Ultimately, I do believe that this is an election that is about strength versus weakness.

Yeah.

And weakness as projected by someone who puts himself in front of the American people and does not have the

strength to stand in defense of their needs, their dreams, their desires. Welcome to Talking Feds, a round table that brings together prominent former federal officials and special

guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.

I'm Harry Littman. If Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election by

7 million votes and 74 electoral votes, is to win the presidency in 2024, it will be because he digs deeper, not wider.

Trump continues to use his MAGA shovel to turn over every rock in search of voters who didn't participate in the last two elections,

but by his message. And more to the point, Fear and Loath, Kamala Harris.

Harris, for her part, spent the week reaching out broadly, including appearances on

non-traditional media.

Her strategy includes eating into Trump's strongholds,

such as rural voters, and those focus first and foremost

on illegal immigration.

Hurricane Helene tore an especially devastating path through the southeastern United States,

serving as a reminder of how unpredictable outside forces can upend the dynamics of a campaign, especially in its final weeks.

Trump's pitch here was,

characteristically, a tissue of brazen lies,

such as the claim that the Biden administration was diverting emergency money

to fund the entry of illegal immigrant murderers into the country.

Trump, of course, lies everywhere.

But his lies here not only sought to vilify Harris

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