Posted on 08/14/2024 11:33:09 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Former President Clinton’s White House strategist Paul Begala says former President Trump’s stream of insults against Vice President Harris is “nutty at best and racist at worst” as a campaign strategy, as the vice president closes the polling gap, seizing on momentum.
“He’s an insult comic,” Begala said Tuesday in a CNN interview. “That’s what he does.”
Begala lauded Trump allies, including former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, for attempting to keep Trump on message and focus on campaign issues, but he noted Trump’s current strategy isn’t as effective against Harris as it was against President Biden.
“The problem is he’s up against a younger, more dynamic woman who has revitalized the Democratic Party,” he said. “He does not know what to, so he’s falling back on the same kind of insults and denigration and division. And I don’t think it’s working. I don’t think it’s going to work.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Oh, good, so glad Paul Begala has spoken on this issue, as so many of us have been seeking his guidance this election cycle.
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