“I assume she’ll come in very, very aggressive, and she will try to bait him, getting very angry, and she’ll be personal and try to demean him. I think, I hope, what he’ll do is be a guy who’s been a real president — while she has been kind of a semi-vice president — and a guy who knows all the world leaders, and a guy who has been through an enormous amount, and just be calm and steady and stick to the real differences.” – Newt Gingrich, speaking to Politico. In the same piece, a GOP strategist says she is literally praying that Trump doesn’t have one of standard rage fits during the debate.
Trump’s allies fear he’ll blow the debate — his best chance to regain ground against Harris https://t.co/ngBbU666Vl
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 8, 2024