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“We are presently working in the dark,” Virgie Rollins, the chair of the DNC Black Caucus, wrote in a memo obtained by The Daily Beast.
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GOODBYE, FOREVER?
“He’s had this fixation about New Hampshire. He can’t accept that maybe he just plain lost,” said Fergus Cullen, a former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party.
'Determination. Resilience. Grit.'
“Donald Trump loves to talk ... and talk … and talk,” Biden said. “But after three and a half years of big promises, what do the American people have to show for all the talk?”
NEVER TRUMPERS, ASSEMBLE!
“Our view is that you attack Trump as weak,” said veteran GOP strategist Mike Murphy. “You don’t attack him as fascist.”
SCALED BACK
“Leadership means being able to adapt to any situation,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement announcing plans to scale back the event.
SUPREME OPPORTUNITY
Several top Democrats, including senior Biden campaign advisors, detailed their strategy use SCOTUS decision to mend the rift between Biden and the Latino community.
ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE
Jennifer McClellan hopes to make history as the first Black female governor in the country.
TRANSPARENCY?
A senior Biden adviser said in a text message that all of his advisers “advise on a range of issues.”
SPLINTERED CONVENTION
What do you do when you can’t have a mass gathering? You have a mass of gatherings.
LISTEN, PAL
The president’s threat to call in the military against protesters prompted uniformed opposition. But people close to the officers warn not to expect them to join Team Biden.
