{"id":2336839,"date":"2024-09-04T18:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-playing-offense-while-democrats-are-on-defense-michael-whatley-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-04T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:12:08","slug":"trump-playing-offense-while-democrats-are-on-defense-michael-whatley-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-playing-offense-while-democrats-are-on-defense-michael-whatley-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump \u2018playing offense\u2019 while Democrats are on defense: Michael Whatley &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-playing-offense-while-democrats-are-on-defense-michael-whatley-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2336839&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Based\u200b on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/accepting-democrats-unconstitutional-get-trump-cases-means-embracing-tyranny\/\" title=\"Supporting Democrats&#039; Unlawful Trump Investigations Is Endorsing Dictatorship\">provided web search results<\/a>, here are summaries related to Donald Trump&#8217;s recent activities and campaigns:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Use of Music at Rallies**: A recent\u200b ruling\u200b has ordered Donald Trump to \u2063cease using the \u2062classic song &#8220;Hold On, I&#8217;m Comin'&#8221; by Sam &#038; Dave\u200c as his exit music at rallies. This decision came \u2064after a preliminary injunction was issued, \u2062likely due to copyright issues surrounding the music.\u200b This means Trump will \u2062need\u2063 to find alternative music for his events going forward. (Source:\u2064 Variety)<\/p>\n<p>2. **Trump Campaign Dynamics**:\u200d As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-abnormal-things-bidens-return-to-normalcy-brought-americans\/\" title=\"10 Strange Effects of Biden&#039;s &#039;Return to Normalcy&#039; on Americans\">2024 election season heats<\/a> up, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley stated that Trump&#8217;s campaign\u2062 is currently\u200d &#8220;playing offense,&#8221; indicating a proactive \u2064approach to reach voters across battleground states. He\u200d noted that the \u200dDemocrats, particularly Vice President Kamala Harris, are on the defensive as they try to\u200b maintain \u200csupport in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-bidens-job-approval-barely-above-water-in-california-rhode-island\/\" title=\"Poll: Biden&#039;s Job Approval Barely Above Water in California, Rhode Island\">typically blue states<\/a>. With Biden having stepped \u200dback from \u200cthe race, \u200dTrump&#8217;s campaign \u2064seems to be solidifying its position and gaining traction in critical areas. Whatley characterized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sarah-paulson-talks-finding-the-humanity-in-clinton-whistleblower-linda-tripp\/\" title=\"Actress Sarah Paulson Talks \u2018Finding The Humanity\u2019 In Clinton Whistleblower Linda Tripp\">current political landscape<\/a> as\u200c favorable\u200d for Trump, emphasizing outreach to various voter demographics. (Source: Washington Examiner)<\/p>\n<p>3. **Campaign Responses**: Following\u200b Trump&#8217;s selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate, the\u2064 campaign initially faced criticism regarding \u200cpast \u200dcomments made by Vance. Both Trump and Harris have engaged in a back-and-forth\u200d during their \u200bcampaign rallies, with Trump\u200b targeting\u200c Harris while she campaigns in states where\u2062 Trump previously gained ground. The\u2064 dynamic of\u2064 the campaign suggests that both parties \u200care\u200b ramping up their messaging \u2064in preparation for the upcoming election, and it \u200cwill be crucial to see how each candidate\u2062 navigates\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-republican-sets-wheels-in-motion-to-expel-george-santos-from-house\/\" title=\"NY Republican moves to expel George Santos from House\">political\u2062 landscape moving forward<\/a>. \u2064(Sources: NBC\u200d News, New York Times)<\/p>\n<p>These points highlight the ongoing developments in Trump&#8217;s political engagements as well as \u200dshifts in\u200c the broader electoral landscape as \u2064the 2024\u200d elections \u200dapproach.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump &lsquo;playing offense&rsquo; while Democrats are on defense: Michael Whatley<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1744965\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Committee<\/a> Chairman Michael Whatley said Wednesday that the Trump campaign is &ldquo;playing offense&rdquo; on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 campaign trail<\/a>, claiming that recent moves by the Democratic Party signal it is attempting to hold on to typically blue states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign has made stops in various states where Trump was gaining support earlier this year, including the Democratic presidential nominee visiting New Hampshire on Wednesday and second gentleman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-emhoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Emhoff<\/a> visiting Virginia on Monday. Whatley assured the Republican Party is still campaigning in those states, even after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> dropped his reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re playing offense, and they are playing defense,&rdquo; Whatley said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the simplest way to put it. When you think about it, Donald Trump is reaching out to every single American family. He&rsquo;s reaching out to every single voter, and that includes states like Virginia and New Hampshire and Minnesota, where the Democrats are having to play defense. You think about every single one of the battleground states that we&rsquo;re playing in right now, Donald Trump has leads. Donald Trump is solidifying those leads. Kamala Harris&rsquo;s sugar high has ended, and we are returning right now, coming out of Labor Day, into this campaign season for real, and Donald Trump is in a great place, and we&rsquo;re playing offense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2578938&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=60df1bf23956d922e3bb434ab4e648b2\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Like other Republicans, Whatley expressed doubt that Harris will be able to effectively distance herself from Biden and his leadership, especially ahead of the next presidential debate. He also contended that Harris&rsquo;s first interview as a presidential candidate last week showed &ldquo;she&rsquo;s not ready for prime time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Whatley argued the RNC and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> message to voters is &ldquo;cutting through all of the clutter&rdquo; on the Democratic Party&rsquo;s aisle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/04\/politics\/cnn-polls-battleground-states\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Polling data<\/a> show Harris and Trump leading each other in various swing states. The vice president has a lead among likely voters in Wisconsin and Michigan, and her opponent is ahead with the same group in Arizona. In Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada, likely voters are split between the two candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, polling data indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbj7.com\/2024\/08\/20\/harris-holds-slim-lead-over-trump-virginia-roanoke-college-poll-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harris was ahead in Virginia by only 3 percentage points<\/a>, with 8% of those surveyed being undecided between her and Trump. A previous poll, published before Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3085085\/trump-leads-biden-virginia-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the same 3-point difference between Trump and Biden<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1744965\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1744965\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley stated on Wednesday that the Trump campaign is &#8220;playing offense&#8221; in the 2024 election, suggesting that recent actions by the Democratic Party indicate a struggle to maintain control over traditionally blue states. He noted that Vice President Kamala Harris has been campaigning in areas where Trump has gained traction, including her visit to New Hampshire and Doug Emhoff&#8217;s trip to Virginia. Whatley emphasized that the Republican Party continues its efforts in these states despite President Joe Biden&#8217;s withdrawal from the race. He remarked on Fox News\u2019s America\u2019s Newsroom, \u201cWe\u2019re playing offense, and they are playing defense.\u201d He highlighted Trump&#8217;s outreach to American families across various states like Virginia, New Hampshire, and Minnesota while asserting that Democrats are now forced into a defensive position. According to him, Trump is solidifying his leads in key battlegrounds as Harris struggles to separate herself from Biden ahead of upcoming debates. Whatley criticized Harris&#8217;s recent interview as evidence of her unpreparedness for a presidential run and claimed that Trump&#8217;s message resonates more effectively with voters compared to the Democratic narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Polling data reveals mixed results for both candidates across swing states; Harris leads among likely voters in Wisconsin and Michigan while Trump holds an advantage in Arizona. In Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada, voter preferences appear evenly split between them. A recent poll indicated Harris was only 3 percentage points ahead in Virginia with 8% undecided between her and Trump\u2014a similar margin observed before Biden exited the race last month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2336840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Whatley-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,40121,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2336839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-michael-whatley","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Whatley-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}