“Where the hell is the president’s air cover?” said one ally upset over the silence of a super PAC aligned with Trump.
Donald Trump is getting hammered by millions of dollars in Democratic campaign ads depicting his response to the coronavirus as negligent and inept.
But the main super PAC backing his reelection has been silent in response — and Trump’s political advisers are not happy about it.
In interviews, more than a half-dozen White House aides, campaign officials and other Trump allies said they felt deserted by the group, America First Action, openly questioning why it’s leaving Trump exposed on the airwaves at the most vulnerable moment of his presidency.
“There is a major vacuum on the political front right now, with the White House focused on coronavirus response and the campaign, rightly so, echoing the White House,” said Chris LaCivita, who as chief strategist of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth orchestrated the 2004 John Kerry takedown.
“With attacks coming from all over, the simple question is: Where the hell is the president’s air cover?”
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