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Targeting Grandparents, Trump Tries Out New Compassionate COVID-19 Message

As the campaign heads into the homestretch, Trump is testing out a new coronavirus message aimed at seniors, a key voting bloc that has given him poor marks on his handling of the pandemic.
President Trump speaks to seniors in Ft. Myers, Florida, with a kinder, gentler message on the coronavirus.

President Trump tried out a new message for seniors on the campaign trail on Friday — an important bloc of voters who have given him poor marks for how he has handled the coronavirus.

Trump, who has consistently downplayed the threat and the impact of the pandemic, delivered his most empathetic speech to date in prepared remarks in Florida,

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