On the ground in Wisconsin: Trump's team goes door-to-door while Democrats stay virtual amid covid

[mucifer]

Trump’s push to resume in-person campaign operations comes as the latest polls show him trailing — in some cases badly — in all of the key battleground states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina and Arizona. Recent surveys also show him in tight races in states that were expected to be safe territory for Trump, including Iowa, Ohio and Texas.

Whether it is knocking on doors in Waukesha or packing thousands into a campaign rally in Oklahoma, Trump’s return to campaigning as normal is needlessly endangering the health and lives of Americans, said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Ben Wikler.

“It is just nonnegotiable for us that we’re going to keep our volunteers and our voters in our community safe, and if health experts think that a particular tactic could actively spread coronavirus, we’re just not going to do it,” Wikler said of the party’s decision so far not to hold in-person events, open campaign offices and commence door-to-door canvassing. “There are lots of seniors who are active party members and there are lots of doors of people who might be immunocompromised, and you don’t know when you get there. We’re not going to risk becoming a public health menace.”

Trump has waved such concerns away, urging a return to normalcy even though the pandemic continues with no immediate treatment or vaccine on the horizon. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump called testing for the virus “overrated” and suggested that some Americans wore masks to signal their disapproval of him and not to prevent the spread of the disease, even though the White House’s own health experts and the CDC have recommended the practice.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-donald-trump-rally-joe-biden-coronavirus-in-person-campaigning-20200621-agurt64bvfb6bgeq5rezwfe6ey-story.html

This could be a problem

[elleng]

1. WILL be problems for MANY.

[Indykatie]

2. The GOP Refuses to Accept that All Is Lost For Trump - No Amount of Outreach Will Save Him

His cavalier approach to people dying from CV-19 because he wants our economy to get back to 2019 levels is insane and will seal his fate in November. I suspect we'll see few rallies though after the massive failure in OK.

[Doodley]

3. "It's about our freedoms and our liberties, and that's why I'm volunteering...," said Black.

So, that's what Trump means when he says he will get the Black vote.

Trump doesn't have a vision for America, other than being more white and helping the wealthy. He doesn't have any solutions to the problems we face. He hasn't got a record of achievement. There is nothing for the Trump campaign to sell apart from more division, more fear and more lies. It isn't going to sway many voters. All they can do is increase the intensity of their shrinking base.

[LeftInTX]

4. I go door to door, but I don't ring the bell or knock

I tape literature to the door. I get creative! I stuffed those large manilla envelopes with VBM applications. I then wrote: "Voter Info: Covid Edition" with large sharpies on both sides...then I used floral wire to attach to the door knobs. Anything to get attention!!!

[brewens]

5. If someone canvassing for Biden were to come to my door, they would get their ass chewed!

It'd be, "you got my vote, now get the "F" out of here!" Only UPS, Fed EX and UPS allowed to come up my steps without permission. As of yet, no one has gotten permission. I gave a buddy an old DVD player the other day. I left in in the bed of my truck for him. No one gets in.

Of course I would be stunned if anyone for Biden's campaign thought that would be a good idea.