Tipsheet: Democrats warn voters not to get complacent

View in your browser     Democrats warn voters: Don't get complacent BY JONATHAN EASLEY   Democrats are warning their voters not to become complacent as Joe Biden builds up a formidable polling lead in the race for the White House. Party leaders are seeing new polls that show the entire battlegrounds map move against President Trump with just over three weeks to go before Nov. 3. But Democrats are still deeply scarred from 2016, when Democrat Hillary Clinton was viewed as the heavy favorite heading into Election Day. Read the full story here     Trump fuels and frustrates COVID-19 relief talks BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG   Washington is waiting for President Trump to make up his mind on coronavirus relief. Read the full story here     Trump to hold rally Monday in Florida despite his COVID-19 case BY BRETT SAMUELS   President Trump will hold a campaign rally on Monday in Florida, his first time hitting the campaign trail since testing positive for COVID-19. Read the full story here     Debate commission cancels Oct. 15 Trump-Biden debate BY JORDAN WILLIAMS   The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has officially canceled the second debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden scheduled for Oct. 15 after the candidates signaled they planned to attend other events that day amid a dispute over the terms for the debate. Read the full story here       The Memo: Trump searches for path to comeback BY NIALL STANAGE   President Trump is grappling for a way forward after two weeks that have wreaked havoc on his reelection campaign. Read the full story here     McConnell: Coronavirus relief deal unlikely before election BY JORDAIN CARNEY Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled on Friday that he does not expect Congress and the White House to reach a deal on a coronavirus package before the elections, citing steep political headwinds. Read the full story here     Cruz: GOP could face 'bloodbath of Watergate proportions' on Election Day BY JONATHAN EASLEY Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Friday warned Republicans the party could face a “bloodbath” in November if voters aren’t feeling optimistic about the economy and the direction of the pandemic. Read the full story here     Federal judge shoots down Texas proclamation allowing one ballot drop-off location per county BY TAL AXELROD A federal judge shot down a Texas proclamation limiting each county in the state to just one ballot drop-off location in this year’s elections, handing Democrats a key win in a competitive state. Read the full story here     Fauci: 'We had a superspreader event in the White House' BY PETER SULLIVAN   Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, said Friday that there was a "superspreader event" at the White House late last month, a stark assessment of the string of positive coronavirus cases among the president and top aides. Read the full story here     Twitter tightens rules before election BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   Twitter announced a series of policy updates Friday aimed at countering the potential spread of misinformation around this year's elections. Read the full story here     How the Democrats can pack the court and de-escalate at the same time BY D. BENJAMIN BARROS   OPINION l By combining an increase in the court’s size with term limits, Democrats could simultaneously address the Republicans’ perceived theft of the 2016 vacancy and de-escalate the fraught politics of Supreme Court appointments.  Read the full story here     Harris took more hits than Pence in a night of vice-presidential dodgeball BY KEITH NAUGHTON   OPINION l Harris showed a combination of inexperience and poor preparation by opening herself — and Biden — to obvious attacks by Pence, failing to take advantage of opportunities and bringing up weak or superfluous talking points. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump, lagging in polls, pressures Justice Dept. to target Democrats and criticizes Barr BY ANNE GEARAN, MATT ZAPOTOSKY, KAROUN DEMIRJIAN AND JOSH DAWSEY President Trump publicly pressured the Justice Department on Friday to move against his political adversaries and complained that Attorney General William P. Barr is not doing enough to deliver results of a probe into how the Obama administration investigated possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump engineered a sudden windfall in 2016 as campaign funds dwindled BY SUSANNE CRAIG, MIKE MCINTIRE AND RUSS BUETTNER Tax records expose more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin, routed through other Trump companies and paid out in cash. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Specter of election chaos raises questions on military role BY ROBERT BURNS AND LOLITA C. BALDOR It’s a question Americans are unaccustomed to considering in a presidential election campaign: Could voting, vote-counting or the post-vote reaction become so chaotic that the U.S. military would intervene? Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Donald Trump Jr. to hit campaign trail after COVID quarantine BY JENNIFER JACOBS Donald Trump Jr., who self-quarantined after traveling with people who later tested positive for the coronavirus, is planning to take part in 26 campaign events next week on behalf of his father, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan BY RAJESH KUMAR SINGH President Donald Trump promised a new dawn for the struggling U.S. steel industry in 2016, and the lure of new jobs in Midwestern states including Michigan helped him eke out a surprise election win. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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