Republican National Committee (RNC) Co-Chair Lara Trump said Sunday she believes Democrats focused too much on attacking former President Trump at last week’s convention and should have spent more time explaining their policy goals.
Lara Trump pointed out the differences between the two major parties’ national conventions during an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“We’re very proud of the Republican National Convention. I think what people saw at our convention was they really saw a path forward for this country. You saw Donald Trump and people explaining every night of our convention how we’re going to make your lives better. I didn’t hear anybody speak at the convention one night.” [Democratic convention] “About that,” said Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law.
“You are all united with our party. [Republican convention]”…There was a lot of positivity that came out of it,” she added.
But Lara Trump called the Democratic National Convention “too much Trump hating.”
“They seem to be trying to campaign on hatred of Donald Trump, on clichés, on moods, on emotions,” she said. “This is not how we feed our people. This is not how we get gas prices down. This is not how we get out of wars around the world.”
“Donald Trump had a plan. He executed it when he won the 2016 election. He’s done it before and we showed at the convention that he will do it again. We’re not hearing anything from the other side, the Democrats,” she added.
Her comments echo sentiments expressed by former President Trump last week, when he said it was “deeply disappointing” that Democrats focused on him in several speeches, including former President Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The Hill has reached out to the Harris campaign for response.
The interview came as Democrats are riding a positive mood fueled by four days of rallies in Chicago last week, an enthusiasm that has drawn comparisons to the energy surrounding Mr Obama’s landmark 2008 presidential campaign.
The momentum Democrats are feeling is a stark reversal from the Republican lead they held at last month’s convention, when they were still reeling from Biden’s dismal debate performance and President Trump had just survived an assassination attempt.
Since then, Harris’ approval rating has risen: She now has a 49.5% approval rating, 3.6 percentage points ahead of Trump’s 45.9%, according to an average of national polls from The Hill and Decision Desk.
