, a strategy they hope will divert the president's resources in the Midwest, Pepper said.

Pepper, the former Cincinnati city councilman and Hamilton County commissioner, also talked about his political thriller novels and the role local journalism plays in democracy.

Read more and listen to podcast: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/04/2020-election-ohio-democrats-firewall-swing-states/2202912001/
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Ohio Democrats' strategy to defeat Donald Trump: Be the 'firewall' and 'left tackle' for Wisconsin, (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP
Good evertonfc Sep 2019 #1
I may quote you. Your last sentence should be the clarion call posted on every billboard on Ninga Sep 2019 #2
 

evertonfc

(1,713 posts)
1. Good
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 07:43 AM
Sep 2019

I don't understand why so many people act as if Ohio is Indiana. Dems have owned Ohio in past. Ohio, like Florida, is simply about getting out the vote in urban areas. Sure, it was down in 2016 but if Trump don't get us out- we are less outraged than we pretend.

Ninga

(8,277 posts)
2. I may quote you. Your last sentence should be the clarion call posted on every billboard on
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 08:18 AM
Sep 2019

every highway across this country.

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