Trump field tests 2020 campaign attack lines amid latest shutdown drama

President Trump joined by Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen, Rep. McCarthy and Rep. Scalise in the White House Rose Garden Credit; Alex Wong, Getty Images

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President Donald Trump tested a new 2020 script Monday night during a raucous rally in El Paso, slamming some new Democratic faces and policy proposals to the delight of a rowdy crowd.

But that doesn’t mean familiar targets and chant-encouraging lines were missing from the campaigner in chief’s roughly 80 minutes on stage in the West Texas border city. The president appeared to be field-testing which 2016 campaign lines to keep in his arsenal and which new ones might keep the conservative base energized — and angry at Democrats.

In some ways, the rally could have been held in 2015 or 2016.

View the complete February 12 article by John T Bennett on The Roll Call website here.