RNC delegates confident of Trump win, DeSantis to join WA fundraiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : But local Republicans are looking raise cash from Washington donors to demonstrate more support for Trump this year -- including with an early August fundraiser headlined by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Clyde Hill, said Hossein Khorram, an apartment developer who is leading fundraising for the Trump campaign in Washington.
74% : "Trump has gained so much momentum," said state GOP Chair Jim Walsh in a speech to the delegates.
60% : They're conceding that Trump is likely to be elected," Walsh said, to cheers and applause from the room.
53% : Brenda Milewski, of Puyallup, a first-time Republican delegate, said in an interview she backs Trump "because he's a man for the people.
46% : At a morning meeting at a suburban Milwaukee hotel, the delegates prayed for Trump and heard pitches for unity -- which they hardly needed -- before piling aboard buses for the first day of the convention.
45% : She and the other 43 delegates from Washington cast their votes making Trump officially the GOP nominee later in the day as part of the official convention roll call of the states.
40% : At a tightly scripted convention aimed at showcasing unity behind Trump, efforts were afoot Monday to make sure no one spoiled the show.
29% : Trump has struggled in Washington state, losing it by wide margins in 2020 and 2016.
27% : That started, he said, even prior to Trump surviving an attempted assassination over the weekend.

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