Biden announces largest ad buy ever by a presidential candidate
Signaling the states they see as most competitive, the Biden campaign said their ads will 15 states.
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Signaling the states they see as most competitive, the Biden campaign said their ads will 15 states.
The last Democrat to win the historically conservative Lone Star State was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
He's likely to interview several female governors, lawmakers and former federal officials next week.
The coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force said officials want to work with mayors and governors in COVID hotspots to try techniques to "really test large populations at the community level."
Biden's campaign is also calling on the Commission on Presidential Debates to explain how it plans to hold the in-person debates scheduled for September and October, despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump said at a rally on Saturday that increased testing means "you're going to find more cases," and added, "so I said to my people, slow the testing down please."
The Minnesota senator said she urged Joe Biden to pick a woman of color for the role.
Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, spoke with governors Monday.
Monday's planned visit to Houston is the farthest Biden has ventured from his Delaware home since stay-at-home riders began in early March.
"As tragic as these past few weeks have been, as difficult, scary and uncertain as they've been, they have also been an incredible opportunity for people to be awakened," the former president said.
One participant on the call described it as "unhinged."
The Minnesota senator is one of several contenders being scrutinized by Biden aides ahead of a final decision.
The president made the remarks in a teleconference with state leaders on Monday afternoon.
His campaign held its first high-level strategy discussion with the press on Friday, the first one since mid-March.
The DNC took a step toward holding a nominating convention that could be at least partly virtual.