Trump Is Closing From Behind
His final plea to voters is not about the issues that matter the most to them.
Jonathan Lemire
Jonathan Lemire is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He also serves as co-host of MSNOW's Morning Joe. He has covered the White House since 2016 in his roles as White House bureau chief at Politico and, prior to that, as a White House correspondent for the Associated Press. He also covered national and local politics for the AP and the New York Daily News. He is the author of the book The Big Lie, which was an instant New York Times best seller upon its 2022 release.
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