Senator Lindsey Graham, He said policy is key for Republicans to win the White House and urged former President Trump to focus on policies rather than opponents.
“Donald Trump, President Trump, can win this election,” Graham said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “His policies are good for America. If you have a policy debate on the presidential election, he’s going to win. Donald Trump, the provocateur and the showman, may not win this election.”
The response came after host Kristen Welker asked whether Trump should stop making personal comments about Harris’ race, intelligence and other characteristics.
“I expect President Trump to emerge in his final 80 days with clarity on what he’s going to do for our country to fix our broken border and get inflation under control,” Graham continued. “The numbers that Americans face under a Harris-Biden administration are a frightening 50% increase in gas prices, skyrocketing mortgage rates, soaring grocery costs. What I’m going to focus on is policy. Policy is the key to the White House.”
South Carolina senator warns Trump to focus on ‘dangerous liberal’ record, not Harris’ legacy
Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters in the Spin Room after the 2024 debate between President Biden and former President Trump in Atlanta, June 27. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
Republican senators offered similar advice two weeks ago on “Fox News Sunday.”
“So to President Trump, my issue with Kamala Harris is not where she’s from, it’s her judgment,” Graham said. “She’s been wrong on every point. When she tried to explain what we’re going to do about inflation and the coming recession, it was incoherent. It’s incoherent.”
White House fires back after President Trump answers question about Harris being called a “DEI hire”
Former President Trump shakes hands with Senator Lindsey Graham after meeting with Senate Republicans at the National Republican Senatorial Committee offices in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump posted the image Harris’ birth certificate was published on Truth Social after she received a lot of criticism for comments she made during a question-and-answer session at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago.
“She’s always just been Indian and promoted as being Indian,” the former president said during a Q&A. “I didn’t know she was black until a few years ago, when she became black. And now she wants to be known as black. So, I don’t know. Is she Indian or is she black?”
Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks at a campaign event for former President Trump on July 1, 2023 in Pickens, South Carolina. (Elijah Nouvellage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Both Harris and Trump campaigned in the battleground state of Pennsylvania this weekend.
Harris is expected to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
