Former Republican Tara Setmayer cannot help but notice Donald Trump is struggling to fight back against Vice President Kamala Harris the ways that worked in the past.
Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Setmayer, who leads the Seneca Project, said that Trump's team knows he can't debate while Harris can.
"And they're worried because she's a prosecutor, and Donald Trump has never really fully been cross-examined in front of the American people," she explained. "He didn't take the stand in his criminal trials. He is ill-prepared to be challenged by, not only a woman, but a woman of color. So, if I were his campaign sure, I'd be nervous about having Donald Trump on the stage next to a younger, smarter, more skilled debater and speaker than my candidate."
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Meanwhile, after spending months attacking President Joe Biden for being too old, Trump is "the old one in the race now." Setmayer said that there's nothing the campaign can do to fix the visual. "And the American people will see that contrast and the binary choice."
Trump on Thursday announced that he had finally agreed to do a debate with Harris on ABC News on Sept. 10, and Setmayer said she couldn't possibly imagine him actually backing out of it.
"I don't think Donald Trump's ego will allow him to let those taunts go by," she said. "I think it's interesting that the Harris campaign is going about it this way, but it's smart politics. They know that this gets under Donald Trump's skin, and when he's irritated, he makes more mistakes."
Ultimately, Setmayer explained, Harris is in the stronger position "and it's unraveling him. He just cannot seem to land a punch on her and it shows in his response thus far."
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