I believe the president deserves the benefit of the doubt on this one.
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Gergen argues that President Obama's outreach to Republicans should be given a chance despite skepticism.
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I think there's a lot of anger greeting this, this development. You know, three nights in a row, we've had people out there, you know, demonstrating and, and expressing, you know, their gratitude to RBG.
I think they want Donald Trump to do some things, and I think he will get some points today for declaring a national emergency, making much more funds available.
If you -- but a lot of Americans are also going to judge him. I think he's teetering on the edge because of the complacency in the past, and letting this many precious weeks pass without urgent action.
the way that Donald Trump is responding to the pandemic is, I think is, they are giving him a lot of rope on the Democratic side and he is increasingly hanging himself.





