The whole issue of Trump's diagnosis one month before the election is so convenient and deeply cynical it makes a mockery of politics while attempting to insulate Trump from his own self-created disaster. It's not conspiracy, and whether or not it's coincidence is irrelevant.
Joe is a fundamentally good guy. He would never attack Trump personally especially on a matter of an immediate health crisis. And that's the problem. By not attacking Trump at this time, it makes threading the needle on Trump's single most spectacular failure much more difficult.
Joe has to address the address the administrations utter and complete failure on #coronavirus without appearing to attack Trump on his infection and health. That would be cheap and opportunistic, despite the fact that it would be exactly what Trump would do.
By refraining from or curtailing attacks, the effect is to essentially mute Joe for the next few weeks on Trump's own biggest problem essentially letting him off the hook. Meanwhile, Barr and others will continue to do their dirt as usual with the Durham Report and other garbage.
Therefore, it is more important that every for the media to stop getting hung up on the shiny object - regardless of Trump's infection, and continue to look at the real issues - approaching 1/4 million people are dead, and the economy is still crushed and smoldering.
The administration, Trump campaign, and the GOP will use Joe's decency against him. They're rotten, so it's what they do. And so we, the voters and conscientious citizens, will have to help convey the message for Joe during this period, too.
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