Trump, For Now, Is Ceding The Spotlight To Biden As The President's Campaign Reels From Bad Debate
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Trump, For Now, Is Ceding The Spotlight To Biden As The President's Campaign Reels From Bad Debate

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LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — Donald Trump likes to be the one in the spotlight. Brendan Buck, a Republican strategist who’s not a Trump supporter, credited the ex-president for what he called an “uncharacteristically disciplined” response to the debate and for “letting Biden sort of twist in the wind.” But he said challenges remain for the former president as he seeks a second term. “I think Donald Trump is still very capable of blowing this.” In a statement, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said the campaign would “continue to build off the momentum earned by President Trump to grow our movement, raise the money we need to win, and head into the fall poised for a historic victory.” The recent events could also impact the timing of Trump’s vice presidential rollout — an announcement certain to garner a flurry of attention and a flood of stories about his chosen candidate’s record and past statements. Steven Cheung, Trump’s chief spokesperson, dialed into a Biden campaign media call held Monday to respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling and mocked the campaign on social media for letting him join. On Wednesday, Trump campaign senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles also dug in, issuing a statement declaring the “Total Collapse of the Democrat Party.” “Every Democrat who is calling on Crooked Joe Biden to quit was once a supporter of Biden and his failed policies that lead to extreme inflation, an open border, and chaos at home and abroad,” they wrote, accusing Democrats, the media and the “swamp” of having “colluded to hide the truth from the American public — Joe Biden is weak, failed, dishonest, and not fit for the White House.” Biden and his allies, meanwhile, have tried to return the focus to Trump.

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