DEMS/ELECTION/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a state he hopes to capture again next November, President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-1-19] accused his ‘extremist left-wing’ opponents of ruining America’s inner cities — escalating his attacks against influential progressive voices and painting the Democratic presidential primary as a referendum on Barack Obama’s legacy…It was Trump’s first trip to Cincinnati for a campaign event since he warned voters on the eve of the 2018 midterm elections that Democrats would ‘take a wrecking ball’ to the U.S. economy if they won control of the House of Representatives. He painted the same bleak picture for his supporters on Thursday, claiming that a Democratic victory next fall would subject Ohioans to higher taxes, fewer jobs and ‘socialist’ policies that could make the U.S. unrecognizable…Campaign advisers said the president views this campaign stop as an opportunity to reset the narrative following back-to-back Democratic primary debates this week in Detroit. Nearly every candidate excoriated Trump for stirring up racial animus, in addition to criticizing his trade, health care and immigration policies.”
–Gabby Orr, “‘Rage-filled Democrat Party’: Trump jabs at progressives,” Politico, August 1, 2019 9:11 pm