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Less than 19 days from election day, Democrats are running scared; they remember four years ago when most of them believed that Hillary Clinton would defeat Donald Trump. (Clinton lost despite having 2.9 million (2.1%) more votes than Trump.) Relax Dems; this time Trump is going down.

The Popular Vote: According to the 538 website, Biden's lead over Trump is 10.7 percentage points. (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/national/) After an extended period where his lead average 8 points, Biden surged after the September 29th presidential debate and the revelation Trump contracted COVID-19. -more-

Trump in some of his speeches has said, "Don't telegraph your intentions to the enemy." And he is true to his word. The American people do not know what he is about to do, either because it is kept secret or because Trump, himself, doesn't know. We do in fact know that we can never predict his actions, and we also know that he should not be underestimated--there are plenty of tricks up his sleeves. -more-

Herd immunity" occurs when a high percentage of the community — 60% to 70% — is immune to a disease (through vaccination and/or prior infection), making the spread of this disease from person-to-person unlikely.

The White House has embraced "herd immunity" or “herd mentality" as Trump once called as its pandemic strategy. When asked whether he supported herd immunity at the October 15 townhall, Trump responded: “The cure cannot be worse than the problem itself.” Dr. Fauci called this strategy "total nonsense." Of course, most of us know now that Trump never really had a national policy other than to pass the job of dealing with the pandemic to the 50 state governors.

Herd immunity appeals to Trump because he now has an excuse to continue to do nothing until herd immunity is reached, which includes less need for testing and contact tracing, wearing masks, and social distancing. -more-

Tammy to Trump: Take This, Sucker! -more-