The Florida congressman, who is also a major supporter of former President Donald Trump, believes the 2024 presidential race is very close, but that the former president is “greatly positioned” to emerge as the victor. He argued this comes down to a few reasons, such as Harris’s lack of policy discussion and current polling having her further behind Trump than former presidential candidates Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020.
“And then, No. 3, Kamala Harris cannot run from Joe Biden,” Donalds said on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. “I know she’s trying to run as a prosecutor, but her current title is vice president of the United States, and she was riding shotgun with Joe Biden, creating one of the worst economies for working families and middle-class families in the history of our country while leaving our southern border wide open to more than 10 million illegal immigrants. I believe that Donald Trump is well positioned to win this race.”
Donalds also contended that the Democratic Party has been in charge for 12 of the last 16 years, and the only time people were better off was when Trump was president. He backed up his statement by arguing the economy was “flourishing” and that there were no new wars under Trump’s leadership.
When asked if he believes Trump can convince swing voters to support him over Harris, Donalds said he does, but that Trump needs to show the contrast between his policies and Harris’s. He also cautioned that wealthy people in the country will not be affected by Harris’s policies should she become president, and those who would be financially hurt would be working families and senior residents on fixed incomes.
Earlier this month, Donalds encouraged the former president to campaign against Harris’s “soft on crime” record, saying “she was bailing out rioters during the summer of love with the Black Lives Matter riots in Minneapolis.” He also suggested that Trump conduct events with victims, referencing how some of these victims were at the Republican National Convention and spoke about “the failures” of Biden and Harris.
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On Thursday, Trump visited the southern border alongside the families of two women who were allegedly raped and murdered by illegal immigrants. The former president listed more than a dozen incidents of children and women being sexually assaulted or killed by illegal immigrants, including the deaths of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray of Texas and 37-year-old Rachel Morin of Maryland.
Polling data indicate Trump currently has a slim lead over Harris in Pennsylvania, a state largely coveted within the Electoral College. A separate poll found that Trump has 49% support among likely voters, a small lead over Harris at 46%.
