Priorities USA plans to support Biden with ads
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MARCH 12, 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump canceled upcoming campaign events. Priorities USA is preparing to run ads to support Biden.
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“History also shows that proceeding as normal with democratic politics amid an epidemic can distort election outcomes. In 1976 incumbent President Gerald Ford ran against Democrat Jimmy Carter amid fears of a so-called swine flu. Two of the most famous virologists of the day, polio vaccine inventors Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, agreed with the CDC that a new form of influenza had emerged that might be as deadly as the 1918 pandemic. In haste, vaccines were manufactured, and a month before the general election mass immunization commenced. Some batches of vaccine caused side effects and were withdrawn, and the entire swine flu issue turned into a fiasco as influenza failed to hit the nation, and hundreds of people complained of lasting damage to their health from the vaccines. The threat of swine flu didn’t prompt any changes in the democratic process—conventions, rallies, or voting—but it may have contributed to Ford’s loss nevertheless.”
– Laurie Garrett, former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations
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** DEMOCRATS
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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) canceled ([link removed]) two fundraisers and a GOTV rally in Chicago scheduled for Friday and an event in Florida on Monday because of coronavirus concerns. He announced ([link removed]) he is indefinitely suspending large crowd gatherings and will host virtual events, instead.
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BIDEN also formed a Public Health Advisory Committee ([link removed]) to counsel his campaign on health risks to his staff and supporters.
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Priorities USA Action ([link removed]) , which planned to remain neutral in the Democratic primary, said it was preparing to run ads to support BIDEN. “The math is now clear. Joe Biden is going to be the Democratic nominee for President and Priorities USA is going to do everything we can to help him defeat Donald Trump in November,” chairman Guy Cecil said.
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BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) held a press conference ([link removed]) on Wednesday where he said he planned to remain in the Democratic primary and would participate in the debate on Sunday. “The American people will have the opportunity to see which candidate is best positioned to accomplish that goal,” he said.
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SANDERS discussed ([link removed]) his campaign, electability, and the coronavirus on _The Tonight Show_ Wednesday night.
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) canceled ([link removed]) upcoming events in Colorado, Nevada, and Wisconsin on Wednesday due to coronavirus concerns.
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** WHAT WE’RE READING
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The Atlantic: The Chaos Coming for the U.S. Election ([link removed])
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National Review: What the History of Small-State Presidential Candidates Tells Us about Biden’s Chances ([link removed])
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U.S. News & World Report: Coronavirus Pandemic Roils 2020 Presidential Campaign ([link removed])
FLASHBACK: MARCH 12, 2016
Marco Rubio won ([link removed]) the Republican convention in Washington, D.C., while Ted Cruz was the winner of Wyoming’s county conventions.
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