Biden holds virtual campaign rally in Tampa
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MAY 8, 2020: Joe Biden held a virtual campaign rally in Tampa, Florida. Donald Trump’s campaign manager tweeted ads that will be part of a $10 million campaign against Biden.
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RUFUS GIFFORD is a Democratic staffer with experience in political advising and finance. Gifford received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University in 1996.
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2018 candidate for Massachussett’s 3rd Congressional District
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2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, finance director
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2019-2020: Run for Something, board of directors member
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2019-2020: Priorities USA, board of directors member
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2019-2020: Out Leadership, senior advisor
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2017-2020: GAME, advisory board member
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2013-2017: U.S. Embassy to Denmark, ambassador
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2009-2011: Democratic National Committee, finance director
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2008-2009: Presidential Inaugural Committee, California finance director
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“A pair of major developments give us a hint about how future trends will develop on the partisan battleground.
First: Heading into the 2020 election, President Trump is on track to far surpass President Barack Obama’s record in collecting small donor contributions — those under $200 — lending weight to his claim of populist legitimacy.
Second: Democratic candidates and their party committees are making inroads in gathering contributions from the wealthiest of the wealthy, the Forbes 400, a once solid Republican constituency. Democrats are also pulling ahead in contributions from highly educated professionals — doctors, lawyers, tech executives, software engineers, architects, scientists, teachers and so on. ...
Trump’s success in raising small dollar contributions is not necessarily a harbinger of his prospects in November 2020. It does, however, raise a question about the contemporary role of the two major political parties.
Traditionally, one of the core strengths of the Democratic Party has been that voters trust it more than the Republican Party to protect and advance the interests of the middle class. In recent years, however, that advantage has been eroding.”
- Thomas B. Edsall, _The New York Times_
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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) held a virtual campaign rally ([link removed]) in Tampa, Florida. He also participated in a roundtable ([link removed]) with African American leaders in Jacksonville and visited a food bank ([link removed]) in Orlando, all from his home in Delaware.
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) has approved a $10 million ad campaign ([link removed]) attacking Biden. Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, tweeted ([link removed]) , “For nearly three years we have been building a juggernaut campaign (Death Star). It is firing on all cylinders. Data, Digital, TV, Political, Surrogates, Coalitions, etc. In a few days we start pressing FIRE for the first time.”
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FLASHBACK: MAY 8, 2016
2008 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. Sen. John McCain said ([link removed]) on CNN's “State of the Union” that he would support Trump in the presidential election. He commented ([link removed]) , “You have to draw the conclusion that there is some distance, if not a disconnect, between party leaders and members of Congress and the many voters who have selected Donald Trump to be the nominee of the party. … You have to listen to people that have chosen the nominee of our Republican Party.”
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