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According to a report from the Daily Beast, advisors closer to Donald Trump are in a full panic because the presidents poll numbers have fallen into what they earlier described as nightmare scenario territory where his re-election may be out of reach.
With Republicans looking at an electoral wipeout in November with Trump at the top of the ticket, campaign advisers had long dreaded the presidents approval numbers falling to record lows as the election approaches.
According to the Beast, Over the past two weeks, several of the presidents campaign lieutenants, as well as individuals in his administration, have reacted with mounting alarm as multiple polls have shown Trump dipping into the 30s against former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, with the report noting some in the White House are surprised they havent fallen even more.
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Some advisers lay the blame for recent poll numbers squarely at the weeks-long news coverage of the mass protests against institutional racism and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd, and how Trump has responded to it, the report notes adding that, ironically, some Trump aides hoped coverage of former National Security Adviser John Boltons tell-all book about Trump would actually lead to a poll bump for the president, if for no other reason than it would mean less talk of racism, COVID, and social unrest.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,531 posts)No mulligans for this assclown.
NCDem47
(3,523 posts)Who didn't think he would be in this position now going back to election night 2016? He was DESTINED to be a one-term president. Many saw this coming based on his pre-presidency behavior.
Yuck. I've disliked this man for decades.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Ninga
(9,033 posts)at stake. Post Biden lawn signs. Wear Vote DamnIt buttons. Carry voter registration forms. Volunteer to register. Be positively engaged. Speak of Biden as the transitional president this country needs.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)eShirl
(20,430 posts)tanyev
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