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The GOP’s New Sunny Disposition

Even hard-nosed political consultants seem to be buying into electoral optimism.
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Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser for the Trump campaign, flashes a V sign during a caucus night watch party in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 8, 2024. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

MILWAUKEE— Chris LaCivita looks happy. Content. Even relaxed.

“We have nearly 20 paths to get to what we need to get,” LaCivita, a senior adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, said Tuesday afternoon. “And they have one, maybe two.”

The 58-year-old political consultant and Marine combat veteran has a reputation for being hard-nosed, data-driven, and no-nonsense.

Michael Warren is a politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.

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