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Sidelined by pandemic, Trump campaign turns to digital shows
The Associated Press ^ | May 3, 2020 | By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN

Posted on 05/03/2020 6:27:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON - The streaming video began and, within minutes, the president’s eldest son was musing that Osama bin Laden had endorsed Joe Biden.

Subtle, it was not. Welcome to the Trump campaign, digital edition.

Seven nights a week, President Donald Trump’s reelection team is airing live programming online to replace his trademark rallies made impossible for now by the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted by top campaign officials, prominent Republicans and “Make America Great Again” luminaries, the freewheeling shows offer reality according to Trump. The shows are an effort to stay connected with core supporters and maintain enthusiasm for a suspended campaign that has had to rewire itself on the fly. Trump himself has not yet appeared in his campaign’s shows.

The shows are a proxy for the “Trump TV” network the president considered launching had he lost the 2016 election, and they create an echo chamber for true believers. Akin to actors in a beloved sitcom well into its run, the Trump officials warmly speak in shorthand, trusting that their audience knows the plot and its characters and are tuning in to see programs that, at times, made the president’s infamously off-the-cuff rallies look tightly scripted.

A sense of irreverence, inspired by the president’s lack of filter, permeates the proceedings. On a Saturday night, campaign manager Brad Parscale and Lara Trump, a senior campaign adviser who is married to the president’s son Eric, traded observations about Biden, reinforcing a campaign narrative that the former Delaware senator was not up to the job.

After Lara Trump said Biden cannot “form a coherent sentence,” Parscale went on to add, “I feel bad for him. I wish his wife would pull him out of this” and take him to a beach in Delaware.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2020

1 posted on 05/03/2020 6:27:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The DE beaches are closed and local businesses are burning.


2 posted on 05/03/2020 6:31:32 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Our President needs to resume his mega rallies soon.

Provide these to everyone attending.

It would drive the Commie's even crazier.

3 posted on 05/03/2020 6:42:33 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Funny stuff. TFP


4 posted on 05/03/2020 6:47:38 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And biden is still in the basement


5 posted on 05/03/2020 6:56:01 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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