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It’s Time to Bail
Trump’s ship is sinking.
The Democrats “have a good chance of winning the White House.” It might be a “blood bath,” even “of Watergate proportions” for Republicans.
No, those sobering assessments are not from liberal pundits or misguided pollsters. Those lovely quotes are from Senators Graham, Sasse, and Cruz — all Republicans.
Supporters of the president refer to riding the “Trump train,” but that train appears to be careening off the tracks with just two weeks until election day. I know it, you know it, everybody knows it.
The Trump campaign seems to know it as well. According to a new report from Axios, Trump’s advisers are “bracing for loss” and are pointing fingers. Bill Stepien, the campaign manager, is telling those in his orbit that he believes they will lose. Stepien seems “deeply, perhaps irretrievably pessimistic about the state of the race,” according to three sources in the campaign.
Jonathan Swan, who broke the news, also added this,
Stepien’s critics say he is in CYA mode, refusing to make tough decisions that might incur Trump’s wrath while setting up excuses for what polls suggest could be a shellacking by Joe Biden.
Two weeks to go and down in the polls — an untimely moment to be packing it in.
