Trump Campaign Playbook: Paint Kamala as 'Ruthless' and 'Power-Hungry'

[Zorro]

Sen. Kamala Harris may be on the bottom of the Democratic presidential ticket, but President Donald Trump’s allies plan to portray her as far more than just a running mate. If Joe Biden prevails in November, the line from Team Trump will go, the California Democrat will effectively be the president of the United States.

It’s an extension of a line of attack against Biden that the Trump campaign has hammered for weeks: that he is incapable of governing and would effectively be a vessel for other interests in the Democratic Party to govern by proxy. In Harris, Trump allies say, Biden has selected a perfect foil to ramp up that line of attack.

“The playbook on Kamala is pretty simple,” a plugged-in Trumpworld source told The Daily Beast. “Right now the message on Biden—and it’s the first effective frame the campaign has sustained on Biden—is that he’s an empty shell for the radical left. Kamala Harris is a power-hungry politician. She comes across as ruthless. So it’s a believable frame that she’d be running the administration for empty shell Joe Biden.”

The source, who, like others, requested anonymity to speak candidly about Trump re-election strategy, acknowledged that the strategy will likely elicit cries of sexism from Biden, Harris, and other Democrats. But Trump’s political machine nonetheless sees it as both consistent with recent Biden messaging that they feel has been effective and a line of attack against Harris that Trump and his allies can make stick.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-campaign-playbook-paint-kamala-221259697.html

[Phoenix61]

1. I'm sure that will play well with all those

suburban housewives he’s trying to hold onto.

[GoCubsGo]

2. I'm fine with her being ruthless.

In fact, the more ruthless the better. I hope she tears them to shreds.

[Beartracks]

3. So, the usual right-wing tactic of projecting into their opponents?

Predictable.

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[Midnight Writer]

11. Exactly. Stand her beside anyone on TeamTrump and then score them for ruthless and power hungry.

[DSandra]

4. If someone is nice, he will run them over. If they have no dirt, he will frame them...

No matter who the Dem candidate is, he will find a way to viciously attack.

This election is more about turning out the base than it is to convince Trumpers to defect. Trumpers will only defect on their own, you can’t convince them to defect from Trump because their ego is too big, among other things.

[BannonsLiver]

5. My takeaway after reading the article

The Trump campaign has a serious messaging problem and they’re in big trouble.

[unblock]

6. Lol. I'm sure that will really turn off the moderate shrub/Cheney voters

Yeah, those voters would never vote for a power-hungry ruthless veep and an empty shell president.



I just love when republicans use strategies that fail even if they succeed!

[RockRaven]

7. LOL, even if true... So if that is disqualifying... What about Der Trumpenfuhrer?

Don't MAGAts claim they like those traits in The Dotard? Just go ahead and say that you think she doesn't know her place. We know you want to, and we know what you mean by that.

[dawg day]

8. Oh, dear!

Those "suburban housewives" are going to be so scared of her!

Actually, they're fist-bumping and yelling, "You go, girl!"

[EarlG]

9. Best of luck with that

Big picture: which of these duos is going to look more attractive to the electorate at large?

The capable, compassionate, diverse team of Biden/Harris?

Or the chaotic, deteriorating, failing team of Trump/Pence?

[NYC Liberal]

10. Lolz: "the first effective frame the campaign has sustained on Biden"

Trump's numbers continue to plummet. Every attempt to frame Biden has come to nothing, hence why their messaging changes every other week.

[John Fante]

15. I got a chuckle out of that one too.

Team Dumbfuck: "Biden is an empty vessel for the Radical Left!"

Also Team Dumbfuck: "Biden is going to destroy the suburbs, take away yer guns, abolish the police, and kill baby Jesus!"

Pick a lane, assholes.

[Sogo]

12. Sane people are immune to their fantastical ranting and raving.

They took 25-30 years to teach America to hate Hillary, and unfortunately, it stuck.

They don't have that kind of time now, and they will just come across as the effing misogynists that they are.

[Hekate]

13. Given the clean-up job ahead, that works for me just fine

[honest.abe]

14. Many will see that as a positive for Harris.

If this is their best shot they got nothing.