September 7, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are about to meet in-person for the first time on Tuesday night at ABC’s televised debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And several Republicans are exceedingly nervous about how Trump will handle the moment.
Several longtime Republican strategists and consultants told Politico that they think Trump could score high marks in the debate if he refrains from lobbing personal attacks at Harris and sticks to discussing policy. But they also commented that it was unlikely the notoriously bombastic former president would be able to do so when standing across from his opponent.
“I think — I pray — he can be disciplined,” Tricia McLaughlin, who was a senior advisor to Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination. However, she added the caveat that any discipline could go out the window if Trump feels like Harris and the moderators are ganging up on him.
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