Republican strategist Karl Rove warned Republican leaders that they have a "problem" as Democrats are outspending them 10 to one at the local level.
During a Monday interview on Fox News, Rove faulted Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance for failing to pivot after responding to Democratic claims that he was "weird."
"Problem with J.D. Vance in that response was fine, very artful, detailed, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, but way too long and missed the opportunity to go on the offense," Rove said.
The strategist suggested that Republicans faced another problem in Senate races because Democrats were outspending them.
"Well, one of the things that would concern me if I was in the high command of the Trump campaign is that they are being outspent at the state level by the state Democratic parties over the state Republican parties on the ground game," Rove explained.
"And unless the Trump campaign is gonna be able to even that up, they're gonna have a problem with marginally bigger turnout because of two things, one is more excitement about Kamala Harris," he continued. "And second of all, a much larger ground game activity undergoing in places like Wisconsin, where I saw a report today that suggested that the Republicans over the course of this entire year, which did include a special election for the Supreme Court earlier in the spring, that Democrats have outspent the Republicans on ground game activity 10 to one."
"That's a problem, and you gotta get that evened up."
Fox News host Martha MacCallum expressed frustration at the Republican Party.
"Karl, I mean, this is something that has been talked about since the 2022 midterms," she said. "So what if Republicans, why aren't they better at it by now?"
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"That's a problem if the Republicans don't have their ground game together to get this election run," Rove agreed. "Well, it's not like they haven't had any warning over the last couple of cycles."
MacCallum noted that the failure had come despite a shakeup in Republican Party leadership, including Lara Trump's new role as a co-chair.
"You gotta get this thing done at the state and local level," Rove insisted. "It can't all be done out of Washington, D.C."
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