![]() Galloway’s campaign, for its part, argued that Parson is now focusing more on the virus after months of claiming victory, like Trump, in his handling of the pandemic while cases kept growing. Parson’s campaign manager, Steele Shippy, said the pandemic has been and will remain a central part of the campaign, citing the governor’s push for schools to reopen, the recovery of the state economy and public health. A debate between Parson and Galloway has been rescheduled for next Friday. He’s set to end quarantine on Saturday and plans to get back to his official and campaign duties next week. Parson has posted videos on his Facebook page almost daily to offer updates on how he’s feeling while he quarantines at the governor’s mansion. To the extent the president can follow what Mike Parson did in being public and transparent, he should,” Hancock added. ![]() “But the governor has created a pretty great playbook in everyday reassuring the people of Missouri that he’s weathering this well. “This is an era where this is no textbook for how to handle any of this - the pandemic, getting diagnosed in the middle of a campaign,” said John Hancock, chair of the pro-Parson Uniting Missouri PAC and former state GOP chair. and in some ways he has been even less aggressive than Trump - as shocking as it is for me to say that out loud.”īut with Parson’s diagnosis coming one week ahead of Trump’s, Missouri Republicans and veteran GOP strategists say the governor’s handling of his own illness could ultimately help him with voters - and could even serve as a model for Trump to gain a leg up in his reelection campaign after lagging behind Biden in recent national and battleground-state polls. “Parson has fundamentally lacked leadership in his response out of political fear that his supporters are listening to Trump,” said Roy Temple, a veteran Democratic strategist and former state party chair. Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway speaks at an event
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