Although Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., paved the way for former Vice President Joe Biden to seize the Democratic presidential nomination, his one-on-one showdown with President Donald Trump will have to wait until after the coronavirus outbreak ends, The New York Times reports.
Sanders ended his campaign on Wednesday, leaving Biden unopposed as he seeks the nomination, but he’s stuck at home instead of out campaigning, with all election-related events cancelled until further notice. Trump has also cancelled all of his campaign events, and their first direct exchange, the Times notes, was in a private phone call to discuss the outbreak, with both offering little information to the press about what was said.
“I laid out four or five specific points that I thought were necessary,” Biden told CNN on Tuesday.
“He had suggestions,” Trump said on Monday, adding, “doesn’t mean I agree with those suggestions.”
Democratic strategist David Axelrod notes that polls show voters are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Trump’s leadership during the crisis, and that his usual demeanor is now working against him.
“People are hungry for a sense of community and unity,” Axelrod said. “And his staff writes it into his script every day but then he ad-libs lines that are completely at odds with that and then he returns to his phone and starts tweeting the same way.”
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