Last Updated on 08/09/2024 by Arun jain
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some advice for Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the Democratic presidential nominee’s upcoming debate with former President Donald Trump.
Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, jousted with Trump during three high-stakes debates that year. She recently told the New York Times That Harris should use her background as a prosecutor to make a case against Trump.
“She just shouldn’t be baited. She should bait him,” Clinton told the newspaper.
Clinton argued that during a key moment in the final 2016 presidential debate, Trump’s her needle On foreign affairs — where she called him a “puppet” of Russian President Vladimir Putin — threw him off balance.
“They can get rattled,” Clinton told the Times. “He doesn’t know how to respond to real, direct attacks.”
“And I think with her prosecutorial background, I think she would be equipped to do that,” Clinton added.
Clinton, who won the popular vote in 2016 but lost the Electoral College to Trump after coming up short in key battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, said the debate would be a prime opportunity for Harris to offer a contrast to the former president. They appeal to a disaffected electorate.
“There’s still enough potential movement in key states where people can be persuaded that they don’t want to sign on for another four years,” Clinton said.
Trump tried to moderate the tone of his debates with Clinton and incumbent Joe Biden in both 2016 and 2020, respectively.
in First televised debate In the 2020 election, Trump repeatedly spoke at Biden, so much so that Biden told Trump to “shut up” after several interruptions.
Biden’s one-time 2024 re-election bid was ultimately derailed in June largely due to a poor debate performance against Trump. The following month, Biden stepped aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee and endorsed Harris as his successor, paving the way for his ascension as the party’s new standard-bearer.
Harris and Trump, who are tied in a highly competitive race, will face off Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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