I see this argument a lot but, while there were obviously more pro-Biden ex-GOP groups than there had been pro-Clinton ex-GOP groups, Biden didn't try to separate Trump from the rest of the GOP as Clinton did.
https://twitter.com/SpecialPuppy1/status/1333505587372564482
I think people conflate two things Biden said - that "four years of Trump will be seen as an aberration" and that there'd be an "epiphany" after Trump lost - with the sort of stuff Clinton did, outright saying that Trump was not a normal Republican. buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycr…
The Clinton approach, which was bad in 2016, would have made zero sense in 2020 - you'd had four years of once-skeptical Rs marrying their fortunes and identities to Trump. But Biden didn't really use it. Trump won a lot of states and districts w/ very little ticket splitting.
Where could Biden have done more? You might suggest a place like Nebraska's 2nd district, where he ended up running way ahead of a liberal Dem House nominee. But... Biden went out of his way to endorse her, *because* he was winning the seat! omaha.com/news/state-and…
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