Embattled ex-VA Republican 'too extreme' for the GOP wants to help Trump win this swing state: report

09 October 2024

During Donald Trump's October 5 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — where the first assassination attempt on the ex-president's life failed in July — a potential future MAGA leader emerged on stage.

The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that Scott Presler, who resigned from the GOP of Virginia in 2016 "in the wake of allegations that he had sex in one of its offices," assured the Keystone State crowd that if Trump wins in November, the party "will protect your raw milk, your dairy, your school choice, your religious freedom, your ability to afford to have 10 beautiful children per family."

“Pennsylvania, you have the power to change the world. Pennsylvania wins the White House,” the far-right Trump ally said.

"So I ask you today, please check your voter status and make sure you’re an active voter registered at your current address."

The Beast reports:

Since cutting ties with the RNC in Virginia, Presler has slid deeper into the world of 'Dark MAGA,' the dystopian meme movement to get Trump back into the White House through any means necessary. He chaired Gays for Trump in 2017—tying his coming out story to the Pulse massacre—before moving on to spearhead the anti-Muslim far-right group ACT for America, helping to organize 'March Against Sharia' protests across the country, reported The Washington Post.

Trump's daughter in law, and Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump "announced plans to hire Presler to run the party’s 'legal ballot harvesting division' just as she stepped into her role" earlier this year.

"But the role never materialized," the Beast reports, "with an RNC spokesperson telling NBC that Presler is a 'valuable voice to the RNC' but will not become a direct employee as he 'remains focused' on his voter registration nonprofit, Early Vote Action. Some political commentators suggested that Presler was too extreme for the Republican party ... for now."

The Daily Beast's full report is available at this link (subscription required).

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