‘Sleepy Joe?’ Trump’s Insult May Reveal Biden’s Advantage

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks in Dunmore, Pa., on July 9, at one of the few in-person events he’s holding. Despite a low-key approach to campaigning, he’s built a lead over President Trump in key battleground states.

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In the span of one day this week, President Trump gave an interview in which he defended the Confederate flag and delivered a speech from the Rose Garden in which he accused Joe Biden of trying to make office buildings too cold.

It generated just a few of the news cycles Trump dominates in any given week.

The same day, Biden held his only in-person event in the last seven days, in his hometown of Wilmington, Del.