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\\u201cPeople are dying, tens of thousands of people are out of work, he\\u2019s embarrassing,\\u201d is not only the quote of the year from Philippe Reines but also sums up how he, Rick Wilson, Molly Jong-Fast, and Mike Madrid feel about Donald Trump\\u2019s dwindling support among his own base. To make matters worse for the president, he is set to debate Joe Biden for the first time Tuesday night, and he doesn\\u2019t have that same 2016 anger and energy he drummed up to defeat Hillary Clinton. In this new members-only bonus episode of The New Abnormal, Rick, Molly, Philippe and Mike discuss what Joe Biden should say, word for word, when he gets on that stage with Trump and the one thing that could sink the president without Joe\\u2019s help. Two words: no crowds. \\u201cThat is where Trump is at his worst,\\u201d says Mike. \\u201cWithout that he\\u2019s going to be like a goat in the wilderness.\\u201d There\\u2019s also the whole painting-Biden-as-senile by the Trump campaign thing, and it just won\\u2019t work, Mike says: \\u201cThey\\u2019re tried to convince people that he\\u2019s senile and will drool on people while at the same time trying to convince people he\\u2019s some mastermind of the left that\\u2019s going to being about socialism.\\u201d It is quite ironic. \\u201cIf one of those guys is more likely to keel over Tuesday night on stage, it\\u2019s not Joe Biden,\\u201d adds Philippe. Then, the group switches gears to talk about Trump losing support among a few of his core voter demographics: senior citizens and non-college educated men. (\\u201cCOVID has broken the Trump fever) Plus! Rick gives a dramatic reading of one of Trump\\u2019s rally quotes and it\\u2019s just as bogus as you\\u2019d expect. And the group discusses that awkward moment when the crowd booed Trump at Ruth Bader Ginsburg\\u2019s funeral: \\u201cThis is the only time he\\u2019s worn his mask when we desperately needed to see his face.\\u201d

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