Current Events > RNC wants to shift focus to Biden's 'response' to the pandemic

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Bio1590
09/14/20 2:19:45 PM
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rnc-wants-shift-focus-biden-s-response-pandemic-n1240010

There was an unintentionally amusing moment on NBC News' "Meet the Press" yesterday, when Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel was trying to defend Donald Trump's pandemic response. Following the president's cues, the RNC chief made the case that when Trump misled the public about the seriousness of the threat, he was merely trying to prevent panic.

In reference to the president, McDaniel argued, "Think of what would have happened if he'd have gone out and said, 'This is awful. We should all be afraid. We don't have a plan.'"

The RNC chair may have admitted more than she'd intended with that one.

Nevertheless, as part of the same interview, McDaniel seemed eager to shift the focus away from Trump's handling of the pandemic and toward Joe Biden's handling of the pandemic. When NBC News' Chuck Todd reminded the RNC chair that the Delaware Democrat is not actually the president, McDaniel said of Biden, "He was running for president, and he had the same data and the same information."

For what it's worth, Biden has been receiving intelligence briefings, but this was not the case in the early months of the year, as the coronavirus crisis first took root. Regardless, whether Biden had "the same data and the same information" or not, the fact remains that Biden has been a private citizen for nearly four years.

And yet, after her on-air appearance, the RNC's McDaniel took this message to Twitter yesterday afternoon:

https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1305220707085889536

In context, the head of the Republican National Committee was referring to an interview with a Biden aide about a January op-ed, but that didn't make the text any less jarring. Biden has a "disastrous record responding to the coronavirus"? Not to put too fine a point on this, but to echo Chuck Todd's reminder to McDaniel, Biden isn't the president. He's a private citizen with no access to the levers of governmental power.

The former vice president can't "respond" to the pandemic in any meaningful way because he hasn't been elected, at least not yet.

For that matter, as the U.S. death toll climbs closer to 200,000 people, an awkward question hangs over head: if, according to the Republican National Committee, Biden has a "disastrous record responding to the coronavirus," what are we to make of the record of the president who's actually in office?

The larger point, of course, is that some in Republican circles are trying to position Trump as some kind of insurgent outsider, running against a Democratic incumbent. The president occasionally plays along, even recycling his 2016 campaign stump speech, assuring voters he hopes to "make America great again."

Given the circumstances, the tactic is understandable -- the number of Americans satisfied with the status quo is low and falling -- but I'm hard pressed to imagine how many voters will be swayed by the idea that Biden's response to COVID-19 has been "disastrous."

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Lysandear
09/14/20 2:20:10 PM
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It'll work too.
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Poop2
09/14/20 2:20:13 PM
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thats all they got? xDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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harley2280
09/14/20 2:26:22 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
The larger point, of course, is that some in Republican circles are trying to position Trump as some kind of insurgent outsider, running against a Democratic incumbent. The president occasionally plays along, even recycling his 2016 campaign stump speech, assuring voters he hopes to "make America great again."

That's the way they won in 2016. They recycled their platform why not their strategy too.
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Sir Will
09/14/20 2:28:03 PM
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How the hell are there so many idiots who will fall for shit like this!? Biden's not in charge! Trump (ick) is!

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uwnim
09/14/20 2:28:13 PM
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So they are trying to pretend Biden has been the president?

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harley2280
09/14/20 2:29:21 PM
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uwnim posted...
So they are trying to pretend Biden has been the president?

That's exactly what they're trying to do. Just look at the Joe Biden's America commericals, that use footage from Trump's America.
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masterpug53
09/14/20 2:31:24 PM
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"The larger point, of course, is that some in Republican circles are trying to position Trump as some kind of insurgent outsider, running against a Democratic incumbent. The president occasionally plays along, even recycling his 2016 campaign stump speech, assuring voters he hopes to "make America great again."

This is probably the tactic that'll see the most returns, almost in spite of how against reality it is. Republicans in their own minds have positioned themselves as the scrappy, persecuted underdog since at least Dubya's first run.

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Solar_Crimson
09/14/20 2:34:42 PM
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It really is sad that this gambit can actually work.

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Rathinor
09/14/20 2:36:57 PM
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Shablagoo
09/14/20 2:37:00 PM
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harley2280 posted...
That's exactly what they're trying to do. Just look at the Joe Biden's America commericals, that use footage from Trump's America.

Along with footage from places outside of America.

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hockeybub89
09/14/20 2:37:01 PM
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How could anyone vote for Biden after seeing his pandemic response and all the unrest that is happening in his America?

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Endgame
09/14/20 2:38:54 PM
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Biden is doomed no matter what. He is objectively worse than Hillary in every way and how well did she do against Trump?

Pair that up with how the fucking moron isn't even campaigning in the god damned general election when we know Hillary's problem was that she didn't campaign hard enough (namely in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) and..... are we sure Biden is even trying to win?

His core message IS that he wants to work with Republicans.....
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Rathinor
09/14/20 2:39:52 PM
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Endgame posted...
He is objectively worse than Hillary in every way
He's really not. Like at all. He polls better with seniors and has a much higher approval rating than Hillary did
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RchHomieQuanChi
09/14/20 2:42:15 PM
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Republicans literally "no u"-ing right now.

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Maze_
09/14/20 2:43:03 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
It really is sad that this gambit can actually work.

Solar_Crimson posted...
It really is sad that this gambit can actually work.
This

Trump is saying "My terrible presidency is all Biden's fault" and people are eating it up

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Doom_Art
09/14/20 2:45:16 PM
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They have no idea how to run against Biden wtf

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Sackgurl
09/14/20 2:55:34 PM
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Endgame posted...
He is objectively worse than Hillary in every way

source: your ass

one would think you'd know it was full of shit, considering your head is stuck there

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Poop2
09/14/20 3:01:53 PM
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Rathinor posted...

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TheGoldenEel
09/14/20 3:13:59 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
They have no idea how to run against Biden wtf
Its kind of hilarious

theyre still parroting the sleepy joe hiding in his basement bullshit too even as hes out on the campaign trail every day

but its also scary that there is even one person, let alone millions, who actually buy it

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Rathinor
09/14/20 3:14:48 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Its kind of hilarious

theyre still parroting the sleepy joe hiding in his basement bullshit too even as hes out on the campaign trail every day

but its also scary that there is even one person, let alone millions, who actually buy it
Those idiots were already voting for Trump anyways, nothing would change their minds. Stuff like this won't sway undecideds or independents
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thronedfire2
09/14/20 3:16:27 PM
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Uh, he wasnt the fucking President during this shitshow? Thats why hes running? How dumb are these Trump supporters. People probably nodded right along with her too.

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sondast
09/14/20 3:19:37 PM
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How can we trust Sleepy Joe to run the country when he can't even prevent a pandemic as a regular citizen!

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sauceje
09/14/20 3:21:10 PM
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This is exhausting tbh. Just take the RNC out back and put them out of their misery

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Bio1590
09/14/20 3:34:18 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
They have no idea how to run against Biden wtf

It's even more sad when you consider how long they've been preparing to run against him.

Granted the pandemic probably threw some wrenches into the plan but I haven't heard a single fucking thing about Hunter Biden in months and that was supposed to be one of their big plays?
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eston
09/14/20 3:35:10 PM
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According to the Trump campaign Biden has been hiding in his basement, which is kinda sorta the type of response that all private citizens should have had

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Ushiromiya
09/14/20 3:46:16 PM
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Sir Will
09/14/20 3:55:41 PM
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Endgame posted...
He is objectively worse than Hillary in every way
In how he'd be as president? Maybe. I don't know. As a candidate? No, he polls better than she does and doesn't have as many irrational haters (does have some of course, like you). Of course the landscape is different now than in 2016. While any fool should have seen what Trump would lead to, now they know for sure.


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Sir Will
09/14/20 3:57:35 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
Opposed to the president, who was hiding in a bunker.
No, he regularly gets out to hold dangerous rallies.

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harley2280
09/14/20 4:10:52 PM
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Sir Will posted...
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No, he regularly gets out to hold dangerous rallies.

They're so devoted to his cause they're literally killing themselves to show support.
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thronedfire2
09/14/20 4:12:01 PM
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harley2280 posted...
They're so devoted to his cause they're literally killing themselves to show support.

maybe he should have a rally every day

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harley2280
09/14/20 4:13:16 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
harley2280 posted...
They're so devoted to his cause they're literally killing themselves to show support.

maybe he should have a rally every day

Now that's an idea even Herman Cain could get behind.
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ultimate reaver
09/14/20 4:18:42 PM
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they're doing way worse with biden than they were with hillary, which is hysterical. trump has burned through a ridiculous amount of the people that initially got him elected though so i suppose it's not that surprising

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harley2280
09/14/20 4:28:01 PM
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ultimate reaver posted...
they're doing way worse with biden than they were with hillary, which is hysterical. trump has burned through a ridiculous amount of the people that initially got him elected though so i suppose it's not that surprising

Well they were hoping to use the Ukraine stuff like they did the emails, but that plan blew up in their faces.
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Bishop9800
09/14/20 4:28:53 PM
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thronedfire2
09/14/20 4:29:09 PM
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harley2280 posted...
Now that's an idea even Herman Cain could get behind.

if I had a twitter I would send him a message

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Maze_
09/14/20 6:18:27 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
Damn

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Poop2
09/14/20 6:20:32 PM
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Bishop9800 posted...
jFC THIS IS BRUTAL
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Bishop9800
09/14/20 6:26:57 PM
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Poop2 posted...
jFC THIS IS BRUTAL

But true....

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