How Trump’s Failed Federal Coronavirus Response Makes Him Vulnerable: UVA’s Lawless LIVE
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How Trump’s Failed Federal Coronavirus Response Makes Him Vulnerable: UVA’s Lawless LIVE
On Sunday, only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week -- Connecticut and Rhode Island.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST“A staggering rise was reported in 36 states, including Florida, which some experts have cautioned could be the next epicenter,” reported CNN.
“If you look at the facts and you look at which states have opened and how they’ve opened and whether they’ve waited and followed the CDC guidelines for a 14-day decline in the number of hospitalizations and deaths and new cases, we see the CDC guidelines actually seem to have been reasonable and sound and have resulted as far as we know right now in a relatively successful reopening that we see in New England, we see it in New York and New Jersey and Connecticut, we’re not seeing it anywhere else," she said.
“Now in some of these states, it’s impossible for a Democrat to win," said Lawless, of states that are now seeing an increase in cases. "So I don’t think Trump has to worry about the spike in Arkansas or Alabama. It’s almost impossible to envision any scenario whereby he loses those electoral votes— but in states like North Carolina and Florida and even Texas, which is becoming increasingly competitive, he’s now very vulnerable because his failed federal response is actually affecting people’s lives."
“It might be the case that in states like Florida and Texas and Oklahoma people are going to unfortunately know people who contract the virus, and who get very, very sick from it or perhaps even die from it before the level of concern appeals to them the same way it has to people in the northeast,” said Lawless. “That’s not a silver lining and we wouldn’t want that for anybody but perhaps now that these states are being touched more directly, we’ll see those Governors wind up signing a different tune.”
Trump’s Tulsa Rally
“For many candidates, if you were able to get 9,000 people into an arena for a rally several months before an election that would generally be considered a success story and indicate enthusiasm — but because the Trump campaign oversold [it] and because rallies are such a pivotal part of his base and the way they demonstrate their support for him, the underperformance really matters,” she said.