Jonathan good morning. Im an opinion writer for the Washington Post. Welcome to first look, Washington Post, onestop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. This morning, we are reviewing an actionpacked week, Amy Coney Barretts Supreme Court nomination, stimulus talks, and last night, dueling banjos of town halls, one for President Donald Trump and the other for joe biden, the democratic president ial nominee. To get us started and talk about this is the Washington Post White House Reporter ashley parker. Ashley, thanks for being here. Ashley thanks for having me jonathan. Jonathan on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve its aim, scheduling the trump town hall at the same time as biden . Ashley if the aim in some ways was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden, i think, yes, anecdotally, more people seem to be watching the trump town hall in real time than the joe biden town hall. The real question to
The coronavirus. Stimulus talks. Nights dueling banjos of town halls. One for donald trump, the other for joe biden. To get us started to talk about all of this is the Washington White House reporter ashley parker. Thank you for being here. These dueling debates, did the Trump Campaign achieve this aim scheduling the town hall at the if theas biden . Aim in some ways was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden, i think yes. Anecdotally, more people seemed to be watching the trump town hall in real time than the joe biden town hall. Hindsight how that the, will the trump is Trump Campaign happy so many potentially watched the trump town hall. The day, i sent out a tweet saying, the town hall format is not exactly the best format for the president because he is interacting with demeanor with not, it is not warm and fuzzy, shall we say . I am bringing this up because i president ng from trumps perspective, which is better . A town hall or a Campaign Rally . From trumps pers
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