Donald Trump's latest campaign stunt is an "in-kind contribution" to Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, a strategist said Sunday.
Trump over the weekend hosted a controversial rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, a move some say was meant to mirror a historical gathering of Nazis in 1939. The content of the event was similarly mired in controversy, with one speaker making a comment that was later disavowed by Trump's campaign as well as his biggest elected allies.
The controversy led Trump-supporting Meghan McCain, a political commentator and the daughter of legendary Republican lawmaker John McCain, to say the event could actually "backfire" and cost Trump the 2024 election.
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Appearing on CNN, Democratic strategist Maria Cardona had a similar take on the impact of the event.
Cardona pointed out that the part of the event that has Republicans scrambling, a joke referring to Puerto Rico as an island of "garbage," will be considered by Pennsylvanians of Puerto Rican descent.
"But this is actually bigger than that," Cardona said.
"I think what it does is it allows Americans to see the stark contrast that is exactly what Vice President Kamala Harris has been talking about these last couple of weeks and what she is going to close on," she added. "So I have to thank Donald Trump and all of the misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, white supremacist speakers that he had at his rally because they are underscoring that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to be focused on the future, is going to be focused on solutions, is going to be focused on her to do list for Americans while Donald Trump, if he gets to the Oval Office, he's going to be focused on retribution."
In concluding her comments, Cardona said, "I think a rally like today is an in-kind contribution to the Kamala Harris, Tim Walz campaign."
