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Trump charges into battleground states despite rising virus
The Associated Press ^ | October 26, 2020 | By ZEKE MILLER (D), ALEXANDRA JAFFE (D) and KEVIN FREKING (D)

Posted on 10/26/2020 12:26:30 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

LITITZ, Pa. - President Donald Trump embarked Monday on a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, is holding far fewer events in an effort to demonstrate that he’s taking the worsening pandemic seriously.

The final days of the campaign are crystalizing the starkly different approaches Trump and Biden have taken to address the worst public health crisis in a century - with risks for each candidate.

“It’s a choice between a Trump boom or a Biden lockdown,” Trump claimed Monday in Pennsylvania.

For Trump, the full-speed-ahead strategy could spread the virus in places that are already setting new records and leave him appearing aloof to the consequences. And if Biden comes up short in the election, his lower-key travel schedule will surely come under scrutiny as a bad choice.

Both men are making points with their travel plans. Trump was holding three events in Pennsylvania alone on Monday, suggesting he’s on defense in a state that he won in 2016 and that will be critical to his reelection. Biden, meanwhile, is demonstrating more confidence with signals that he’s hoping to expand his campaign map.

While the final week of the campaign is colliding with deepening concerns about the COVID crisis in far-flung parts of the U.S., Trump is anxious for voters to focus on almost anything else. He’s worried that he will lose if the election becomes a referendum on his handling of the pandemic. Biden, meanwhile, is working to ensure the race is just that, hitting Trump on the virus and presenting himself as a safer, more stable alternative.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Rdct29

Exactly!
And the Democrats are soooo jealous.


41 posted on 10/26/2020 1:08:02 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Three pieces of dogshit wrote this tripe.


42 posted on 10/26/2020 1:08:34 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Apparently, at the AP, stupidity is cumulative. The more writers on the byline, the stupider the article. Given this article, I would have guessed five writers but perhaps, the AP put their top people on it.


43 posted on 10/26/2020 1:10:57 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Joe Biden: Showing his leadership by cowering in the basement like a scared child.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Hey Associated Press, C’mon man! Stop the Malarkey!


44 posted on 10/26/2020 1:13:39 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

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45 posted on 10/26/2020 1:14:24 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

So they are testing more people, so number has to go up. But the deaths as a percentage of total cases is going down

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Dobbs , Hannity, Inghram only ones who will point this out and also say tested positive but asymptotic.

Wikipedia definition

In medicine, a disease is considered asymptomatic if a patient is a carrier for a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms. A condition might be asymptomatic if it fails to show the noticeable symptoms with which it is usually associated.


46 posted on 10/26/2020 1:15:17 PM PDT by patriotspride (Third generation Vet. Never forget the true cost of freedom)
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To: Flick Lives
Joe Biden, is holding far fewer events in an effort to demonstrate that he’s taking the worsening pandemicBiden crime family scandal seriously.

There, fixed it.

47 posted on 10/26/2020 1:17:40 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: ifinnegan

“More testing than ever, more “cases”.”

And the enemedia continually runs a crawler showing the CUMULATIVE TOTAL “cases” and deaths and prints graphs doing the same.

The total will never go down. The hockey stick __/ always goes up.

“That hockey stick is still rising...it’s getting bigger: DON’T LOOK, Ethel!”


48 posted on 10/26/2020 1:18:30 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

So Corrupt Senile Joe had declared a lid on all campaigning till the election, until Trump trolled him saying Hiden Biden was waving the white flag. So the Hiden Biden Campaign reacts and announces a campaign event... in his home state! LOL! The voting results must be so bad they are showing Hiden Biden losing Delaware! Even Mondale carried his home state of MN.


49 posted on 10/26/2020 1:19:35 PM PDT by SDShack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In the olden days news media would report on deaths and people would be cautious based on avoiding dying. Now the news media report on cases. Cases does not equal deaths. Cases doesn’t equal deaths plus symptoms even mild symptoms. Cases is actually a useless number when determining risk.


50 posted on 10/26/2020 1:20:00 PM PDT by webheart (Coronavirus, I give up. Come get me.)
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To: Interesting Times

Exactly. I’m pretty confident that the campaign believes that FL, AZ, NC and Ohio are in the bag. Trump wins PA again and Joe is toast.


51 posted on 10/26/2020 1:20:51 PM PDT by TallahasseeConservative (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just how many lies, propaganda, disinformation and pure animus can AP pack into one article?
52 posted on 10/26/2020 1:25:39 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: TallahasseeConservative

MI is another plausible nail.


53 posted on 10/26/2020 1:26:15 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Information, or Opinion?

I’m going with Opinion mocked as Information


54 posted on 10/26/2020 1:27:28 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Information, or Opinion?

I’m going with Opinion mocked as Information


55 posted on 10/26/2020 1:28:10 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Who stole my tagline? It was here yesterday.)
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To: Interesting Times

I’ll take both of them....


56 posted on 10/26/2020 1:29:41 PM PDT by TallahasseeConservative (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
For Trump, the full-speed-ahead strategy could spread the virus in places that are already setting new records

Just what did the ASS press have to say about the massive crowds at the riots, looting, arson destruction and murders that have been perpetuated by BLM/ANTIFA in relation to spreading coronavirus?

57 posted on 10/26/2020 1:29:53 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Funny how the ole China virus has accelerated as we get closer to the election! Not! Everything is planned!


58 posted on 10/26/2020 1:31:05 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Both men are making points with their travel plans. Trump was holding three events in Pennsylvania alone on Monday, suggesting he’s on defense in a state that he won in 2016 and that will be critical to his reelection.

Except Trump is also campaigning in New Hampshire, Maine (he had rallies there just yesterday), Nevada and Minnesota all states that were won by Hilary Clinton. Trump is playing offense here.

59 posted on 10/26/2020 1:36:42 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I just go my latest edition of “Nature” yesterday. According to the articles and scientific reports in that journal, promising anti-COVID vaccines are being deveioped in months—rather than the years that vaccine development usually takes.

This is no doubt due to Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed”, and is VERY admirable!!!!

Of course, vaccines must complete Phase 3 trials (published in reputable medical journals) and be approved by the FDA as safe and effective, as well as being manufactured in safe and effective ways.

“Nature”—a generally leftist journal—recently endorsed Biden online. However, the published Ocrobee 22 version of the journal lacks any Biden endorsement. Perhaps “Nature” recognizes the great value of Trump’s vaccine programs, and looks forward (as we all do) to the end of the pandemic via mass vaccination!!!!


60 posted on 10/26/2020 1:43:41 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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