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Biden Accuses Trump Of ’Surrender’ To Virus In Fiery Speech

Reprinted with permission from Alternet

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon in a strong speech, and with it seems to have buried his Republican opponent's "Sleepy Joe" nickname for him.

Biden slammed Trump in a series of hits about the coronavirus pandemic, reminding voters that as far back as February he has been warning about COVID-19, and detailing the actions that must be taken at the federal level to protect Americans.

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Danziger: Fixed Fight

Danziger: Fixed Fight

Jeff Danziger lives in New York City. He is represented by CWS Syndicate and the Washington Post Writers Group. He is the recipient of the Herblock Prize and the Thomas Nast (Landau) Prize. He served in the US Army in Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal. He has published eleven books of cartoons and one novel. Visit him at DanzigerCartoons.com.

Report: Trump Orders Aides To Lie About His Bad Poll Numbers

Report: Trump Orders Aides To Lie About His Bad Poll Numbers

Confronted with abysmal poll numbers in key 2020 states, Trump demanded his aides follow his example: Deny and lie.

According to a New York Timesreport, after internal polling conducted in May showed him trailing some Democratic contenders in states like Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, Trump ordered his aides to deny any such data existed.

But when the polling inevitably leaked, Trump “instructed aides to say publicly that other data showed him doing well,” reports the Times.

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale appeared to follow through on Trump’s command to mislead the public. A day after news stories ran about the leaked internal polling that showed Trump struggling in key midwest states, Parscale spun the results on Twitter, claiming media outlets “continue to lie with polling to fit their narrative” and insisting Trump “is doing better now, than ever before, in our polling.”

But while Trump may want the public to believe the campaign’s misinformation, public polling still shows Trump is in trouble 18 months before the 2020 election. A recent tracking poll of Trump in all 50 states showed a sharp decline in Trump approval rating in key states like Pennsylvania, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona.

And, out of 319 national polls since Trump entered the Oval Office, 318 showed more Americans disapproving of Trump than approving of his job performance.

In addition to general disapproval, voters are unhappy with how Trump is handling two of the most high-profile issues facing the country: health care and immigration.

Trump is actively trying to rip health care away from 20 million Americans and obliterate health care protections for people with preexisting conditions through a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. But Trump’s anti-health care agenda is wildly unpopular, with 59 percent of Americans unhappy with the way Trump is handling the issue.

And of course, Trump has made immigration his signature issue, with a strong focus on cruel, anti-immigrant policies. But for voters in swing states like Florida and Wisconsin, Trump’s immigration policy is driving them to vote for someone else in 2020.

“Immigration may be important to keeping Trump’s base together, but it hurts him with the broader electorate,” Priorities USA said in a statement after a poll showed voters rejecting Trump’s immigration policies. In the poll, more than half of voters in several swing states said Trump’s stance is a reason to support someone else in 2020, with only 41 percent saying it was a reason to support Trump.

Published with permission of The American Independent.

IMAGE: Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale.

Morning Consult Polls Show Trump Approval Plummeting In Key States

Morning Consult Polls Show Trump Approval Plummeting In Key States

This is not good news for Trump’s reelection hopes.

According to Morning Consult’s daily tracking of Trump’s approval in all 50 states, Trump’s popularity in crucial swing states has plummeted since he took office in 2017.

For example, according to the Morning Consult polls, Trump’s approval is underwater by double digits in three states he won in 2016 and that he’ll need to win again if he has any hope of a second term. They are:

  • Wisconsin, where just 42 percent of voters approve of his job in office, as opposed to 55 percent who disapprove. That’s a 19-point drop since Trump took office.
  • In Michigan, 42 percent approve of Trump while 54 percent disapprove — a 20-point decline in popularity since Trump took office.
  • And in Iowa, Trump has seen a 21-point drop in his popularity since taking office, with 42 percent of voters approving of his job performance and another 54 percent disapproving.

Trump is also underwater in approval ratings in Pennsylvania and Arizona, two other states he very narrowly won in 2016. If Trump also lost those states in 2020, there’s no path to him winning the White House.

Some of Trump’s problems may stem from his trade war with China and Mexico — which especially hurt Midwest and Rust Belt swing states, given that the tariffs are hurting car manufacturers and farmers that are concentrated in these swing areas.

Of course, it’s very early in the election cycle. There’s still more than a year until voters head to the polls, and Democrats have yet to pick a nominee.

But Trump’s lagging approval rating in these key states is not a great sign for his reelection chances in 2020.

Published with permission of The American Independent.