Former Campaign Manager Predicts Trump Will Stump For Votes In Illinois
CLEVELAND (CBS) -- The man who planned Donald Trump's ill-fated Chicago rally predicted the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will be back in Illinois leading up to the November election.
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told the Illinois GOP delegation at the Republican National Convention he expects Trump to return during the campaign, even though a highly-touted campaign rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago was canceled in March in the face of raucous protests and clashes between anti- and pro-Trump crowds.
Trump did return to Illinois a few days after the aborted Chicago rally to campaign downstate, but hasn't been back for any public events since the March 15 primary.
Lewandowski said Trump has created new battleground states where Republicans have had little success in recent presidential elections.
"There's an opportunity that we haven't had in this country since 1984, in my opinion, and that's to put states in play that Republicans don't win anymore; and if you look at a state like Pennsylvania, and a state like Ohio, and Michigan, and places where Republicans have given up, even places like California – like the polls today said Trump is down three points in a state like Michigan – it's unheard of," he said.
Lewandowski said this election is as much about voters' dislike and distrust of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as anything else.
