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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Politics
Michael Wilner and Francesca Chambers

Trump's team, hobbled by coronavirus in final stretch, scrambles to salvage campaign

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump's campaign is running out of money, running out of people and running out of time.

One month from Election Day, Trump's family, his campaign manager, the head of the Republican National Committee and the president himself have been taken off the field by the pandemic that had already wiped away his competitive edge in the race.

Trump had been trailing in the polls of every battleground state. But with millions of Americans starting to vote, and with mere weeks left to close the gap with his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump's campaign is now even further hobbled by a limited bench of surrogates, with senior officials out of commission and the top of the ticket hospitalized.

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