C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
Among themselves, at least in private, we can assume conservatives are at least acknowledging that Trump admitting that he downplayed the severity of the pandemic has seriously hurt his reelection chances.
Conservatives would never acknowledge that openly, of course; they’ll maintain a united front of blindly defending Trump – but any conservative with the least bit of political acumen must know this is a near fatal blow to a second term for Trump.
“Coming less than eight weeks before Election Day, the revelations in the book — accompanied by recordings Woodward made of his interviews with Trump — provide an unwelcome return of public attention to the president’s handling of the pandemic that has so far killed about 190,000 Americans. He is currently pushing hard for a resumption of normal activity and trying to project strength and control to bolster his political position in his campaign against Democrat Joe Biden.”
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Conservatives would never acknowledge that openly, of course; they’ll maintain a united front of blindly defending Trump – but any conservative with the least bit of political acumen must know this is a near fatal blow to a second term for Trump.
“Coming less than eight weeks before Election Day, the revelations in the book — accompanied by recordings Woodward made of his interviews with Trump — provide an unwelcome return of public attention to the president’s handling of the pandemic that has so far killed about 190,000 Americans. He is currently pushing hard for a resumption of normal activity and trying to project strength and control to bolster his political position in his campaign against Democrat Joe Biden.”

Book: Trump said of virus, 'I wanted to always play it down'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump talked in private about the “deadly” coronavirus last February, even as he was declaring to America it was no worse than the flu and insisting it was under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.
