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Trump's Drive On Division And Fear May Not Be A Winning Strategy Come November - NPR
Jul 08, 2020 1 min, 32 secs
President Trump participates in an event on how to safely re-open schools during the coronavirus pandemic at the White House Tuesday.

President Trump participates in an event on how to safely re-open schools during the coronavirus pandemic at the White House Tuesday.

President Trump is choosing instead to reprise the most divisive and racialized themes of his 2016 campaign.

"I think he's decided that he needs to fan these flames," said Christine Matthews, a Republican pollster who has been critical of President Trump.

That's because the American public isn't in the same place it was in 2016, when Trump did well with white voters in the suburbs in key swing states with messages about terrorism, urban crime and returning to a foregone era when America was great.

"As the President says, the best is yet to come," said Ken Farnaso, deputy national press secretary for the Trump campaign.

"We are going to make America great again, again," Vice President Pence said at the conclusion of his rally speech in Tulsa, Okla., last month to roaring applause.

Farnaso's statement made a turn from celebrating past accomplishments, to going after former Vice President Joe Biden, who he said "wants to fundamentally change the American way of life by cowering to radical left-wing mobs, staying silent on the Marxist attempts to erase history, and increasing taxes to fund his Green New Deal.".

Belcher, the Democratic pollster, says Trump built a political career on racial resentment and the politics of grievance, which he's using again now to appeal to his base.

Polls show former Vice President Joe Biden way ahead, including in key swing states

"The problem with the Trump campaign is they want to create a situation where there's no nuance," said Matthews

Trump's White House and campaign officials insist that he isn't being divisive and isn't using racial resentment as a political tool

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