Trump campaign tells surrogates to paint Biden as 'the opposition' in coronavirus war

[demmiblue]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's re-election campaign urged surrogates in a call Wednesday to capitalize on the coronavirus pandemic to attack his rival Joe Biden and other Democrats as "the opposition" in Trump's war against the outbreak, according to a person who participated in the call.

"This is the bottom line: President Trump is leading the nation in this war against the coronavirus, and Joe Biden, the Democrats and the media have decided to be the opposition in that war," Tim Murtaugh, the campaign's director of communications, said in a phone conversation with surrogates, according to the source.

Campaigning ahead of the November election has ground to a halt as the nation grapples with a pandemic that the White House estimates could kill more than 100,000 Americans in the coming weeks. The call with Trump's campaign officials provides an insight into how the campaign continues to operate in the background.

Other officials on the call, including campaign manager Brad Parscale and senior adviser Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, pointed to the increase in the number of Americans watching the news and encouraged surrogates to capitalize on the attention not to bolster Trump's handling of the pandemic but to attack Biden.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-campaign-tells-surrogates-paint-biden-opposition-coronavirus-war-n1174506

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-campaign-tells-surrogates-paint-biden-opposition-coronavirus-war-n1174506

[More_Cowbell]

1. "Senior adviser Lara Trump"

That's all you need to know, really.

[duforsure]

3. Coming from the guy using his powers to kill and hurt the American people

In blue states but killing and hurting his followers too. Trump represents his divided states of America, while abusing his position to hurt those in blue states,intentionally, while republicans sit a watch, making them just as bad as trump. Even his supporters are pissed at trump for lying about this, and his intentional cruelty towards others in a nation health crisis. He has no soul.

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. I believe "Swiftboating" is the term. Intentional lies that take the strength of

the opponent and repeat to the media that it is instead their weakness.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-mccain-2000-the-swif_b_30654

[Cozmo]

5. Hey Joe!

Cancel any Covid 19 talks you have scheduled with the asshole. He'll only try to use it against you. He's not one for taking advice anyway.

[BidenBacker]

6. Does anybody here

have a magic wand they can wave or a special incantation they can chant that turns index fingers into loaded pistols with twitchy hair triggers?

https://i.insider.com/59f0da1c3e9d2514048b4fb7