“‘I think the cake is baked. The only thing that is going to change the election is possibly a debate performance,’ said one prominent Republican pollster, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not ‘want to worry about starting his car.’ ‘The reason that the president has such a problem on coronavirus is he didn’t seem to care about it for so long.'”
– Republican pollster anonymously quoted in the Washington Post article As Trump exudes pandemic optimism, Democrats still see worry — and an advantage. The article does not say whether or not the guy was joking.