During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, longtime Democratic campaign strategist James Carville was gleeful at how badly Donald Trump's re-election campaign has gone since he selected Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), only for things go downhill even faster after Vice President Kamala Harris became his opponent for the presidency.
According to Carville, Vance went from relative unknown to a widely reviled GOP lawmaker with negative approval numbers due to scrutiny of his comments about childless women and their place in society.
However, Carville noted, Vance is not the only factor dragging the Trump campaign down and putting re-election in doubt.
"The J.D. Vance thing has hurt Trump, and Trump knows it. He's a hit dog and he's barking. In rural America, it's the hit dog that barks and he's barking. This Vance thing has blown up in his face," he told the MSNBC host.
"We've talked in the past just about how the more people see Trump's crazy, the better it is," Psaki prompted. "People are also trying to get to know Harris at the same time. There's a lot of good moments for Harris coming up. A VP pick, campaigning with that, the convention. How do they keep the pressure on and attention on Trump's crazy?"
"I'm a bookmaker, I'm not going to dignify it with a first letter, but I think he is deteriorating at that rate and he is getting worse," Carville replied. "I mean, he has always been terrible, and he's going to do everything he can to keep himself front and center, you know?"
"I mean, I'm sure there's no chance that Vance is going to stop saying stupid things — that part is coming our way. But he [Trump] is deteriorating and I don't know how much worse he's going to get between now and election day," he added.
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