Donald Trump is appearing “scared and weak” now that Vice President Kamala Harris seems poised to be his opponent instead of President Joe Biden, according to a panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday.
Following President Biden’s withdrawal from the race last week—spurred by concerns about his debate performance and questions about his viability for a second term—Trump’s campaign is now grappling with how to take on Harris.
Elise Jordan, MSNBC contributor and former advisor to Sen. Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential bid asserted that the former president doesn’t seem to know how to run against his new opponent.
“Kamala Harris is not defined yet by the majority of American voters except for Donald Trump’s base,” Jordan, who also worked for George W. Bush, explained. ” “They have their impression of Kamala Harris that’s, obviously, not going to change. Other than that, he needs to get to work, his campaign needs to get to work.”
“This has been over a week and a half and they haven’t really landed an attack on her that’s resonating. They are so all over the place,” Jordan continued. :You hear, ‘Oh, she is not that bright, she didn’t – she failed at the border.’ It’s not coordinated, there is not any drum beat going, and so, as of now, I would not give them a very high score being able to define her.”
In a recent Fox News interview, Trump was non-committal about debating Harris, suggesting he might participate but leaving ambiguity about his plans. He claimed that voters already know enough about both candidates and that he was “leading in the polls.”
“Trump seems scared and weak about the debate,” Jordan remarked “[Campaign adviser] Jason Miller came on with Chris Jansing on this network and said that Donald Trump definitely would debate, and that’s not what Trump said last night to Laura Ingraham. He seemed to be hedging in a big way.”
Host Jonathan Lemire, substituting for Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, agreed that Trump’s campaign has not effectively challenged Harris since she emerged as the frontrunner.
“At least it would seem some of these attacks are borderline sexist and flat-out racist, and Trump has not used DEI, that phrasing, as much as a lot of his fellow Republicans,” Lemire said. “It’s part of the same attack line. There is that sliver of people in this country who don’t know who they are voting for. Some are women or men who will be offended by these kinds of comments. This seems risky.”
Watch the segment below:
