Joe Biden's ad campaign comes as most voters disapprove of President Trump's response to both the coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests.
Joe Biden has launched his first major advertising campaign of the general election race, spending $15 million in key states where President Trump is running spots attacking the former vice president.
The move by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee reflects his growing strength in both fundraising and polling at a time when most Americans disapprove of Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide Black Lives Matter protests.in the November election a counterpoint to Trump ads that attempt to portray Biden, 77, as a feeble old man who has failed to confront China.
Both those lines of attack have lost potency in recent days after Trump, 74, was seen having trouble walking down a ramp at a West Point graduation and his former national security advisor said the president had asked China’s leader to help him win reelection. , in a book scheduled to come out Tuesday, accused Trump of pleading for Chinese President Xi Jinping to aid him by increasing purchases from U.S. farmers.The geography of the advertising is a sign of how the race, for now, is tilting Biden’s way. Trump won all six of those states in 2016 but has been defending them this spring with TV ads attacking Biden.
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