Former Republican pollster Sarah Longwell on Tuesday told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Vice President Kamala Harris has one distinct advantage in her quest to peel one-time GOP voters away from former President Donald Trump.
Longwell, who has been working to convince ex-Trump voters to back Harris in this fall's election, told host Mika Brzezinski that she's seen a "tremendous openness" to Harris's candidacy from some Trump voters who are now intrigued by what she stands for.
Additionally, said Longwell, many of the voters she's talked with are simply "bored" by Trump's shtick.
"They're bored with the drama, they're tired of the insults, they're tired of the lies about the election," she said. "They want to know what is somebody going to do for them. They want to know how somebody is going to handle the economy, handle inflation, and they're interested in a new pitch and that's what Kamala Harris has for them."
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Panelist Jonathan Lemire added that he's heard that many Republicans are "exhausted" by the former president's antics and just want to turn the page.
Longwell added that Trump was doing no favors by constantly suggested that the United States will completely cease to exist in four years unless he is elected to a second term.
"A lot of it is the contrast that they see with her message, which is being optimistic and uplifting, and Donald Trump's being doom and gloom," she said. "And that exhaustion is in there, they're just like, 'I'm tired of this and I like the idea of something new.'"
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