Trump campaign struggles to find footing against Harris amid renewed Democratic enthusiasm
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🗓️ 31 July 2024
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| 0:00.0 | And joining us now from former President Trump's rally in Harrisburg is Laura Barone |
| 0:05.2 | Lopez. Laura thanks so much for being with us. And look as we saw Donald Trump started his day in |
| 0:09.6 | Chicago for what was in at times tense Q&A at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention. |
| 0:15.8 | How is his campaign responding to the criticism he's now facing for his comments about |
| 0:20.4 | Vice President Harris's racial identity? And what did his comments reveal about about how he is |
| 0:25.0 | he is approaching running against Harris's racial identity. |
| 0:30.0 | And what do his comments reveal about how he is approaching |
| 0:26.0 | running against Harris instead of President Biden? |
| 0:30.0 | Jeff, former President Donald Trump as well as his campaign, are defending themselves and the way he is going after Kamala Harris, |
| 0:38.0 | despite the fact that some Republicans in his party think that they should refrain from talking about her race and refrain from |
| 0:43.8 | a tax calling her a DEI hire. But largely Jeff, Trump's campaign has not |
| 0:50.1 | changed its strategy when it comes to its attacks on Kamala Harris. |
| 0:54.1 | They are using a lot of the same attacks that they use on President Joe Biden, namely |
| 0:59.4 | attacking her on her immigration record as well as on inflation. |
| 1:03.2 | One big difference though is that they are, |
| 1:06.2 | Donald Trump is trying to define Kamala Harris |
| 1:08.9 | as being much more to the left of Joe Biden |
| 1:11.8 | on issues like climate and guns. |
| 1:13.6 | I talked to two Republican sources today, Jeff. |
| 1:17.0 | One who is close to Trump world who said that he believes |
| 1:20.4 | that the campaign is still struggling to figure out how to undercut the |
| 1:24.6 | momentum that Kamala Harris has right now and another GOP strategist in a swing |
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