MSNBC’s John Heilemann says that frustrations are super high in the Biden camp as they seem Trump dominating the airwaves during this coronavirus pandemic:
THE HILL – “Frustration levels are super high there,” Heilemann said during an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked about the feeling inside the Biden’s presidential campaign.
“The reality is that the former vice president is in a terrible position. In the sense that he doesn’t have a platform. He doesn’t have real standing in this crisis,” Heilemann said.
“So you look at, obviously, Donald Trump, who has the ability to dominate, for good or bad, has the ability to dominate coverage,” he continued. “He’s in the middle of the entire thing and will have this big platform and megaphone, bigger than ever. You also have governors, office holders, who are dealing with this on the front line.”
We hear the media talk a lot these day about not wanting to air Trump’s daily briefings, and I guarantee you this is the real reason why. They claim it’s disinformation and what not, but it’s really because his popularity has gone up and Biden is stuck in his basement unable to generate any attention.
Admittedly he is in a tough predicament. Elections have been canceled and moved and he can’t go out and hold rallies or gatherings during this pandemic to get his message out. Trump, because he is leading the response to this pandemic, commands attention every day from the public who want to hear more about what’s being done to get life back to normal and beat this coronavirus.
But don’t misunderstand. I’m not shedding any tears for Biden or Bernie for that matter. It is what it is, as the kids like to say. Things will eventually be back to ‘normal’ or some quasi version of normal and the election campaigning will continue.
If you want to watch Heilemann’s segment on Biden, skip to the 5 minute mark below: