GOP: Trump needs a new plan
By Alexander Bolton - 06/24/20 09:04 PM EDT
Republicans say President Trump should make a course correction and shift his strategy after a series of dismal polls showed him badly trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Republican senators thought Trump was cruising to reelection only a few months ago but they now worry his relentless focus on revving up his party’s base is hurting his chances, as well as their own of staying in control of the upper chamber.
“I think right now obviously Trump has a problem with the middle of the electorate, with independents, and they’re the people who are going to decide a national election,†Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said Wednesday.
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“I think he can win those back, but it will probably require not only a message that deals with substance and policy, but I think a message that conveys a perhaps different tone,†he added.
Asked if the polling showing Trump well behind Biden is a wake-up call, Thune said it’s a “message†the White House needs to change its strategy.
“These polls are a snapshot in time and the electorate as we know can be very fluid, but I do think it’s a message that there needs to be certainly a change in probably strategy as far as the White House’s messaging is concerned,†he said.
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