While Republican allies of Donald Trump continue to push the president’s agenda, behind closed doors is a different story. According to Greg Sargent of the Washington Post, Republicans are growing increasingly skeptical of Trump’s chances of winning in November and fear that his response to the coronavirus pandemic has hurt the economy.
While Trump continues to prompt not wearing a mask, Republicans are starting to see that masks actually help prevent the spread of the virus. They are also starting to realize that the economy won’t get better if the virus isn’t held under control.
“This is not just an admission that Trump’s depraved refusal to take the coronavirus seriously continues undermining his reelection hopes,” Sargent writes. “It’s also an admission that the story Trump has been telling about our current moment has it entirely backward.”
“In short, Trump’s allies are admitting what numerous experts have said for months: That in order to seriously get back on track to economic recovery, we have to tame the virus first. And they’re admitting that this is a key reason he’s in trouble,” Sargent continues.
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Trump’s propagandists have worked hard to keep the “mythology” of a magical economic recovery alive, Sargent writes. Yet it’s “plainly obvious” that Trump’s refusal to accept the fact that we can’t roar back economically until the virus is tamed is “also a big reason his reelection is in trouble,” according to Sargent.
You can read the full op-ed HERE.
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