In 2016, just before the election, I had an off-the-record conversation with several journalists in my capacity as the Communications Director at the RNC. I shared various potential paths to victory for President Trump. Most of the journalists were skeptical because they had limited exposure to Trump supporters within their Acela corridor bubble. They believed what their colleagues wrote and said on MSNBC and never personally experienced what was really happening on the ground. Their surprise was all over their faces as the results unfolded, and Trump emerged victorious over Hillary Clinton on…