So you have to tell Kamala Harris that you've had enough, that you just can't take it anym We can't stand you. You're a vice president. The worst.
You're the worst vice president, You're fired. Get the hell out of here. Fired!
Get out of here. Harris Eva is now responding to the latest insult that Trump hurled against her last night. Just before she left Georgia, she sat for an interview with Reverend Al Sharpton.
And in that interview, she accused the former president of demeaning the office of the presidency and essentially arguing that he lacked the basic tempera involved for the job. What you see in my opponent, a former president of the United really is it it demeans the offi And and I have said and I'm very about this, Donald Trump should never again stand behind the seal of the pre of the United States. He has not earned the right he's not earned the right.
And that's why he's going to lose. Joining us with more on this, Larry Sabato, the director of the Center for P at the University of Virginia and editor of the book A Return to Normalcy, The 2020 E That Almost Broke America. Larry, thanks so much for being Thank you, Jessica.
We're just let's start with former President Trump. His campaign says they are this is their closing message, that they are they are wrapping their arms aro This is what they are going to close out the campaign with. And we saw the former president yesterday talking about some of the famili themes we've heard.
But then going on these meanderi stories, one of which was about Palmer's naked body. Is this the closing message they and cannot move the needle? Well, one would hope it is in the closing message that the staff wants.
But of course, they've got a can who frankly, is around the bend and off the tracks. And this is something that even it's the end of the campaign, the press needs to focus on, you need to think about those 39 minutes when he pranced around the stage playing disc jockey and dancing at his own rally just a couple of days ago. The the word salads that have gotten worse and more incoherent.
Hey, how come this was such a critical issue for Jo who did not display these kinds of tendencies? And it isn't such a big issue for Donald Trump. He's going to be the oldest pres ever sworn in.
If, in fact, he's elected, He's going to be the ol president in American history at the end of this next term if he gets to serve it. Why isn't that important? I think it's very important.
And so I'm glad you raised that because I want to play a clip from this morning where our colleague Jake TAPPER asked Speaker Mike Johnson for his reactions on some of those Trump remarks. And let's listen to that clip. This is really the closing message you want voters to hear from Donald Trump stories about Arnold Palmer's penis.
Well, listen, I think that the h that I read about the rally in Pennsylvania yesterday was the big question. And it's the one that Kamala Har has not been able or willing to and that is, are you better off now than you were under the Trump administration four years ago? But, Larry, to your point, I think Jake mentioned this as w Reverse the roles here.
If this had been Joe Biden that the Republicans would be screaming up and down that he was cognitive in cognitive decline or how dare he say this? There just does not seem to be the same outrage on their side. Oh, they're certainly it's not.
Look, the Republican Party has completely capitulated to Donald Trump, not just on issues, not just on policy, not just giving him the nomination three times for p but even on something as important as this. If this had been Joe Biden, as you just suggested, they would be demanding that the 25th Amendment be invoked right now, today, thi So the Republican Party is just Party. You don't expect them to say any but what they're saying, even the ones who were once resp like Governor Sununu in New Hamp just to mention one, they're not Liz Cheney's out there for the D I think they're obligated to make this an issue.
They real I mean, we're talking about electing someone who has access to the nuclear co and given his age, will probably deteriorate further, maybe day by day and certainly year by year. What's it going to be like in tw or three years? What's it going to be like?
And so to that end, the vice president and her team clearly wanted another debate with Trump to to to really show that on full display to the American He would not agree to that. She has sharpened what she is saying about him. She's taking shots at her own, trying to draw the attention back to that.
I want to play a clip of what she's been saying. So you all know and you've heard me say, look, I and I do believe Donald Trump is an unserious man and the consequences of him ever being again in the White House are brutally serious, brutally s So, Larry, we know that the vice president is is so far doing historically well with women. The gender gap is something we talk about a lot.
She she doesn't do as well with They're they are more tilted toward Donald Trump. And there's been a lot of talk about black men, in particular Latino men who might be more interested in Donald Trump. Do you think this sort of line o that we're hearing from her is helpful in moving the needle with those demographics and reminding American voters about this side of Donald Trump?
Yes. And remember, it's young white males, too. I'm sorry to say they are.
Look where it's 20, 24. And here we are in a situation where, once again, an argument needs to be made by men in order to reach men. That's the sad reality.
So Kamala Harris saying these things, while important, she's potentially the president. She needs male substitutes to make that case. President Obama, President Clint she need.
She needs those male substitutes to get out there and and say it to the to the young men and the older men who will listen to that, whether they're black or white o At this point, it almost doesn't They need to see that Donald Trump has deteriorated. It's one of the most important m of the entire campaign. There are only 16 days left, but 16 is also a big number when you consider that it's a 24 hour a day campaign from here on out.
Yeah, it certainly is. All right. Larry Sabato, always great to talk with you.
Thanks so much for your analysis Thank you, Jessica.
