Stephen Collinson: “Trump’s denunciation is some of the most hardline political rhetoric in years, even by his standards, which means the next two months are likely to be brutal.”
“The question is whether this barrage of negative attacks has only succeeded in stoking the same existential anger that Trump is using to boost his base in the polls, or has it begun to weaken Harris’s standing in key battleground states?”
Charlie Sykes: “The history of American politics is, of course, full of negative, even vicious attacks. But again, it would be a mistake to view what is happening as normal.”
“Think about it this way: The 1988 Bush campaign’s ‘Willie Horton’ ad was controversial for years for its use of racist imagery.”
“But this year: The Trump campaign is launching a Willie Horton-style attack every day on television, social media, and hundreds of thousands of mailings. And the media is basically ignoring Trump for being Trump.”
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