Opinion | Trump needs to stop talking about Hunter Biden, and start winning over reluctant voters

  • 📰 washingtonpost
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 67 sec. here
  • 3 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 30%
  • Publisher: 72%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

Opinion: Trump needs to stop talking about Hunter Biden, and start winning over reluctant voters, marcthiessen writes

.” That is not the closing argument Trump needs to make before Election Day. His closing argument should be: I will restore the strong economy you loved before the pandemic hit, and Biden will ruin it with massive tax increases and socialist spending.Trump should be using his last debate, and his final days on the campaign trail, to win over reluctant voters who approve of his policies but not of him.

Trump’s job is to change their minds. If he can moderate his behavior for just two weeks, that is an achievable goal. The polls in swing states are tightening. Some reluctant Trump voters are slowly, grudgingly coming home. He needs to encourage them, not drive them away. Biden is wooing those voters by stealing Trump’s economic nationalist message in an effort to convince voters that they can have the Trump economy without Trump.

Instead, Trump should use it to address reluctant voters’ concerns. During his 2004 reelection, President George W. Bush deliveredat reluctant Bush voters. “In the last four years, you and I have come to know each other. Even when we don’t agree, at least you know what I believe and where I stand,” he said. “You may have noticed I have a few flaws, too. ... Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking.

The message was: I know I rub some of you the wrong way. I get it. But here is why you should vote for me anyway. That self-awareness gave reluctant Bush voters permission to vote for him, despite his perceived flaws. Trump has not sent a similar message to his reluctant voters. It’s not too late to do so. But he needs to stop wasting his closing argument talking about Biden’s family and focus on these voters’ families.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 95. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Trump mocks Biden for trusting scientists while Biden slams Trump for Covid-19 'lie'President Trump mocked Joe Biden on Sunday for trusting scientists about Covid-19 shortly after Biden lambasted the president for continuing to 'lie' about the state of the pandemic. The scientists, the CDC, the WHO, even Fauci have all flip flopped and changed position on covid 19 half a dozen times or more regarding masks, lock downs and therapeutics and those are the folks Biden trusts? Trump will go to jail after he loses! NYC and FBI for fraud and tax evasion and also a dozen women for sexual harassment/abuse law suits. Maybe he’ll figure out how to pardon himself and his kids? Too sad for history but he did it to himself.
Source: NBCNews - 🏆 10. / 86 Read more »

Trump to press Biden on Hunter Biden email stories if debate moderator doesn't, adviser saysTrump campaign adviser Jason Miller said on Monday that the president in Thursday's debate will bring up allegations that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden met with a Ukrainian business associate of his son, Hunter, as reported by the New York Post last week in emails allegedly coming from the hard drive of a laptop that once purportedly belonged to Hunter Biden.
Source: FoxNews - 🏆 9. / 87 Read more »

‘Fox & Friends’ Host Steve Doocy to Trump: Stop Talking About Hunter BidenIn the two-and-a-half days immediately following the New York Post’s hit job on Hunter Biden, Fox News reportedly dedicated three times as much airtime to the former vice president’s son as it did to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, at least one prominent Fox host seems to be realizing that it’s not working.During
Source: YahooNews - 🏆 380. / 59 Read more »

Trump calls reporter 'criminal' for not reporting Hunter Biden story - Business InsiderBusiness Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. Launched in 2007, the site is now the largest business news site on the web.
Source: BusinessInsider - 🏆 729. / 51 Read more »

Trump will focus on Hunter Biden, China at debate after dispute over rules, topicsThe president has persistently pressed at his Democratic rival amid recent allegations, with his campaign outlining his intention to keep doing so.
Source: Newsweek - 🏆 468. / 52 Read more »

In North Carolina, Biden slams Trump for Covid 'lie,' warns 'things are getting worse''As my grandfather would say, this guy’s gone around the bend if he thinks we’ve turned the corner. Turn the corner? Things are getting worse. He continues to lie to us about the circumstances,' Joe Biden says of President Trump. BidenSucks Why would anyone vote for a politician when a leader is a better choice . What does that quote even mean?
Source: NBCNews - 🏆 10. / 86 Read more »