George Floyd was killed by a Minnesotan policeman last May, Joe Biden condemned the riots that his killing had sparked. “Protesting such brutality is right and necessary,” he said. “Burning down communities and needless destruction is not. Violence that endangers lives is not.” He repeated his denunciation several times over the next few days. President Donald Trump meanwhile accused him of ignoring the issue.
The hammering the former vice-president has taken on this issue—every evening on Fox News as well as from Mr Trump—has unnerved some of his supporters. Some suggest a 1968-style silent majority, sickened by the violence, is building against the Democrats. It sounds plausible. But there is no strong evidence for it yet.
Especially when you consider the promise of Mr Biden’s recent efforts to recast the politics of the coronavirus catastrophe: by treating it as not merely a public-health crisis, but also an inextricably connected economic one. “We will never get our economy back on track…until we deal with this virus,” the former vice-president told the Democratic convention last month.
The economy is the only issue on which Mr Trump outpolls Mr Biden. For that matter, it is the only issue on which he has consistently out-performed his low approval ratings ever since his inauguration.
Once again, ECONOMY? What ECONOMY Stock market! That’s it. Stock market is not the economy so stop staying economy. Stick market might be more like it! Sticks normal people and helps out the rich.
Mortified.🍊💩😬
Economic approval? Market approval. Most people who are at that level are aware that there are consequences to robbing Peter to pay Paul. It’s all about democratic messaging.
Fasconomist.
it is The protests have been going for so long n violent Over 3 months Unforgivable
Y Maduro hace propaganda para que gane Biden.Buen asesor se han contratado los Demócratas,Los seudos 'Socialismo del Siglo XXI'
'Closer election' is a stupid comment. It will be a tsunami for Trump and you know it!
Shame after all the respect we showed to the economist it is becoming extremely biased. Unflow.....
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Well so much for renewing my subscription. You want to write shit like this go sell to a base of Fox watchers. Bye bye.
funny I thought this publication got its cred from, idk, economics. buffet is literally lighting up the neon signs of worry about the GDP to stock ratio
No, they just looked at the polling and decided sh*t this is hurting us.
Yes. The real line is 'How many died from Trump's bungling the COVID crisis?' It hurt his re-election campaign - so tough luck, suckers.
The Democrats' tacit, sometimes open support for violent BLM/Antifa is shaping up to be a monumental strategic mistake. And the recent OTT media lies about Trump are also contributing to a potential annihilation of the Dems in November. Who wants such violent, lying people?
IT'S TIME WE ALL COME TO THE REALIZATION that Trump's only interest is his re-election & that Trump couldn't care less about anything or anyone else. TRUMP WILL SAY and 'DO' ANYTHING he thinks will secure his re-election, even endangering other people's lives. Trump's no leader.
How many more lies will CONNIVING TRUMP need to spew before its a foregone conclusion that CONNIVING TRUMP is lying about everything? Trump couldn't care less about YOU!
Trump M.O. is CHAOS. Trump relishes in creating enough CHAOS to cover-up his incompetence and misdeeds. It's why he purposely uses 'DIVISIVE LANGUAGE' (albeit rudimentary) to have U.S. grab at each others throat. Don't be fooled by conniving Trump!
ALL the RIOTING AND LOOTING are HAPPENING UNDER TRUMP'S WATCH. And, like an impotent two-bit wannabe dictator con man, Trump refuses to take responsibility, just as he did with the coronavirus pandemic, 'I won't take responsibility at all,' said Trump.
DISHONORABLY DISCHARGE TRUMP FOR DERELICTION OF DUTY. Why veterans are voting for JOE BIDEN for President!
Trump called fallen war heroes 'suckers' & 'losers,' enough already! What more must Trump say or do for Trump's followers to realize he's unfit for any job? John McCain will always be remembered as a true American hero, something Trump will never be!
Biden will follow the media’s advice to ignore the facts at his own peril.