Team Trump v Team Biden: Family v Experience

Mace | Issue 2 | Uncategorised

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As Trump's numbers soar in Florida ahead of the final Presidential debate on Thursday, the Mace considers the sea of difference between the Biden and Trump campaign

Team Trump Donald Trump’s campaign officially launched in June 2019, although in truth every day of his presidency has had an eye on 3 November 2020. Brad Parscale was the campaign manager at first, although a disastrous rally at Tulsa in June 2020, when the touted audience of one million yielded a mere six thousand, proved fatal for him. He was kept on as a Senior Digital and Data Advisor to Trump which is a testament to his astute use of Facebook in 2016, with Politico recently reporting that the Trump campaign is this time around spending big on Google and YouTube. He stepped down from his post at the beginning of October after he was arrested by police in Fort Lauderdale following a dispute with his wife, Candice. He was subsequently submitted for psychiatric evaluation. Bill Stepien was Parscale’s replacement, another veteran of the 2016 campaign and a trusted figure in Trump’s White House. He was Director of Political Affairs for almost two years before Trump re-deployed him to f...

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