Trump Campaign Aims to Tie Biden to Progressives
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We ran the numbers: There are 1826 news articles covering this topic. 41% (756) are left leaning, 42% (761) center, 17% (309) right leaning.
On Friday, Vice President Mike Pence tried to tie Biden to progressives, characterizing recent policy recommendations of the “unity task force” convened by Biden and former primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders as radical. While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump is diverting attention from the coronavirus to attacks on Biden, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump became testy when Fox News’ Chris Wallace refuted Trump’s claim that Biden wants to defund the police.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that President Trump’s campaign speech in the White House Rose Garden on Monday made little mention of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, he focused his attacks on Biden wanting to defund the police. The article notes that Trump is choosing battles that place him on shaky political footing, as he attempts to draw attention to things that have nothing to do with solving the country’s current crisis.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Trump’s campaign appears to have settled on a unified message by attempting to paint Biden as a puppet of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. The campaign also seized on remarks Biden made in a recent interview where he said he supports diverting some funding to social services.
The Washington Examiner published a right-leaning article highlighting that President Trump became testy when Fox News’ Chris Wallace corrected him after he claimed that Joe Biden wants to defund the police. While ads for Trump’s campaign have claimed that Biden supports defunding the police, fact checks have determined that Biden has not called for defunding the police.
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Trump snaps at Chris Wallace after being challenged on claim that Biden wants to defund police
Washington Examiner