Laura Barron-Lopez:
Geoff, former President Donald Trump, as well as his campaign, are defending themselves and their — the way he is going after Kamala Harris, despite the fact that some Republicans in his party think that they should refrain from talking about her race and refrain from attacks calling her a DEI hire.
But, largely, Geoff, Trump’s campaign has not changed its strategy when it comes to its attacks on Kamala Harris. They are using a lot of the same attacks that they would use on President Joe Biden, namely attacking her on her immigration record, as well as on inflation.
One big difference, though, is that they are — Donald Trump is trying to define Kamala Harris as being much more to the left of Joe Biden on issues like climate and guns. But I talked to two Republican sources today, Geoff, one who is close to Trump’s world who said that he believes that the campaign is still struggling to figure out how to undercut the momentum that Kamala Harris has right now.
And another GOP strategist in a swing state told me that they think that the campaign has not found their footing against Harris and that strategist admitted that it really feels like Obama-level enthusiasm for Harris right now.
