Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has urged Donald Trump to “stick to the issues,” telling CNN’s Jake Tapper that “almost any other Republican candidate would be winning this race by ten points.”
Speaking on “State of the Union” Sunday, Sununu said Trump should focus on what his campaign hopes to achieve rather than leveling personal attacks against his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The message is very clear: if you stick to the issues, if you stick to what matters, this should be an easy race for Donald Trump,” the governor said.
“Nobody cares what you’re entitled to, do what you have to do to get the votes and win,” the Granite State Republican added, saying that Trump needs to win over independent voters and women if he wants to win the race in November.
Sununu was asked about recent controversial comments from Trump, who this week saidthe Presidential Medal of Freedom, which honors civilians, “is actually much better” than the Medal of Honor, because service members who receive the nation’s highest military decoration are often wounded or awarded it posthumously.
“They were asinine comments, there’s no doubt about that,” Sununu told Tapper. “I don’t think they’re the first asinine comments former President Trump has ever made; I don’t think they will be a game changer in terms of the election.”
