Democrats wield Bolton book as shield against Trump 'Beijing Biden' attacks
by W. James Antle III, Politics Editor |
| June 19, 2020 12:00 AM
Democrats are seizing on former national security adviser John Bolton’s new book to shield their presumptive nominee Joe Biden from attacks on his China record and turn the issue around on President Trump.
Even polls that show Trump trailing Biden in the presidential race often find pluralities prefer the president to confront China, second only to his advantage on jobs and the economy. The Trump campaign has seen data that suggests their “Beijing Biden†jibes could be effective in the fall campaign. The former vice president’s supporters would like to blunt those charges and sense Bolton has given them some new ammunition.
“Today, we learned from John Bolton, the President’s former national security advisor, that President Trump sold out the American people to protect his political future,†Biden said in a statement as details from Bolton’s The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir were first being widely reported. “He reportedly directly asked Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to help him get re-elected.â€
Biden accused Trump of trading “away our most cherished democratic values for the empty promise of a flimsy trade deal that bailed him out of his disastrous tariff war that did so much damage to our farmers, manufacturers, and consumers.â€
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