A Short List of Trump’s Current Reelection Woes
In a world with any sort of normalcy—currently not OUR world in the United States, obviously—any one of these things would put a campaign in jeopardy. But no, we live in Trump-bizarro world, so even an entire list of negatives as the one below probably will not sway his fanatical followers. All the same, I’m going to post the list as I see it. (Almost all of this came directly from a POLITICO e-mail I saw yesterday).
– He’s getting smoked by JOE BIDEN.
– The coronavirus is raging.
– Governors and local leaders are closing states and municipalities again.
– The president’s campaign is being forced to rethink rallies after an embarrassing fiasco in Oklahoma.
– Republicans moved their convention to Florida, which has seen a surge in coronavirus cases.
– POLICE REFORM fell flat in the Capitol.
– It turns out that Russia may have been paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers on TRUMP’S watch.
– Republican control of the Senate is up for grabs.
– The GOP has but a sliver of a prayer of recapturing the House.
– The economy is still on life support.
– The United States’ relationship with China is in the toilet after the spread of Covid-19.
– Republicans have no earthly idea what they will do if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare — despite having pledged to replace the health care law for a decade.
– The explosion of Covid-19 cases in Sun Belt states is becoming another albatross for President Donald Trump’s reelection hopes — and creating a new opening for Joe Biden and Democrats in November.
– Republican governors in Florida, Arizona and Texas followed Trump’s lead by quickly reopening their states while taking a lax approach to social distancing and mask-wearing. Now each of them is seeing skyrocketing coronavirus caseloads and rising hospitalizations, and Republican leaders are in retreat.
In summary (still quoting from POLITICO here), it’s hard to overstate the gravity of the situation for Trump: Lose any one of the three states, and his reelection is all but doomed. Liberal outside groups and the Biden campaign have launched digital and TV ads in Florida, Arizona and Texas hitting Trump for allowing a second wave of coronavirus.
The developments have buttressed the main argument against Trump: that HE IS INCAPABLE OF BRINGING STABILITY OR HEALING IN A TIME OF CRISIS.
– He’s getting smoked by JOE BIDEN.
– The coronavirus is raging.
– Governors and local leaders are closing states and municipalities again.
– The president’s campaign is being forced to rethink rallies after an embarrassing fiasco in Oklahoma.
– Republicans moved their convention to Florida, which has seen a surge in coronavirus cases.
– POLICE REFORM fell flat in the Capitol.
– It turns out that Russia may have been paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers on TRUMP’S watch.
– Republican control of the Senate is up for grabs.
– The GOP has but a sliver of a prayer of recapturing the House.
– The economy is still on life support.
– The United States’ relationship with China is in the toilet after the spread of Covid-19.
– Republicans have no earthly idea what they will do if the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare — despite having pledged to replace the health care law for a decade.
– The explosion of Covid-19 cases in Sun Belt states is becoming another albatross for President Donald Trump’s reelection hopes — and creating a new opening for Joe Biden and Democrats in November.
– Republican governors in Florida, Arizona and Texas followed Trump’s lead by quickly reopening their states while taking a lax approach to social distancing and mask-wearing. Now each of them is seeing skyrocketing coronavirus caseloads and rising hospitalizations, and Republican leaders are in retreat.
In summary (still quoting from POLITICO here), it’s hard to overstate the gravity of the situation for Trump: Lose any one of the three states, and his reelection is all but doomed. Liberal outside groups and the Biden campaign have launched digital and TV ads in Florida, Arizona and Texas hitting Trump for allowing a second wave of coronavirus.
The developments have buttressed the main argument against Trump: that HE IS INCAPABLE OF BRINGING STABILITY OR HEALING IN A TIME OF CRISIS.