Trump and 2020 Democratic presidential candidates both argue the end of Mueller's Russia probe offers advantages
By Robert Costa and Robert Costa National political reporter covering the White House, Congress and campaigns Email Bio Follow Sean Sullivan Sean Sullivan Reporter covering national politics Email Bio Follow March 25 at 8:09 PM The race for the White House shifted into new territory Monday in the wake of the release of a summary of the special counsel’s report, pitting an emboldened President Trump against Democratic contenders eager to shine the political spotlight on kitchen-table issues such...
While they were hopeful that more attention now would fall on those issues, Democratic presidential candidates nonetheless face challenges as they plow ahead in the primary contest. Top Democrats are confident that Trump remains an unpopular incumbent, and one who remains mired in congressional probes and investigations in New York — and say his political weakness was exposed in the 2018 midterm elections, when Democrats made gains in suburban congressional districts.Still, they said, the 2020 contest is unfolding as anything but a traditional referendum.
“When voters come out to hear the candidates that campaign in New Hampshire and quiz them, they want to hear their views on issues,” said Jim Demers, a New Hampshire Democratic strategist supporting Booker. “I don’t think any of the candidates were talking about the Mueller report, so I think things just continue to move on like they have been.”
“Our party ought to be focusing on the conditions that made this presidency possible in the first place,” he said. “If we’re pinning all of our hopes on these procedural matters, and not paying attention to the reasons a lot of people went and voted for somebody they disliked, then we’re kind of missing the point.”
“I don’t want a summary of the report. I want the whole damn report,” Sanders bellowed at a Sunday rally in San Francisco. “Because nobody, especially this president, is above the law.”
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