Pushing the pedal-to-the-metal, 74-year-old President Donald Trump went into ioverdrive, beginning a breakneck campaign schedule for a politician at any age. His 77-year-old rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, shows every bit his age and then some, keeping a light campaign schedule, pacing himself before his upcoming debate with Trump in Cleveland Sept. 28. Biden can only watch the tornado in action, watching Trump whiz buy him and all Biden’s backers in the media, just hoping that Biden can hold onto his dwindling lead in the polls. By all accounts according to Real Clear Politics aggregate polling nationwide and in battleground states, Trump has pulled even, maybe overtaken Biden in key states. Biden can only watch the dust cloud go by him while Trump roars toward Nov. 3 Election Day, sometimes five campaign stops to massive crowds in a single day.
Democrats took their chances with Joe knowing not only was he gaffe-prone but couldn’t keep up with Trump’s boundless energy, somewhat of a miracles considering his own advanced age. Telling African American voters in Atlanta he would establish Juneteenth [the day slavery ended, June 19, 1965] as a national holiday, Trump told largely black audience he would make major investments in the African American community in terms of business development. Going after Latino voters in Jacksonville, Fl. and Miami, Trump made swings in Newport News, Virginia, crisscrossing battleground states by leaps-and-bounds. Biden has only made 12 small campaign stops since leaving his basement in Delaware, prompting supporters to show some concern. When Joe considers he’s about to face Trump in a Fox News national TV debate Sept. 28, he wants time to prepare.
Trump shows zero inclination to prepare for the debate, instead continues to grind on the campaign trail, assembling the biggest crowds imaginable in battleground states. If anyone looks like they’re working harder, Trump’s the one huffing-and-puffing on a marathon while Biden’s barely breaking a sweat. “Our hearts break for their families and for all families who have lost a loved one . . .But we can never allow mob rule,” criticizing Black Lives Matter to spreading violence to American streets. Trump expressed grief for the “senseless” killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery but said he would never support de-funding our nation’s police departments. “This is an unusual name for an organization whose ideology and tactics are right now destroying many Black lives,” Trump told the crows in Atlanta. Trump promised 3 million more black jobs in the next four years.
Trump told African American voters he plans to designate the KKK and Antifa as terrorist organizations, promising to create opportunity zones in black communities around the country. Trump said Democrats use blacks every four years for their votes but deliver nothing in terms of real opportunities. Recognizing that Trump’s made inroads to the black community, Biden’s campaign responded quickly. “As president, I will work to advance racial equity across the American economy and build back better,” Biden said. “I promise to fight for Black working families and direct real investments to advance racial equality as par of our nation’s economic recovery.” Biden spenteight years with former President Barack Obama making the same promises. Yet economic opportunity and racial strife didn’t diminish during Biden’s eight years in office. Trump points out that career politicians are all talk.
Biden’s running on a platform that essentially trashes Trump, blaming him for the nation’s Covid-19 crisis. Biden and Democrats insist that Trump’s new Supreme Court pick 48-year-old Chicago-based 7th Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett plans to demolish the Affordable Care Act. Speaking in Atlanta, Trump told the crowd that he would continue to cover pre-existing conditions in his replacement for Obamacare. Biden keeps telling voters that Obamacare’s on the ballot, urging Senate Democrats to resist Trump’s new Supreme Court appointment. Barrett made clear today accepting Trump appointment that she does not plan to legislate from the bench, namely, ruling against prevailing federal law, including Roe v. Wade and Obamacare. She plans to rule fairly to protect Americans’ Constitutional rights, including the right to affordable health care, the intent behind Obamacare.
Trump’s outworking Biden on the campaign trail, repeating what he did in 2016 battling former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Trump’s a better campaigner today than he was in 2016 if that’s possible, because he’s got a far more detailed sense of all the relevant issues on the campaign trail. While four years ago it was mostly talking points, this time around Trump adjusts to daily changes in the campaign. He’s done a good job disputing Biden’s charge that he’s responsible for over 200,000 American lives managing the deadly coronavirus AKA SARS CoV-2 or Covid-10 epidemic. Most voters don’t blame Trump for the coronavirus crisis, instead see him working hard to get a vaccine and better treatments in record time. Biden’s campaign has centered on blaming Trump for the U.S. Covid-19 crisis and U.S. economic problems. Voters don’t buy the Democrat narrative.
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