Mr. Trump’s supporters, for his or her half, have been desperate to want him properly, and transfer ahead.Mira Katerinos, 59, a registered nurse in
Mr. Trump’s supporters, for his or her half, have been desperate to want him properly, and transfer ahead.
Mira Katerinos, 59, a registered nurse in Waukesha, Wis., mentioned she was a powerful supporter of the president — and that, to her, he appeared robust bodily and mentally. “Trump will in all probability do extra campaigning with Covid than Biden with no Covid — he hardly appears to be campaigning in any respect,” she mentioned, repeating a standard Trump marketing campaign criticism of his opponent’s schedule. She mentioned she noticed no drawback with Mr. Trump resuming rallies after recovering, which she anticipated him to do.
“Life has to go on,” she mentioned.
In Clinton Township, Mich., Jared Maynard, additionally thought life would proceed as ordinary. He mentioned he would proceed to knock on doorways, attempting to persuade voters in the important thing county of Macomb that the president deserves re-election.
“For me, I’m already taking precautions, so I’ll put on my masks and attempt to social distance,” mentioned Mr. Maynard, 40. “The president will put his well being first and the marketing campaign will transfer on.”
Politically, few voters anticipated Mr. Trump’s private encounter with the coronavirus would shake his supporters’ religion in him.
Jeff Litscher of Stetsonville, Wis., mentioned he thought — he “was naïve sufficient to assume” — that some individuals would possibly take down their Trump indicators after the revelations, in Bob Woodward’s newest e-book, that the president privately admitted the danger of the virus whereas enjoying it down in public.
“But when something, they’ve multiplied,’’ mentioned Mr. Litscher, the host of a radio present in Wisconsin’s Northwoods who plans to vote for Mr. Biden.
Simply because the Trump indicators multiplied across the nation, many individuals spoke of divisions multiplying, too.