The showdown between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appears to be neck and neck. As pollsters and pundits scramble for explanations, Barack Obama thinks he knows why: the pandemic.
“It’s going to be tight because a lot of Americans are still struggling,” the former president said on the trail in Wisconsin last week. “As a country, we’ve been through a lot over the last few years. We forget sometimes. A historic pandemic wreaked havoc on communities, on families, on businesses.”
“Disruptions from the pandemic caused price hikes,” he continued. “It put a strain on family budgets, and people started feeling like no matter how hard they worked, they’re just treading water.”