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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Strategist: "It's Trump versus the coronavirus and the recovery. Biden is a sideshow."
Associated Press: For some Republicans, the prospect of an election that is almost wholly a referendum on Trump is unnerving. Though the presidents base remains loyal, a significant portion of GOP voters view him skeptically on a range of personal qualities. He pulled many of those voters to his side in the 2016 election by drawing an aggressive contrast with Democrat Hillary Clinton. He planned to do the same in 2020 with Biden, with the added tailwind of a surging American economy.
Now, that economy is crumbling around Trump. A staggering 30 million Americans have lost their jobs in the past six weeks as businesses have shuttered due to stay-at-home restrictions aimed at containing the pandemic. One of the presidents own economic advisers predicted nationwide unemployment could reach 20% by June.
Said GOP strategist Scott Reed: Its Donald Trump versus the coronavirus and the recovery. Biden is a sideshow.
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(14,118 posts)you just have to be Joe! tRUMP is just one of the freaks in the sideshow, Mr. Reed.