It's been a whirlwind past two weeks for the Democratic party, so we took the opportunity to speak with the Deputy Communications Director for the Democratic National Committee when we were told they were available for an interview to discuss their strategy in the Silver State.
"Obviously it's an exciting time right, but at the same time polls don't vote and we've been building up the structure necessary to win. So, regardless of who our candidate is going to be, our job was the build the infrastructure, was to open field offices, was to make sure we have volunteers. Make sure we have paid staffers in every single state," said Democratic National Committee Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman.
In Nevada the Harris-Walz campaign has an unprecedented 13 offices. Rahman tells us that the campaign takes the positive side, and the Democratic National Committee takes on the negative side with opposition research and attack ads.
"We work hand-in-hand and there is a lot of overlap, but what we generally try to do is while Vice President Harris and governor Walz have this positive vision for the country, we're reminding folks for the negative vision for Donald trump," said Rahman
Rahman says the DNC is trying to show the American people that Trump and Vance's connection to 920-page conservative plan for the next Republican president, Project 2025.
The Democratic National Committee has launched a bilingual billboard campaign in Reno highlighting Project 2025's plan to ban abortion nationwide.
However, in our interviews with Trump administration surrogates, they have repeatedly told us that former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are distancing themselves from the Project 2025.
As we have reported, former President Trump has specifically said he will not implement a national abortion, or other provisions outlined in Project 2025.
"Well, the first thing I would say is that look who made Project 2025. It is all former Trump administration people. All people he has said he will have a job with if he wins again," said Rahman.
During the week of the Republican National Convention, we covered Project 2025 and the Trump campaign's position around it.
Dr. Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, stepped down in the wake of the controversy.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/project-2025-paul-dans-steps-down-heritage-foundation/
