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“They’re just going to run a white grievance campaign,” said Stuart Stevens, who worked on the presidential campaigns of the Republicans Mitt Romney and George W. Bush. “It’s not complicated. He’s losing with everybody but white men over 50.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/trump-ad-gary-locke.html

New Trump Attack Ad Falsely Suggests Former Governor Is Chinese

The ad, which calls Joe Biden soft on China and includes an image of former Gov. Gary Locke of Washington, an Asian-American, comes at a time of rising xenophobia over the coronavirus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/us/politics/trump-ad-gary-locke.html

Let’s walk through that ad slowly, shall we? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/10/trumps-new-ad-attacking-biden-china-is-complete-utter-mess/?utm_campaign=wp_the_5_minute_fix&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_fix

Analysis | Trump’s new ad attacking Biden on China is a complete and utter mess

The ad apparently mistakes an American official for a Chinese one, takes Biden's quotes completely out of context, and attack Biden for saying things that are very similar to what Trump has said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/10/trumps-new-ad-attacking-biden-china-is-complete-utter-mess/?utm_campaign=wp_the_5_minute_fix&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_fix

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