TV attack ads and $50m advertising blitz are suspended as US president pleas to ‘lower the temperature in our politics’Trump rally shooting: what we know about the suspected gunmanThe failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump has thrown the Democrats’ presidential campaign into suspension, as they suspended attack ads, refrained from criticism of Trump – and may have halted the drive to depose Joe Biden as the party’s candidate.A campaign that was already in disarray amid uncertainty over the US president’s fate, prompted by last month’s debate fiasco, was plunged into further confusion after the shooting. Having been set on relentlessly attacking the presumptive Republican nominee, Democrats drastically changed tack, stressing the need for national unity. Continue reading…
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Author : Robert Tait in Washington
Publish date : 2024-07-15 18:48:48
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