Tag: Campaign 2020
Trump Vulnerable on Healthcare in Key States
52%
A Public Policy Polling survey in four battleground states — Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — found that 52% of respondents said they trust Democrats more on health care than President Trump. Key finding: “The poll also found that 72% of respondents would not vote for a candidate who supports health plans that would eliminate health care protections for people with pre-existing conditions.”
Trump Is Seeking Foreign Help
“Trump continues to show every sign of hoping and expecting to benefit from foreign collusion in 2020. In May, he intended to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to pressure the government to supply dirt on Joe Biden. He and his ally, Mitch McConnell, are blocking measures (including ones with bipartisan support) to help safeguard elections against foreign attacks and social media propaganda. … His message to Russia, or any other government that wants a close relationship with him, is obvious: do anything you can to help me win.”
— Jonathan Chait
Trump Would Take Dirt on Opponents from a Foreign Entity
“I think you might want to listen. There’s nothing wrong with listening. It’s not an interference, they have information. I think I’d take it. If I thought there was something wrong I’d go maybe to the FBI. If I thought there was something wrong.”
— President Trump, telling ABC News that he wouldn’t commit to calling the FBI if a foreign power offered damaging information on a political opponent. When told FBI Director Christopher Wray said campaigns should contact the bureau if contacted by a foreign entity, Trump said: “The FBI director is wrong.”
Biden’s Not the Best Trump Goader
“In a party where every major politician (and presidential candidate) is fiercely anti-Trump, Biden isn’t even the most clever at goading him. Nancy Pelosi is the gold standard, with Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren coming up strong.”
— Frank Rich
Biden to Call Trump an ‘Existential Threat’
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Joe Biden plans to call out President Trump as an “existential threat” to the United States During an Iowa speech, according to prepared remarks shared with CBS News. Axios reports Biden references Trump at least 76 times in his speech.
Bennet: Trump Administration a ‘Three-Ring Circus’
“This is a three-ring circus. Trump’s spinning plates, stuff is dropping all around him, and the ringmaster is Mitch McConnell.”
–Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), on the Rachel Maddow Show.
2020 Ad Spend to Top $9.9 Billion
$9.9 billion
“Political ad spending will increase to $9.9 billion in 2020,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “That would be up from $8.7 billion in 2018, the year of the most recent midterm Congressional elections, and $6.3 billion in 2016.”
Hillary Clinton: Dems Should Ask Chinese for Help to Counter Russian Support for GOP
Hillary Clinton was not entirely serious last month when she suggested to Rachel Maddow that 2020 Democratic candidates should invite the Chinese to hack in to the IRS and release Trump’s taxes. But it’s an interesting hypothetical.
Transcript follows…