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babylonsister

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Mon Jun 29, 2020, 07:02 AM Jun 2020

Sun Belt Time Bomb Threatens Trump's Re-Election [View all]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/29/sun-belt-time-bomb-threatens-trumps-re-election/

Sun Belt Time Bomb Threatens Trump’s Re-Election
June 29, 2020 at 6:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


“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,” Politico reports.

“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.”

“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 Biden’s main argument against Trump: that he’s incapable of bringing stability or healing in a time of crisis.”
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