Team Biden bets an unfiltered Trump at the debate can shake up the race

In many ways, the June 27 debate can’t come quickly enough for President Joe Biden’s campaign.

In many ways, the June 27 debate can’t come quickly enough for President Joe Biden’s campaign. 

In a race in which Donald Trump’s criminal trial blotted out the sun for weeks, in which Biden struggled in most battleground polls for months and in which Democrats insisted potential voters have forgotten what Trump’s White House years really looked like, Team Biden sees the chance for him to go up against his nemesis as a probable catalyzing moment. 

That is particularly true if Biden shows up with the same kind of energy he brought to his State of the Union address in March, many Democrats say. 

Finally, Democrats and Biden officials hope, the public will be able to put aside the caricatures of the candidates and instead view them side by side.

“The ‘out of sight, out of mind’ concept of President Trump is real. I think people forget the way he interacts, the way he communicates, the inaccuracies of the things he says and promises to the American people,” said Democratic strategist Amanda Loveday, an adviser to the pro-Biden political action committee Unite the Country. “A debate like this deletes distraction and allows for people to see them next to each other and answer questions back to back and be able to compare them.” 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/team-biden-bets-unfiltered-trump-debate-rcna156198

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