Democrats Return to Their Campaign Against Trump

The best way to take down the temperature is to defeat Donald Trump, Democrats argue.

Biden speaks to reporters as he heads to Las Vegas.

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Over the past 24 hours, signs have emerged that Democrats are turning their campaign back on.

By Tuesday afternoon, aides and surrogates for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign had repeatedly said that warning voters of a second Trump presidency was well within the limits of civil political conversation.

An aide told NOTUS that a message of unity and so-called “lowered temperature” slots into existing calls for voters to reject Donald Trump because of his extreme rhetoric — a forceful rejection of accusations that Democrats’ rhetoric is dangerous.