Former Obama adviser Tommy Vieter on his podcast on Tuesday expressed concern about Vice President Kamala Harris’ last message to former President Donald Trump, saying that by labeling him a fascist, she He suggested that it could alienate undecided voters.
Over the past week, corporate media and the Harris campaign have ramped up comparisons between Trump and Hitler, following comments made by John Kelly, Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, to the New York Times and The New York Times. It’s here. atlantic ocean Trump reportedly “meets the definition of a fascist” and admired figures like Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Vietre voiced concerns about the message on “Pod Save America,” saying the tone was “mixed” and sounded “partisan and hyperbolic.”
“I’m a little worried about the balance of this moment, not because of the ad’s message test, but because we have to ask ourselves what is the breakthrough in the last days, and that’s mainly because Trump and I think it’s this conversation about fascism,” Vieter said. “I think it’s worth saying that the people at the top who worked for him don’t trust him to be president again. Perhaps for many, this is worrying new information. ” But it’s mixed in with conversations praising Hitler’s generals and other things that seem partisan and hyperbolic, and many people ignore it. ”
One of Vieter’s co-hosts then intervened to defend the Harris campaign’s rhetoric, pointing out that CNN’s Anderson Cooper had brought up the subject of Trump being called a fascist. Vietre doesn’t blame anyone for focusing on the issue, but stressed that swing voters may be more concerned about the economy than this issue. (See here: Cleaning Kamala)
“I’m not blaming anyone. I’m talking about the bottom-line conversation that people are listening to, but at the moment it’s leaning too far away from the economic message and it worries me. Because all the focus groups and polling that we see shows that voters primarily care about those issues, and they also have a very strong preference for Trump. There’s an easy, ready-made answer to that, which is that we’ve been watching him for four years and people don’t think it’s that bad, so it’s used to describe him. Some of the words may seem silly to people, and that’s where my anxiety comes from,” Vietre continued.
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“I agree with you. I’m not necessarily criticizing their strategy, but whether they give interviews to the press or not, whether they take questions or not, how they answer things, what they do. You decide whether to highlight it or not. So I feel like they’re leaning towards this,” Vietre added. “There’s going to be a big speech on Tuesday, January 6th, at the Ellipse that started, right? It’s going to lead to a conversation about the 2020 election and the insurrection and Trump’s fascist tendencies, and I’m just saying, these undecided swings… I’m a little concerned about that emphasis when a lot of voters are like, “I don’t know.” But gas was cheaper. ”
Voters have consistently cited the economy, inflation and immigration as their main concerns when deciding who to support in the 2024 election. A recent Wall Street Journal poll found that voters trust Harris by 12 points on the economy, up from an 8-point lead in August. The former president also holds a 15-point lead over Harris on immigration, up from a 7-point lead in August.
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