Using internal polling data, the aides presented their boss with numbers that show him trailing in key battle ground states that took for Hillary Clinton back in 2016…
The staff wanted Trump to discontinue his daily ‘virus’ briefing’s , which are actually helping Joe Biden’s numbers across the country, while Biden works from his basement…
The result?
Two days of no presser…
And back to them….
Oh, and a LOT of cursing and anger from a Donald Trump that HAS corralled just like all of us by a invisible virus…
And his numbers are gonna get worst as the media focus begins to move from the virus to the sinking economy and more people losing their jobs….
One would think that Donald Trump thinks he can pull ANOTHER rabbit out his hat and bull shit a win over Joe Biden…Like he did over Hillary Clinton in the last two months of the 2016 campaign…
The president spoke with campaign manager Brad Parscale, White House senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, among other officials, in a series of calls and meetings last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, according to the three people, who requested anonymity to reveal internal discussions.
One call on Wednesday — with Parscale patched in from his home in Florida and McDaniel from her home in Michigan — was designed to present grim polling data to the president to encourage him to reduce the frequency of coronavirus briefings or to stop taking questions, after seeing his numbers slip for several weeks, officials said.
Trump resisted the pleas, saying people “love” the briefings and think he is “fighting for them,” a person with knowledge of the Wednesday conversation said. Trump has long been distrustful of polling data presented to him when the numbers are not positive, aides say.
The two polls given to Trump — one from the Republican National Committee and another from the Trump campaign — both showed Trump trailing Biden in key swing states amid the coronavirus crisis, officials said. His political team has grown more concerned in recent weeks, as the briefings had become more combative while the economy has cratered and coronavirus deaths have continued to rise….
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A new Public Policy Polling survey in Michigan finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 50% to 42% with 8% still undecided.
Trump’s approval rate in the state is 43% to 51%….
Politicalwire…
Biden also leads Trump in the latest New Hampshire (+8), Texas(+1) , NY (+36) Florida (+3) and North Carolina (+5) polls…
Link…
Trump ain’t doing to good in the places he needs to be doing good in…
A new Harper Polling (R) survey in Pennsylvania finds Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 49% to 43% with 8% still undecided.
Also interesting: Biden’s lead expands with voters who say they have been hurt financially by the pandemic, 54% to 38%.
Politicalwire…