CNN: “President Donald Trump’s campaign made a tacit admission when it went dark with its TV advertising this weekend to assess their strategy: The President’s message simply isn’t working.”
“The campaign’s advertising pause, with ads slated to resume Monday, comes as Americans are recoiling from Trump’s lack of leadership on the pandemic and there are fewer than 100 days to go before Election Day. At a time when the country is squarely focused on the threat posed by Covid-19 — the US surpassed 4.5 million cases on Friday — Trump put his muddled message on full display during a trip to Florida. While speaking at a campaign event with local sheriffs, Trump — who again did not wear a mask — tried to stoke fear about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and calls to defund the police as attendees did not socially distance. He then downplayed the more than 153,000 US deaths from coronavirus during a roundtable focused on both the virus and Hurricane Isaias with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.”