“With about a week until Election Day, labeling their opponents as radicals has become the closing message for Republicans in tight races around the country. While Democrats have focused on health care access and getting the coronavirus pandemic under control, most Republicans have settled on a message of grievance — that Democratic governance would bring socialism and left-wing extremism. The Republican efforts range from the presidential race to the Senate level and even some local elections.”
“At the top of the ticket, President Trump continues to ignore Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s history as a bipartisan candidate, instead portraying him as someone who is promising a political revolution in the mold of Mr. Sanders. On Saturday in suburban Wisconsin, President Trump said what most Republicans have merely hinted at: ‘We should be running against Bernie.’ Last week, during the debate in Tennessee, Mr. Biden argued that he had defeated Mr. Sanders because of these differences, deploying an argument he has used throughout his presidential bid: The American people know him and his record. ‘I beat the socialist,’ Mr. Biden said in a September interview with a Wisconsin network. ‘That’s how I got elected. That’s how I got the nomination. Do I look like a socialist? Look at my career — my whole career. I am not a socialist'” – New York Times.