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 Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg via GettyWith more than 6.6 million Americans filing for unemployment last week, and Donald Trump hoping that the coronavirus only kills 100,000 Americans, you might think things couldn't get worse for his re-election chances. But then, you'd be leaving out the opportunity cost.
The problem for Trump isn't just the negative developments he's being tagged with, but also the negative campaigning he can no longer get away with.
Springtime may be a time for rebirth and hope, but it's also a time when heavily bankrolled presidents vanquish the out-party nominee.
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 Saul Loeb/GettyJoe Biden's campaign is already struggling for money. Now, as it gears up to take on a president and his allied party apparatus, with an unprecedented war chest at their disposal, it faces a new hangup of its own making.
The Democratic Party's decision to postpone this summer's presidential nominating convention over concerns about the longevity of the coronavirus outbreak has put a pot of money a bit further out of reach for the presumptive Democratic nominee. That's because instead of getting access to funds for the general election on the initial convention date—July 16—Biden must wait until mid-August, when the convention now is planned to go forward in Milwaukee.
The move came after Biden himself called for postponing the convention, hoping to accommodate public health concerns that have shuttered a massive chunk of the U.S. economy. And his campaign said that they do not fear the month-long period of access to general election funds that they now must forgo
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 Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden said on Thursday that the Trump administration showed "poor judgment" in relieving the commander of an aircraft carrier who sought stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard.
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 The Trump campaign challenged Twitter on Thursday over its update policies by sharing a manipulated video of former Vice President Joe Biden calling the coronavirus a "hoax."
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