Dismal polling stalls Trump's comeback efforts
New polling out Friday morning shows two-thirds of the public thinks he's failing on both. An ABC News/Ipsos poll shows 67% disapprove of Trump's handling of COVID-19 -- a new low over four months' worth of polling -- and an equal share disapprove of his handling of race relations.
Trump's choices are defining the race. His push to pressure states and now school districts to reopen is coming up against grim medical realities; his embrace of Confederate heritage is narrowing his potential base at a time of a reckoning around race; and his insistence on in-person campaigning and a convention next month seem off, if not outright dangerous.
President Trump described the deadly coronavirus Thursday as a "political hoax," but more and more leading Republicans are reminding the White House that they do not feel safe attending large gatherings while the virus continues to devastate families and spread rapidly from coast-to-coast.
"I think the convention is a challenging situation and a number of my colleagues have announced that they are not going to attend," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in Kentucky on Thursday when asked about the president's plans to hold the Republican National Convention in person in Jacksonville, Florida, later this summer.
"We'll have to wait and see how things look in late August to determine whether or not we can safely convene that many people," he added.
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