Republicans fear that former Vice President Joe Biden's low-key campaign is starting to pay off.
The Hill noted that Biden hasn’t held a press conference in 77 days and has maintained a low profile during the coronavirus pandemic and protests against police brutality. And Democrats don’t feel pressured to put him out front since he appears to be building up his lead in recent polls.
The Hill reported that President Donald Trump's campaign is “desperate” to draw Biden into the fray. It believes Biden would make some potentially game-changing mistakes while in the public eye.
Trump campaign officials had pushed for four general election debates instead of the traditional three, but the Biden campaign rejected the suggestion.
In the meantime, Trump has had to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, protests over police brutality, and former national security adviser John Bolton’s book describing the president as unfit for office, The Hill noted.
"Joe Biden’s numbers keep growing, Trump’s keep falling, which means that Biden’s strategy is clearly working," said former Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y. "In contrast with Trump going back to risky rallies while COVID-19 cases continue to grow, Biden is conducting a daily schedule of interactions with voters in battleground media markets and raising money.”
But Trump campaign spokesman Ken Farnaso said: “There’s a reason why Biden surrogates like Governor Terry McAuliffe admitted that they prefer their own candidate stay ‘in the basement.' If Biden made himself available to the American public half as much as President Trump does, the choice wouldn’t be more clear.”
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