Politico reports:
Michigan’s Republican party is broke. Minnesota’s was, until recently, down to $53.81 in the bank. And in Colorado, the GOP is facing eviction from its office this month because it can’t make rent. Around the nation, state Republican party apparatuses — once bastions of competency that helped produce statehouse takeovers — have become shells of their former machines amid infighting and a lack of organization.
Current and former officials at the heart of the matter blame twin forces for it: The rise of insurgent pro-Donald Trump activists capturing party leadership posts, combined with the ever-rising influence of super PACs. The demise of the GOP state parties could have a profound impact on the 2024 election. Operatives fear that hollowed out outfits in key battlegrounds could leave the party vulnerable.
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Photo above: QAnon Michigan GOP state chair Kristina Karamo, who says Democrats drink the blood of children and that demonic possession is sexually transmitted.
‘Everything has fallen off a cliff’: Battleground state GOPs nosedive in Trump era https://t.co/gSdvcNg9xl via @politico demise of GOP state parties could have a profound impact on the 2024 election.
— Barbara Slavin (@barbaraslavin1) August 2, 2023
