Biden adjusts strategy in Midwestern battlegrounds to blunt Trump's 'law and order' focus

[brooklynite]

Washington Post

Last week’s Republican convention had just concluded when Joe Biden’s top strategists began hearing from worried Democrats. They told the officials that President Trump’s singular focus on a “law and order” message, coupled with images of violence in cities, threatened Biden’s standing, particularly among White voters in the industrial Midwest.

Over the past few days, Biden has offered his response, reorienting his campaign. He delivered a forceful anti-Trump speech in Pittsburgh, afterward bringing pizza to a firehouse. He began giving newfound attention to Minnesota, a state Democrats haven’t lost in nearly 50 years, and his campaign is eyeing potential trips to Wisconsin and Michigan.

Biden also began running ads in places like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — three states that secured the presidency for Trump in 2016 — that show empty football stadiums and text that reads, “Trump put America on the sidelines. Let’s get back in the game.”

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The unrest in Kenosha and Portland, Ore., appeared to have caught the Biden campaign off-guard, but advisers say his nationally televised speech on Monday reset their effort. The aim was to reaffirm Biden’s objections to violence and looting while redefining the safety of Americans as freedom not only from urban clashes but also from the coronavirus pandemic and economic turmoil, the campaign’s prior focus.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Focus should be on COVID, not Law & Order

Don’t let Trump set the narrative.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It's possible to do both. And he is.

[Iliyah]

3. His focus is still on COVID-19 . .

Biden/Harris can multitask . . .

[question everything]

4. "Should" but it is not

Whether we like it or not, he did manage to change the narrative.

And this will affect the electoral rich rural areas.