Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing - March 24, 2020

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March 24, 2020

Sanders wins Democrats Abroad primary, top public-sector union endorses Biden.   March 24, 2020: Biden, Trump discuss coronavirus response. Share the latest from the campaign trail.         Ballotpedia is monitoring changes made to election dates and procedures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Poll Spotlight Notable Quote of the Day “If you thought the battle over whether or not to impeach Trump would be the defining moment of the President's first term in office (as we all did), well, things have changed. This coronavirus fight is now the thing that very likely will make or break Trump's chances at a second term this November. And it's really a series of fights: There's the obvious physical health one but there's also a massive economic fight, a mental health battle and a leadership test all wrapped in there too.”  – Chris Cillizza, CNN editor-at-large Democrats Joe Biden delivered a televised address from his Delaware home in which he discussed Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Biden also said he would begin vetting at least six potential vice presidential nominees in the coming weeks. Also Monday, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the largest public-sector union nationwide, endorsed Biden. Bernie Sanders won the Democrats Abroad primary, according to official vote totals released Monday. The primary was conducted March 3-10 and was open to all U.S. citizens living abroad who did not vote in a state or territorial primary. Sanders won 58% of the vote and nine of the group’s delegates. Biden won 22% and the remaining four delegates. Republicans In his daily press briefing, Donald Trump said that the coronavirus pandemic looked as if it would get worse before getting better. Trump said that the country was not built to sustain a prolonged shutdown and that he would soon consider whether it was time to lift restrictions on business. What We’re Reading Politico: ‘Extraordinary change’: How coronavirus is rewiring the Republican and Democratic parties New York Post: How Trump can win re-election in a pandemic The New York Times: The 2020 Election Won’t Look Like Any We’ve Seen Before Flashback: March 24, 2016 The Los Angeles Times published an interview with Bernie Sanders in which he stated that he planned on making the case to the party’s superdelegates that he was the stronger candidate than Hillary Clinton.