Where is Richard Smith? Richard and Royell were attacking Democrats in the Northeast and now look at the results. LOW virus numbers because they did it RIGHT. When they rely on right wing propaganda they are misinformed. Royell was "out of the loop". He had no idea discussions were going on with Donald Trump to cancel the convention. The kicker is Floridians in the North did not want the convention. Shows you just how unpopular Donald Trump and the GOP is on their home turf. So much "Winning winning winning"
Northeast Now Stands Out In Virus ControlNew York Times: “Six months since the coronavirus crisis was first detected in the United States, the Northeast stands in sharp contrast with the rest of the nation.”
“Along the East Coast, from Delaware through Maine, new case reports remain at a low level, a small fraction of their April peak. Six of the country’s 11 states with flat or falling case levels are in that Northeastern corridor.”
“Like Europe, the Northeast suffered a devastating wave of illnesses and deaths in March and April, and state leaders responded, after some hesitation, with aggressive lockdowns and big investments in testing and tracing efforts. Residents have largely followed rules and been surprisingly supportive of tough measures, even at the cost of economic pain.”
Most In North Florida Oppose GOP Convention ThereA new University of North Florida poll in Duval County finds 58% of residents opposed to holding the Republican convention in Jacksonville.
Kimberly Guilfoyle Under Fire for Fundraising Disarray“News that Kimberly Guilfoyle contracted the coronavirus had barely surfaced on July 3 before she hopped on a private flight from Mt. Rushmore back to Washington, D.C., with her boyfriend, Donald Trump, Jr.,” Politico reports.
“Left behind in her wake after Donald Trump’s pre-Independence Day address were more than a half-dozen junior campaign staffers who Guilfoyle oversees as the president’s national finance chairwoman. The aides, who’d been in proximity to Guilfoyle, were forced to quarantine in their Rapid City, S.D., hotel rooms for three days and barred from any face-to-face contact with colleagues as they pleaded with the campaign to get them home.”
“The campaign tried to reassure the staffers, checking in with them and stressing the need to wait a few days to take a coronavirus test. But the aides felt deserted and scared they’d get sick in a city they’d never set foot in before. They were so distraught that weeks later they sought out Stephanie Alexander, the campaign’s chief of staff, to vent about the experience, according to people familiar with the incident.”
76% of Americans Can Cast Ballots By MailWashington Post: “The coronavirus pandemic is set to change the way millions of Americans can vote in November, as states expand access to mail-in voting as a safer alternative to in-person voting. As of now, nearly 180 million Americans who are eligible to vote would be able to cast a ballot by mail. Of those, 22 million live in states that will accept fear of the coronavirus as an excuse to vote absentee, or have switched to become ‘no excuse’ states.”
Biden Ahead In FloridaA new St. Pete Poll in Florida shows Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race, 50% to 44%.
Biden Widens Lead in FloridaA new Quinnipiac poll in Florida finds Joe Biden has opened up a big lead over Donald Trump in the presidential race, 51% to 38%.
More House Races Tilt Towards DemocratsLarry Sabato’s Crystal Ball makes eight ratings changes in House races this week and seven of them favor Democrats.
“At this point, Democrats are more likely to net House seats than Republicans, although we’re still not expecting much net change overall.”
Red Sox Embrace Black Lives MatterThe Boston Red Sox, who were the last major league baseball team to integrate, unveiled a 252-foot billboard outside Fenway Park saying: “Black Lives Matter.”
Said Red Sox president Sam Kennedy in a statement: “Silence in the face of injustice is unacceptable.”
GOP Feuding Linked to Trump Sinking In the Polls“Tensions among congressional Republicans fueled by the party’s diminishing electoral fortunes broke out into the open this week — as GOP lawmakers sparred over the shape of the next coronavirus aid package, how vigorously to stand behind President Trump and which primaries to wade into that could help determine control of the Senate in November,” the Washington Post reports.
“The battles this week were a microcosm of the broader reckoning over the party’s future and how strong the populist tenets of Trumpism will hold after the president leaves office. The fractures are emerging now because of worries that the party faces doom at the polls this fall owing to Trump’s handling of the pandemic and his resulting falling poll numbers against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.”
