Texas (WBAP/KLIF) – Call it a big ‘oopsie’ for the Republican Party of Texas after a document detailing its 2020 election strategy landed in the hands of Texas Democrats.
The Dallas Morning News reports that part of the plan includes “attacking democratic candidates through websites and downplaying ‘the polarizing nature’ of President Trump.”
A draft copy from the Texas GOP party chair James Dickey (pictured right), was apparently mistakenly sent to democratic emails last night.
Twelve statehouse districts, including six in North Texas that Republicans want to win back next year were on the so-called ‘target list.’
The document reads in part:
“Starting after the Primary, the RPT will generate microsites for negative hits against the Democrat candidates in our twelve target race—we expect each microsite to be roughly $500,” the document reads. “We will then begin rolling out these websites, prioritizing the races that were within 4% in the 2018 election.”
Among other things, it lays out a plan to showcase diverse Republicans to counter the claim that the GOP lacks diversity.
“Given the polarizing nature of the President, I suspect some Republicans will refuse to turnout during the General Election because they don’t want to vote for him – though I don’t know that we will know what this universe would look like without us or a stakeholder creating a model,” the document reads. “Regardless, I suggest we set up a contingency budget to target these folks with mailers, digital ads, and texts to encourage them to turnout for U.S. Senate, State Senate, State House, and so on.”
(Copyright 2019 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. This report contains material from the Dallas Morning News.)
