This report, as much as anything, has got to spur Republicans throughout the country that reality is going to hit hard if things go the way they are. There is very little ticket splitting these days. If states like NC are in play, that means Tillis is in significant trouble.
If this election is a referendum on Trump, it could be a bloodbath for the Republicans. The current polls indicate a trend in that direction. Yesterday's events of Trump backtracking on his ridiculous comments on disinfectants and scaling back on the daily conferences indicate that the Republican insiders and even Trump handlers are getting this message.
That's Trump's/and the GOP's main problem with this coronavirus crisis. This will absolutely be a referendum on Trump election. That's exactly what they didn't want. Doing a Hunter biden/Ukraine smear job won't work. Hopefully this election demolishes the current GOP for a generation and they are forced to rebrand as something better.