Politico: Trump campaign plunges into brawl to control Pennsylvania GOP
(Note: the article was written by this DU poster's daughter)
'People are pretty disgusted with the whole thing,' one pol says of the fallout from a sexting scandal gripping the party.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN 07/08/2019 06:14 PM EDT Updated 07/08/2019 06:39 PM EDT
[link:https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/08/trump-campaign-pennsylvania-gop-1401671|
Donald Trump’s campaign is injecting itself into a battle to lead Pennsylvania’s Republican Party — a race with serious implications for the president’s reelection hopes that has badly divided the GOP in the battleground state.
The fight for the state’s vacant Republican chairmanship was triggered when Val DiGiorgio resigned from the position two weeks ago amid a scandal involving racy texts and allegations of sexual harassment. The episode set off fierce jockeying and backbiting within the state GOP, as Trump’s team tried to close ranks behind Bernadette “Bernie” Comfort, the party’s vice chairwoman for the past two years.
But the Trump campaign's involvement has not gone over well with some Pennsylvania Republicans, especially supporters of Comfort’s rival, attorney Lawrence Tabas. They argue that Trump’s advisers are unnecessarily taking sides in a local feud and could exacerbate longstanding power struggles within the state GOP.
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I can live with that. 
