Trump Campaign Manager Sees Bounce After Virus Briefings Revived
- Stepien credits virus briefings with narrowing polling gap
- Campaign manager also says “hidden” Trump voter will emerge
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Donald Trump’s new campaign manager credited the revival of the president’s daily briefings with narrowing the gap between him and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, saying that when the president speaks “it’s a needle mover.”
Bill Stepien took over as the president’s campaign manager in mid-July after Brad Parscale was demoted. At the time, the Trump re-election effort staggered under the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed about 158,000 Americans, and crashed the economy.