WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 has disrupted the crusade schedule and reinforced a key message from Democratic challenger Joe Biden: the virus is serious.
For months, Trump accused Biden of “hiding in his basement” as he resumed rallies and his crusade claimed he knocked on a million doors a week.
Now the roles are reversed with Biden back on the track, albeit in a socially remote way, and Trump left with the virus, and may charge Trump dearly, said Dan Eberhart, a corporate power executive and Republican fundraiser.
“Trump is a very life-filled president with a giant personality. Without his character, the crusade lacks the power to manage his (exit program) and ATM,” Eberhart wrote in an email to his supporters on Wednesday. great disadvantage that limits Trump’s opportunities to convey his message to the paid media audience. “
“One of Trump’s benefits over Biden is that it generates a lot of loose media,” Eberhart wrote. “It’s everywhere, all the time, will it keep moving to the media as before if they’re quarantined?Probably not. “
It is also unclear what the next presidential debate scheduled for October 15 in Miami will be, as the president will be quarantined.
Trump’s crusade has already canceled a planned rally in Florida, but the prestige of four other upcoming rallies is not yet known: two in Wisconsin on Saturday and two in Arizona (Monday and Tuesday).
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Biden, meanwhile, planned to travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday as part of a crusade stop. Following the news of the Trump test, the former vice president was tested and waiting for the effects before deciding on Grand Rapids, Michigan, as planned, according to CNN.
Biden, along with his wife Jill, and members who attended Tuesday’s debate are being recently screened for COVID-19, according to NBC News.
Senator Kamala Harris, a Democratic vice presidential candidate, ran the COVID-19 test on Thursday as a component of the campaign’s regime tests on directors and tested negative.
During Tuesday’s debate, Trump and Biden did not shake hands, they came from other sides of the debate scene and their podiums were separated, however, none of the applicants wore masks. Several other people in the audience, such as First Lady Melania Trump, did not wear a mask while sitting in the audience during the 90-minute debate.
The Trump Crusade also canceled a fundraiser scheduled for 3:15 p. m. at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Their updated schedule shows just one occasion for today: a 12:15 p. m. phone call. about COVID for vulnerable older people.
And Eberhart said there were logistical problems.
“Beyond the president’s fitness problems, it can wreak havoc on his staff,” he wrote. “All other people you rely on on a daily basis may be out of service through Covid. your army. They’re already canceling events. The crusade wants to figure out how to keep Trump in front of the electorate in recent weeks; not everyone is on Twitter. Nor can he attend fundraising events, which affects his ability to make a lot of money. “
But Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, a fierce best friend of Trump, said he didn’t think the president’s ability to topple Republicans would do much harm.
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“He did everything he could to make the Republicans win and when the president comes in and endorses a candidate, it makes a huge difference,” Jordan said on FOX News’ Fox Friends. “He will continue to do what he can for the Conservatives and Republicans. ” across the country and will continue to lead our party, as it has for more than 4 years. “
If you temporarily recover and resume your crusade in person, diagnosing COVID-19 can simply undermine your message about the virus.
John Farmer, director of the Eagleton Policy Institute in Rutgers, said he suspects that “campaign resources will be redirected to a greater media presence and remote campaign techniques will be developed” while the president is quarantined.
“Just as many corporations and educational establishments have had to adapt to remoteness and have successfully done so, the president’s crusade will have to adapt,” Farmer said. “I will. “
The president has mocked Biden and others for dressing up in a mask. He rarely wore a mask in public and continually asked reporters to take off theirs at press meetings to better listen to their questions.
Trump criticized Biden for the practice, which was advised through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public officials, the first presidential debate in Cleveland earlier this week.
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“I think the mask is well Array . . . I have a mask here,” the debate said, pulling a mask out of his pocket.
Then the president mocked Biden: “I don’t wear a mask like him. Every time you see him, they give him a mask. He may communicate two hundred yards from him and show himself with the biggest mask I have. “never seen. “
Contribution: Michael Collins, John Fritze