DEMS/ELECTION/JARED KUSHNER/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year, Trump campaign officials received a directive from the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner: Don’t meddle in primary politics. Targeting specific Democratic presidential hopefuls was at best a waste of time — and could even be counterproductive, Kushner warned…But that rule doesn’t seem to apply to the candidate himself. Over the past several weeks, President Donald Trump has repeatedly mocked and insulted his individual Democratic challengers. Most recently, as Joe Biden has become an instant Democratic front-runner, Trump has repeatedly attacked the former vice president. Trump went on a spree early Wednesday [5-1-19] morning, when he retweeted nearly 60 tweets from people expressing anger over the International Association of Firefighters’ Monday endorsement of Biden. Trump had also rage-tweeted at his rival on Twitter the previous two days, calling him ‘sleepy’ and ‘not very bright.’ A few days earlier he told the Fox News host Sean Hannity that Biden is ‘not going to be able to do the job.’”
–Gabby Orr and Marc Caputo, “Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field,” Politico, May 1, 2019 7:24 pm