Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway offered advice to former President Trump in an interview Monday, urging the GOP nominee to hurl fewer insults at his political opponents and focus more on policy differences.
“President Trump’s winning formula is very easy to see,” Conway told Fox Business anchor Larry Kudlow. “There are less insults, more insights and this political contrast.”
Trump has been hurling insults at Vice President Harris as she has risen to the top of the Democratic ticket. Harris is now neck and neck with the former president, with The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling index putting her just 1.4 points ahead of Trump (47.8% vs. 46.4%).
“He has that hungry, arrogant, underdog, underappreciated 2016, Larry, and you overlay that on the four-year presidential record where we had growth, we had wage growth, we had low unemployment and all nine that you and I know,” he said. Conway in the clip, highlighted by Mediaite.
The former president also faced criticism for questioning Harris’ racial identity following a controversial interview late last month at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) – a Trump ally – advised him not to continue such attacks.
“So here’s what I would say to President Trump. The problem I have with Kamala Harris isn’t his heritage; it’s her judgment,” Graham said earlier this month. “Every day we talk about her heritage and not her terrible and dangerous liberal record throughout her political life is a good day for her and a bad day for us.”
“Therefore, I would encourage President Trump to prosecute the case against Kamala Harris’ poor judgment,” the senator added.
Harris has been gaining momentum in the first few weeks of her campaign, garnering key endorsements from figures in her party, making big profits from fundraising and officially becoming the Democratic nominee in a short period of time. Her rise followed President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race late last month after weeks of pressure from his fellow Democrats to step aside.
The Hill reached out to the Trump campaign.
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