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“Congressman Coffman has already made it clear he would ‘obviously’ support Donald Trump,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “His sad attempt to walk the Trump tightrope yesterday was a failure. His positions and rhetoric are just too close to Trump’s – voters won’t be fooled by his posturing.”
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“The bottom line is, the battlefield is going to shift in our favor,” Kelly Ward, executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Wednesday. Her committee issued a memo to the Colorado news media highlighting Trump’s positions and how they will play in the highly competitive race involving Rep. Mike Coffman (R), who represents Denver’s eastern suburbs. The memo was headlined “Coffman and Trump: Welcome to the Trump ticket.”
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Democrats in frenzy to take advantage of Trump’s Republican ascension
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-in-frenzy-to-take-advantage-of-trumps-republican-ascension/2016/05/04/3011181a-1210-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html
Congressional Democrats set out on a mission Wednesday to tie Donald Trump to every possible Republican running in competitive down-ballot races, following the real estate mogul’s elevation to the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee.
In memos, in news releases and across social media, Democrats tried to take advantage of Trump’s unchallenged hold on the presidential nomination by linking Republican incumbents to his controversial statements and proposals on the campaign trail. Democrats believe Trump’s triumph will allow them to make electoral inroads that could flip the Senate to their control and provide major gains in the House.
“The bottom line is, the battlefield is going to shift in our favor,” Kelly Ward, executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Wednesday. Her committee issued a memo to the Colorado news media highlighting Trump’s positions and how they will play in the highly competitive race involving Rep. Mike Coffman (R), who represents Denver’s eastern suburbs. The memo was headlined “Coffman and Trump: Welcome to the Trump ticket.”
Positions like those have boosted Democratic hopes. Republicans can either embrace Trump or distance themselves, but either prospect risks alienating some important bloc of voters.