Some Democrats are increasingly concerned about the optics of Joe Biden campaigning from his basement, as Trump traveled to battleground state Arizona
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks at an assembly line machine manufacturing protective masks being shown to him by Honeywell's Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Tony Stallings during a tour of Honeywell's facility manufacturing masks for the coronavirus disease outbreak in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., May 5, 2020.
Onetime campaign advisers to former President Barack Obama penned two op-eds this week calling on Biden to raise the tempo of his campaign through more robust digital operations and help from celebrities, former rivals and Democratic governors at the forefront of the pandemic response. At the same time, he has routinely bashed Trump’s push to reopen the U.S. economy more quickly despite the concerns of public health experts who fear a second wave of coronavirus cases if social distancing is relaxed too soon.
Trump was heavily criticized, however, for not wearing a mask while greeting workers in Phoenix at a mask-making facility, where a sign noted masks were required. A video of his appearance at the factory, as the song “Live and Let Die” played in the background, went viral. “We have to get moving again when and where it’s safe, because long-term economic inactivity comes with its own set of problems,” Murtaugh said.Biden advisers said the more critical months for the campaign would be in the fall, when more voters will be paying attention than they are during the pandemic that has infected more than 1.25 million in the United States and killed over 76,000 people.
His campaign also again denied an allegation by former Senate staff assistant Tara Reade, who in March accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 and on Thursday said he should drop out of the White House race. [nL1N2CP2SV]
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