Biden, Trump respond to Woodward interview on coronavirus

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020: Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $210 million in August, setting a record for the campaign. Bob Woodward released recorded interviews with Trump about the coronavirus.

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“When you look at the rural areas, it’s the margins that matter. The suburbs get a lot of attention because you have those counties that used to be red, and now they’re blue. When you see that on a map on TV, it looks dramatic. But all these places that went from like 60-40 Republican to 80-20 for Trump are just as dramatic and they were critical to the result.”

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* The Los Angeles Times endorsed ([link removed]) Joe Biden ([link removed]) on Thursday. The paper last backed ([link removed]) a Republican nominee in 1972, endorsing Richard Nixon’s campaign, before taking a hiatus from endorsements for 36 years.
 
* In a recorded interview ([link removed]) with journalist Bob Woodward from February 2020 released on Wednesday, Donald Trump ([link removed]) discussed the dangers of the coronavirus. He said it was deadlier than the flu and a delicate issue because it was airborne. In another interview about the coronavirus from March 2020, Trump said, “I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic.”
 
* During an event in Michigan, Biden addressed ([link removed]) Trump’s comments, saying, “He had the information. He knew how dangerous it was. And while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. It was a life-and-death betrayal of the American people.”
 
* Trump defended ([link removed]) his comments in a Fox News interview on Wednesday. He said, “I'm the leader of the country, I can't be jumping up and down and scaring people. I don't want to scare people. I want people not to panic, and that's exactly what I did.”
 
* Trump and the Republican National Committee raised ([link removed]) $210 million in August, setting a record for the campaign. They trailed Biden and the Democratic National Committee’s fundraising total for the month by $154 million.
 
* Trump released a list of 20 potential Supreme Court nominees ([link removed]) on Wednesday. The list includes Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Josh Hawley (Mo.), and five current or former members of his administration.
 
* Trump is speaking at the MBS International Airport in Saginaw County, Michigan ([link removed]) , on Thursday evening.

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TIME reported ([link removed]) that Hillary Clinton said at a fundraiser, “You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.”
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