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October 5, 2020
The Trump Covid crisis: "Washington" isn't unraveling, the GOP is
Politico gets it all wrong
Eric Boehlert
Anxious to portray the Covid-19 infection outbreak that has sidelined Trump and scores of top Republicans as a symptom of bipartisan dysfunctions, the Beltway press seems eager to push the idea that "Washington" is unraveling, and that both parties are to blame for the startling revelations that have tumbled out in recent days. It's a lazy narrative that lets the press avoid telling ugly truths about today's GOP.
"Let’s not mince words: Washington has been plunged into a crisis of historic proportions, frozen by a disease it is both unwilling and unable to control," Politico reported over the weekend, in an article headlined, “The virus slams into a broken Washington.” The piece stressed that "Washington" — both parties — have been "unwilling" to control the deadly virus. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The claim that Both Sides haven't taken serious, painful steps to get the pandemic under control is not only completely false, it provides cover for Republicans who have made the public health crisis worse at every conceivable juncture.
All across the country, Democratic leaders on the local and national level have tried to take strong measures to help the country control the public health crisis. Democrats have generally been a model of precaution, as they put science first. And all year they've been met by Republicans who have embraced Trump's reckless message of "re-opening" the country, even as the virus rages from coast to coast. Expressing disdain for health regulations and those who abide by them ("politically correct" ), the Republican Party has made a point of mocking preventative measures. (The Politico article even admits, "The Capitol is filled with Republican lawmakers who decline to wear masks."
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The truth is, today’s Republican Party cannot govern and that's why there's so much trouble brewing in the nation's capital — a pandemic health crisis, a pandemic economic crisis, and a Supreme Court crisis. Those aren’t the fault of "Washington." They're the fault of Trump and the GOP.
Eric Boehlert: The Trump Covid crisis: "Washington" isn't unraveling, the GOP is
https://pressrun.media/p/the-trump-covid-crisiswashingtonThe Trump Covid crisis: "Washington" isn't unraveling, the GOP is
Politico gets it all wrong
Eric Boehlert
Anxious to portray the Covid-19 infection outbreak that has sidelined Trump and scores of top Republicans as a symptom of bipartisan dysfunctions, the Beltway press seems eager to push the idea that "Washington" is unraveling, and that both parties are to blame for the startling revelations that have tumbled out in recent days. It's a lazy narrative that lets the press avoid telling ugly truths about today's GOP.
"Let’s not mince words: Washington has been plunged into a crisis of historic proportions, frozen by a disease it is both unwilling and unable to control," Politico reported over the weekend, in an article headlined, “The virus slams into a broken Washington.” The piece stressed that "Washington" — both parties — have been "unwilling" to control the deadly virus. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The claim that Both Sides haven't taken serious, painful steps to get the pandemic under control is not only completely false, it provides cover for Republicans who have made the public health crisis worse at every conceivable juncture.
All across the country, Democratic leaders on the local and national level have tried to take strong measures to help the country control the public health crisis. Democrats have generally been a model of precaution, as they put science first. And all year they've been met by Republicans who have embraced Trump's reckless message of "re-opening" the country, even as the virus rages from coast to coast. Expressing disdain for health regulations and those who abide by them ("politically correct" ), the Republican Party has made a point of mocking preventative measures. (The Politico article even admits, "The Capitol is filled with Republican lawmakers who decline to wear masks."
snip//
The truth is, today’s Republican Party cannot govern and that's why there's so much trouble brewing in the nation's capital — a pandemic health crisis, a pandemic economic crisis, and a Supreme Court crisis. Those aren’t the fault of "Washington." They're the fault of Trump and the GOP.
October 5, 2020
A Blue Money Wave In Senate Races
October 5, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
A Blue Money Wave In Senate Races
https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/05/a-blue-money-wave-in-senate-races/A Blue Money Wave In Senate Races
October 5, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
“Democrats are trouncing Republicans on the airwaves in the battle for the Senate, outspending them in nine of the top 10 competitive Senate races,” Axios reports.
“Traditionally, incumbent senators have a fundraising edge, but it’s different this cycle thanks to unlimited contributions from Democratic super PACs as well as highly-motivated small donors.”
“Traditionally, incumbent senators have a fundraising edge, but it’s different this cycle thanks to unlimited contributions from Democratic super PACs as well as highly-motivated small donors.”
October 5, 2020
10/05/20 4:00am
Florida, Florida, Florida
Florida Democrats are contesting Republican incumbents throughout the state. These 36 candidates are running in the most Republican districts and areas of the state: the western panhandle, 'the Villages', the 'First Coast', the Everglades, the Southwestern coastline, etc. These campaigns will help Joe Biden flip Florida's 29 electoral college votes.
By Howie Klein
Florida, the ultimate swing state, has played a decisive role in too many presidential elections. Every single vote counts in any statewide election there. In 2018, Republican Ron DeSantis beat Democrat Andrew Gillum 49.6% to 49.2% in the gubernatorial race and Rick Scott beat Bill Nelson 50.1% to 49.9% in the Senate election. Two years earlier, Trump had beaten Hillary 49.0% to 47.8%.
This cycle there's only one statewide election: U.S. president. Republicans in Florida are lucky that Ron DeSantis isn't on the ballot. He's more hated by his constituents than any other governor in America. Recently, his job approval rating dropped from an already horrible 40% to an astonishing 29%! Perhaps that's because no other governor has mishandled the pandemic as badly as DeSantis. Yesterday, Florida reported 2,787 new cases, bring the state's total to 714,591-- 33,271 cases per million Floridians. That's far worse than Texas or California, the only two states with numbers of cases anywhere near Florida's.
And luckily for the GOP, neither Marco Rubio nor Rick Scott is up for reelection either. Floridians rate them both badly. Yesterday, a NY Times/Siena poll of likely Florida voters showed the bottom falling out for Trump among independent voters, a cohort where Biden leads statewide 45-33%. And the debate accelerated his decline. The Times wrote that the revulsion against Trump’s performance "extended well into his reliable base. One-third of the president’s supporters said they disapproved of his performance. And 60% of Floridians say they find Trump neither honest nor trustworthy. Only 36% of likely voters say he is.
That's the state of the race in Florida, the most likely state to try to steal the election for Trump regardless of what the voters want... and the state opening up everything with no restrictions despite a horrific and raging pandemic.
more...
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/10/florida-florida-florida
Florida, Florida, Florida
10/05/20 4:00am
Florida, Florida, Florida
Florida Democrats are contesting Republican incumbents throughout the state. These 36 candidates are running in the most Republican districts and areas of the state: the western panhandle, 'the Villages', the 'First Coast', the Everglades, the Southwestern coastline, etc. These campaigns will help Joe Biden flip Florida's 29 electoral college votes.
By Howie Klein
Florida, the ultimate swing state, has played a decisive role in too many presidential elections. Every single vote counts in any statewide election there. In 2018, Republican Ron DeSantis beat Democrat Andrew Gillum 49.6% to 49.2% in the gubernatorial race and Rick Scott beat Bill Nelson 50.1% to 49.9% in the Senate election. Two years earlier, Trump had beaten Hillary 49.0% to 47.8%.
This cycle there's only one statewide election: U.S. president. Republicans in Florida are lucky that Ron DeSantis isn't on the ballot. He's more hated by his constituents than any other governor in America. Recently, his job approval rating dropped from an already horrible 40% to an astonishing 29%! Perhaps that's because no other governor has mishandled the pandemic as badly as DeSantis. Yesterday, Florida reported 2,787 new cases, bring the state's total to 714,591-- 33,271 cases per million Floridians. That's far worse than Texas or California, the only two states with numbers of cases anywhere near Florida's.
And luckily for the GOP, neither Marco Rubio nor Rick Scott is up for reelection either. Floridians rate them both badly. Yesterday, a NY Times/Siena poll of likely Florida voters showed the bottom falling out for Trump among independent voters, a cohort where Biden leads statewide 45-33%. And the debate accelerated his decline. The Times wrote that the revulsion against Trump’s performance "extended well into his reliable base. One-third of the president’s supporters said they disapproved of his performance. And 60% of Floridians say they find Trump neither honest nor trustworthy. Only 36% of likely voters say he is.
That's the state of the race in Florida, the most likely state to try to steal the election for Trump regardless of what the voters want... and the state opening up everything with no restrictions despite a horrific and raging pandemic.
more...
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/10/florida-florida-florida
October 5, 2020
If Trump has learned anything from getting Covid-19, he’s not showing it
Trump’s drive-by motorcade photo-op is out of the same coronavirus playbook that got America into this mess.
By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Oct 4, 2020, 8:25pm EDT
If President Donald Trump has learned anything from getting sick with Covid-19, he’s not showing it.
Since Trump’s diagnosis last Thursday, he and his administration have worked diligently to cover up the president’s disease. They’ve downplayed his symptoms. They’ve suggested he needed to be hospitalized not because of his apparently high fever and low oxygen levels but “out of an abundance of caution.” They’ve posted videos and photos of the president doing normal things. Even the president’s own doctors have taken to politicized spin, arguing that they were trying to be “upbeat” as they refused to fully and truthfully answer questions about Trump’s health.
On Sunday, it culminated in a photo-op in which Trump was driven outside Walter Reed hospital as he waved at supporters — exposing at least the driver and passenger in the car to infection. As James Phillips, attending physician at Walter Reed, tweeted, “That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.”
This is all out of the same playbook Trump has used for Covid-19 from day one. It’s an attempt to make everything seem normal, as if the coronavirus isn’t wrecking lives, in a desperate attempt to go back to a better world that could help ensure Trump’s reelection. As Trump told journalist Bob Woodward, “I wanted to always play [the coronavirus] down.”
Trump has stuck to this even as it’s put people in danger again and again — and now even after he’s gotten sick himself. He’s called for states to reopen — to “LIBERATE” them — even as experts warned that opening too soon would lead to new cases (and, sure enough, cases spiked over the summer as states opened prematurely). He’s pushed for less testing, arguing more tests pick up more cases and therefore make the US look bad, even as experts said more testing, along with contact tracing, is still needed to slow the outbreak. He’s mocked masks and frequently refused to wear one himself, even as experts and a growing body of research show masks are key to stopping Covid-19.
more...
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/10/4/21501511/trump-covid-19-coronavirus-motorcade-drive-by-walter-reed-hospital
If Trump has learned anything from getting Covid-19, he's not showing it
If Trump has learned anything from getting Covid-19, he’s not showing it
Trump’s drive-by motorcade photo-op is out of the same coronavirus playbook that got America into this mess.
By German Lopez@germanrlopezgerman.lopez@vox.com Oct 4, 2020, 8:25pm EDT
If President Donald Trump has learned anything from getting sick with Covid-19, he’s not showing it.
Since Trump’s diagnosis last Thursday, he and his administration have worked diligently to cover up the president’s disease. They’ve downplayed his symptoms. They’ve suggested he needed to be hospitalized not because of his apparently high fever and low oxygen levels but “out of an abundance of caution.” They’ve posted videos and photos of the president doing normal things. Even the president’s own doctors have taken to politicized spin, arguing that they were trying to be “upbeat” as they refused to fully and truthfully answer questions about Trump’s health.
On Sunday, it culminated in a photo-op in which Trump was driven outside Walter Reed hospital as he waved at supporters — exposing at least the driver and passenger in the car to infection. As James Phillips, attending physician at Walter Reed, tweeted, “That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.”
This is all out of the same playbook Trump has used for Covid-19 from day one. It’s an attempt to make everything seem normal, as if the coronavirus isn’t wrecking lives, in a desperate attempt to go back to a better world that could help ensure Trump’s reelection. As Trump told journalist Bob Woodward, “I wanted to always play [the coronavirus] down.”
Trump has stuck to this even as it’s put people in danger again and again — and now even after he’s gotten sick himself. He’s called for states to reopen — to “LIBERATE” them — even as experts warned that opening too soon would lead to new cases (and, sure enough, cases spiked over the summer as states opened prematurely). He’s pushed for less testing, arguing more tests pick up more cases and therefore make the US look bad, even as experts said more testing, along with contact tracing, is still needed to slow the outbreak. He’s mocked masks and frequently refused to wear one himself, even as experts and a growing body of research show masks are key to stopping Covid-19.
more...
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/10/4/21501511/trump-covid-19-coronavirus-motorcade-drive-by-walter-reed-hospital
October 5, 2020
A senior Republican congressional official spoke for many by arguing that the handling of the issue over the weekend was “incredibly worrying,” but that it was too early to judge whether the issue further jeopardizes Trump’s reelection chances, the Barrett nomination or GOP control of the Senate.
The official added one caveat, a scenario that he believed would crush the GOP on Nov. 3.
Republicans gripped by dread as multiple crises swirl
This headline warms my heart. 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/05/republicans-dread-coronavirus-infections-426351
Republicans gripped by dread as multiple crises swirl
The presidency, control of the Senate and even a quick confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett are all in doubt less than a month from the election.
By RYAN LIZZA and DANIEL LIPPMAN
10/05/2020 04:42 AM EDT
Updated: 10/05/2020 07:56 AM EDT
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“Today feels like the election’s over,” said a veteran Republican strategist who, like others in the party, requested anonymity to speak candidly. “The polls have dropped all last week everywhere, it just feels like the end is near. And I don’t know what they can do to rehabilitate it until he gets better. There’s too many seniors who think he’s been irresponsible and this all started when he politicized the coronavirus. It started back in April and May, but it’s really peaking now.”
A senior Republican congressional official spoke for many by arguing that the handling of the issue over the weekend was “incredibly worrying,” but that it was too early to judge whether the issue further jeopardizes Trump’s reelection chances, the Barrett nomination or GOP control of the Senate.
“Do people show sympathy because he’s sick and is trying to battle through this?” he asked. “Or do they say, ‘You’re the president and if you had taken common sense precautions there’s no way you would have gotten sick.’ If it becomes, ‘You are reckless and this is the metaphor for how reckless he was,’ then we’re facing a tsunami. But it’s too early.”
The official added one caveat, a scenario that he believed would crush the GOP on Nov. 3.
“If the White House lied about the timeline and he went to events and was around people knowing he was covid-positive,” he said. “I think that is the single biggest thing that would resonate with regular people in terms of how irresponsible he was — if he put other people in danger.”
He added, “That could turn this into a death spiral.”
He added, “That could turn this into a death spiral.”
October 5, 2020
Secret Service Frustrated After Trump's Joy Ride
They should all call in sick. 
https://politicalwire.com/2020/10/05/secret-service-frustrated-after-trumps-joy-ride/
Secret Service Frustrated After Trump’s Joy Ride
October 5, 2020 at 7:01 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
CNN: “Afterward, members of the Secret Service voiced escalating concern at what many of the agency’s personnel have determined is total disregard for their well-being amid a deadly and highly contagious pandemic. Agents have tested positive for the virus while traveling for the President’s political rallies, which he insisted on maintaining even against federal health guidelines. As employees self-quarantine or isolate in place, others have been forced to work longer hours to fill the void.”
“It’s a situation that has prompted growing and more vocal concern.”
Said one current Secret Service agent: “That should never have happened… I mean, I wouldn’t want to be around them. The frustration with how we’re treated when it comes to decisions on this illness goes back before this though. We’re not disposable.”
Washington Post: Secret Service agents aghast at Trump’s drive outside hospital.
“It’s a situation that has prompted growing and more vocal concern.”
Said one current Secret Service agent: “That should never have happened… I mean, I wouldn’t want to be around them. The frustration with how we’re treated when it comes to decisions on this illness goes back before this though. We’re not disposable.”
Washington Post: Secret Service agents aghast at Trump’s drive outside hospital.
October 4, 2020
He's just jealous. Probably wishes mf45 would have tried it. 
Trump campaign adviser accuses Biden of using masks as a 'prop'
By Justine Coleman - 10/04/20 10:42 AM EDT
President Trump’s senior campaign adviser Jason Miller accused Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Sunday of using masks as a “prop.”
more...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519523-trump-campaign-adviser-accuses-biden-of-using-masks-as-a-prop
Trump campaign adviser accuses Biden of using masks as a 'prop'
He's just jealous. Probably wishes mf45 would have tried it.
Trump campaign adviser accuses Biden of using masks as a 'prop'
By Justine Coleman - 10/04/20 10:42 AM EDT
President Trump’s senior campaign adviser Jason Miller accused Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Sunday of using masks as a “prop.”
“I’d say that with regard to Joe Biden, I think too often he’s used the mask as a prop,” Miller said on ABC's “This Week.” “A mask is very important, but even if he's -- he could be 20, 30 feet away from the nearest person and still have the mask on. That's not going to change anything that's out there.”
“With Joe Biden, I mean, we can't all just stay in our basement for the rest of our lives,” Miller continued. “We have to get out there and live our lives and take this on, develop the vaccine, develop more therapeutics, and defeat it.”
“With Joe Biden, I mean, we can't all just stay in our basement for the rest of our lives,” Miller continued. “We have to get out there and live our lives and take this on, develop the vaccine, develop more therapeutics, and defeat it.”
more...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/519523-trump-campaign-adviser-accuses-biden-of-using-masks-as-a-prop
October 4, 2020
Participants in Amy Coney Barrett's introduction were encouraged to take off their masks and mingle
Mark Sumner
Daily Kos Staff
Saturday October 03, 2020 · 9:31 AM EDT
A day after Donald Trump admitted to testing positive for COVID-19, the Rose Garden ceremony formally introducing Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court has emerged as a super-spreader event. In addition to Trump, at least 11 others — including former White House press secretary Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, Republican Senator Mike Lee, and Republican Senator Thom Tillis have tested positive following Barrett’s introduction. While others—including Hope Hicks, who did not appear at the event, it seems clear that this was the nexus of transmission. At that event one week ago, someone had an active case of COVID-19, and it spread.
It spread because, as The Washington Post notes, the event was treated like “a triumphal flashback to the Before Times.” Though some guests—notably those who sat near the back of the affair—chose to wear masks, most of those front and center came in mask-free. There was also little effort to demonstrate any form of social distancing, with ecstatic Republicans hugging, shaking hands, and generally celebrating at close range their hunger to replace a legendary Supreme Court Justice who was at that moment still awaiting her funeral.
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The contrast between what the Post called the “carefree, cavalier attitude toward the virus on display in the Rose Garden last Saturday” and the somber roll call of test results a week later is shocking, but what happened at the White House was only one of thousands of such outbreaks that have happened across the nation. And no matter what they apparently believed, no one is immune.
Participants in Amy Coney Barrett's introduction were encouraged to take off their masks and mingle
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/3/1983138/-Amy-Barrett-s-introduction-has-emerged-as-a-superspreader-event-that-may-affect-her-confirmationParticipants in Amy Coney Barrett's introduction were encouraged to take off their masks and mingle
Mark Sumner
Daily Kos Staff
Saturday October 03, 2020 · 9:31 AM EDT
A day after Donald Trump admitted to testing positive for COVID-19, the Rose Garden ceremony formally introducing Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court has emerged as a super-spreader event. In addition to Trump, at least 11 others — including former White House press secretary Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, Republican Senator Mike Lee, and Republican Senator Thom Tillis have tested positive following Barrett’s introduction. While others—including Hope Hicks, who did not appear at the event, it seems clear that this was the nexus of transmission. At that event one week ago, someone had an active case of COVID-19, and it spread.
It spread because, as The Washington Post notes, the event was treated like “a triumphal flashback to the Before Times.” Though some guests—notably those who sat near the back of the affair—chose to wear masks, most of those front and center came in mask-free. There was also little effort to demonstrate any form of social distancing, with ecstatic Republicans hugging, shaking hands, and generally celebrating at close range their hunger to replace a legendary Supreme Court Justice who was at that moment still awaiting her funeral.
snip//
The contrast between what the Post called the “carefree, cavalier attitude toward the virus on display in the Rose Garden last Saturday” and the somber roll call of test results a week later is shocking, but what happened at the White House was only one of thousands of such outbreaks that have happened across the nation. And no matter what they apparently believed, no one is immune.
The red death had long devastated the country. … But Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court …
— From Edgar Allan Poe’s, “Masque of the Red Death”
— From Edgar Allan Poe’s, “Masque of the Red Death”
October 4, 2020
Biden looks to seal election after Trump's week from hell
Now it's the Democrat traversing the battleground map, and the president stuck inside.
By MARC CAPUTO
10/03/2020 07:37 PM EDT
Joe Biden is on the campaign trail. Donald Trump is in the hospital.
In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding “in his basement” is stuck in isolation under doctors’ supervision while Biden jets off to states like Michigan on Friday and Florida on Monday, with the battleground map all to himself.
It’s a contrast the Biden campaign intends to sharpen as long as Trump is sidelined from coronavirus. Only a month remains until Election Day, and a record 3.2 million Americans already cast early ballots in 21 states, with Democrats out-voting Republicans so far.
The Biden campaign, under strict orders from the candidate to not speak ill of Trump personally while he’s in the hospital, announced it was pulling its negative ads out of respect to the president, though some still aired on stations that didn’t take them down quickly enough.
The positive-ad announcement had an ulterior motive, another Biden adviser acknowledged: To pivot to the closing argument stage of the campaign, in which the Democrat tries to rally voters with an uplifting case for change. Besides, that adviser said, Biden doesn’t need to say much about Trump’s struggles to contain coronavirus because, now that the president is hospitalized for it, it’s obvious.
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/03/biden-looks-to-seal-election-after-trumps-week-from-hell-425891
Biden looks to seal election after Trump's week from hell
Biden looks to seal election after Trump's week from hell
Now it's the Democrat traversing the battleground map, and the president stuck inside.
By MARC CAPUTO
10/03/2020 07:37 PM EDT
Joe Biden is on the campaign trail. Donald Trump is in the hospital.
In a role reversal, the president who mocked his rival for being weak and hiding “in his basement” is stuck in isolation under doctors’ supervision while Biden jets off to states like Michigan on Friday and Florida on Monday, with the battleground map all to himself.
It’s a contrast the Biden campaign intends to sharpen as long as Trump is sidelined from coronavirus. Only a month remains until Election Day, and a record 3.2 million Americans already cast early ballots in 21 states, with Democrats out-voting Republicans so far.
“There is no reason not to show the country that, yes, you can go about your business — if you do it safely, if you wear masks, if you socially distance,” Biden adviser Anita Dunn told POLITICO. “The vice president has talked about this since March.”
The Biden campaign, under strict orders from the candidate to not speak ill of Trump personally while he’s in the hospital, announced it was pulling its negative ads out of respect to the president, though some still aired on stations that didn’t take them down quickly enough.
The positive-ad announcement had an ulterior motive, another Biden adviser acknowledged: To pivot to the closing argument stage of the campaign, in which the Democrat tries to rally voters with an uplifting case for change. Besides, that adviser said, Biden doesn’t need to say much about Trump’s struggles to contain coronavirus because, now that the president is hospitalized for it, it’s obvious.
“It’s harder and harder to see how Trump wins. What’s his argument?” said the adviser, who was not authorized to speak for attribution. “Donald Trump did everything to pretend coronavirus didn’t exist. Now there’s no way he can escape it.”
more...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/03/biden-looks-to-seal-election-after-trumps-week-from-hell-425891
October 4, 2020
Wallace shot back: "Steve, let me simply say the president interrupted me and the vice president 145 times, so I object to saying I harangued the president. I know it's the talking point."
Trump campaign adviser defends first family refusing to wear masks at debate
As usual, accepting responsibility for anything isn't their thing.
https://www.axios.com/trump-campaign-adviser-family-debate-05cbfa4f-2a26-4a6f-bf35-872f1b268e4d.html
14 mins ago - Politics & Policy
Trump campaign adviser defends first family refusing to wear masks at debate
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What they're saying: After insisting that the Trump family were adequately distanced and had been tested, Cortes pivoted to attacking Fox News' Chris Wallace — who moderated the debate — over allegations that he was unfair to the president.
"The way you are starting to harangue me now actually reminds me of what you did to the president during that debate on Tuesday night," Cortez said.
"He had to debate not just Joe Biden, but you as well. You were not a neutral moderator then."
"He had to debate not just Joe Biden, but you as well. You were not a neutral moderator then."
Wallace shot back: "Steve, let me simply say the president interrupted me and the vice president 145 times, so I object to saying I harangued the president. I know it's the talking point."
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