As former President Donald Trump struggles to find his footing in a new campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sounded alarm bells about Trump’s attack strategies and the potential impact of Harris’ ascension on down-ballot Republicans.
“It’s going to be a race,” McCarthy said Monday on Fox News. “And you’ve got to make this race not on personalities.”
Following Trump’s false claim that pictures of the sizable crowd at Harris’ Detroit rally were AI generated, McCarthy said “stop questioning the size of her crowds.”
Instead, he implored the former president to “start questioning her positions,” highlighting several of Harris’ policy positions that have shifted over the years.
“She is the biggest flip-flop with the most extreme positions,” McCarthy said, adding that Trump has “a short time frame” to define this race. “So don’t sit back, get out there and start making the case and use her own words to do it.”
He also said that Trump should be fundraising for down-ballot Republicans running for House seats claiming “it’s easier to win seats for Republicans this cycle in the House than it has been for the last two.”
