COVID-19 Diagnosis Shakes Up 2020 Race

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Radio

News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This week, Bret sits down with political editor for National Journal Josh Kraushaar, Co-founder and President of RealClearPolitics Tom Bevan and FOX News politics editor Chris Stirewalt to weigh in on President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and how it might impact the 2020 presidential race. The panel discusses how the dynamic of the 2020 race has shifted focus since it was announced President Trump contracted the coronavirus, the national and battleground polling following the first presidential debate and how close Senate races are shaping up as we close in on November 3rd. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.3	From Fox News, it's the campaign with Brett Baer.
0:44.3	News broke early Friday morning that the president had tested positive for COVID-19.
0:54.9	Though the president is said to be in stable, good condition with mild symptoms, the messaging from the White House seemed muddled at times over the weekend.
1:03.6	Meanwhile, former Vice President Biden has been campaigning in Michigan following the news of the president's diagnosis, also going to Florida,
1:08.0	though his campaign has begun pulling negative political ads. All of this with the election less than a month away from today and the
1:12.3	vice presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence two days away.
1:17.8	We'll start there with our panel, political editor at the National Journal, Josh Krasher,
1:23.8	co-founder and president of Real Clear Politics, Tom Bevan, and Fox News Politics
1:29.3	Editor, Chris Steyerwald.
1:31.5	All right, Chris, obviously, this is a big wrench in what has been a topsy-turvy kind of news
1:38.9	environment, but it really hasn't changed much so far in this election as we look at polls.
1:46.5	Will this, the president getting out of Walter Reed, going back to the White House,
1:50.6	and eventually the Trump campaign says back to the campaign trail, change the dynamics, do you think?
1:57.1	Well, it seems like the debate last week did change the trajectory of the race.
2:03.5	We see from the Wall Street Journal poll and we see from New York Times polling in the key
2:08.8	battlegrounds of Florida and Pennsylvania a growing advantage for Biden coming out of the debate.
2:14.2	Then you get the coronavirus.
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