Ohio’s Tea Party is aligning with the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) with one goal in mind: re-elect President Donald Trump.
“We are pleased to once again align our efforts in the 2020 Presidential election with the NRA-ILA because no other organization we have worked with in the past has treated us with such respect and in a spirit of true partnership.” We the People Convention President Tom Zawistowski said.
Zawistowski noted how both organizations teamed up in 2016 and helped Trump win Ohio by 8 percentage points over Hillary Clinton.
“In August of 2016, when Trump had nearly zero support among political organizations in Ohio, the NRA-ILA and the Ohio Tea Party Movement joined together and took the task upon our shoulders to defend our individual freedom and liberty by giving all we had to give in order to win Ohio and elect President Trump,” he said in a press release. “Our efforts led directly to turning out thousands of voters who had not voted in decades and played a major roll in helping our faith-based partners convince the critical Evangelical and Christian voters to trust Trump and vote for him.”
Zawistowski is not taking the 2020 presidential election for granted even after winning Ohio in 2016. He believes the Democrats are “desperate” to defeat Trump and will “do whatever is necessary.”
Trump’s popularity in Ohio has gone down since he first took office. In January 2017, Ohioans had a 51 percent approval rating of him, but now it is down to 45 percent, according to Morning Consult. Also, his disapproval rating has increased by 14 percentage points since 2017.
“We intend to use the resources that the NRA can provide for us to register voters, to prevent voter fraud, and to get out the Trump vote and win Ohio in 2020 and also defeat the anti-2nd Amendment efforts by the Left in Ohio,” Zawitowski concluded.
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Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of Battleground State News. Follow Zachery on Twitter.
