Politico: “While the president has never been known for discipline when it comes to his communications strategy, he unleashed on Thursday especially sharp and sexist attacks against several female political rivals — including newly minted vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is proving unrelenting in stimulus negotiations”
“The rhetoric appeared at odds with his own recent attempts to court the very suburban female voters who are turning away from him in large numbers. Trump also flashed his tendency to say the quiet parts out loud, explicitly stating that he is trying to block funding for the Postal Service in order to stop universal mail-in voting during November’s election. Those comments were later amplified on Thursday by White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, who labeled voting rights funding a ‘really liberal left’ wish list item, while slamming congressional Democrats for their coronavirus relief package demands. The unbridled nature of the comments from the president and his senior aide suggested a new sense of frenzy among Trump’s reelection team, which is entering the final months of the 2020 campaign significantly trailing Joe Biden and facing deadlocked congressional negotiations over another round of stimulus.”