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During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday morning, longtime Democratic campaign strategist James Carville was gleeful at how badly Donald Trump's re-election campaign has gone since he selected Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), only for things go downhill even faster after Vice President Kamala Harris became his opponent for the presidency.

According to Carville, Vance went from relative unknown to a widely reviled GOP lawmaker with negative approval numbers due to scrutiny of his comments about childless women and their place in society.

However, Carville noted, Vance is not the only factor dragging the Trump campaign down and putting re-election in doubt.

"The J.D. Vance thing has hurt Trump, and Trump knows it. He's a hit dog and he's barking. In rural America, it's the hit dog that barks and he's barking. This Vance thing has blown up in his face," he told the MSNBC host.

"We've talked in the past just about how the more people see Trump's crazy, the better it is," Psaki prompted. "People are also trying to get to know Harris at the same time. There's a lot of good moments for Harris coming up. A VP pick, campaigning with that, the convention. How do they keep the pressure on and attention on Trump's crazy?"

"I'm a bookmaker, I'm not going to dignify it with a first letter, but I think he is deteriorating at that rate and he is getting worse," Carville replied. "I mean, he has always been terrible, and he's going to do everything he can to keep himself front and center, you know?"

"I mean, I'm sure there's no chance that Vance is going to stop saying stupid things — that part is coming our way. But he [Trump] is deteriorating and I don't know how much worse he's going to get between now and election day," he added.

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A conversation about new attacks Donald Trump made on Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) came to a sudden halt on Sunday after CNN host Dana Bash reminded a GOP lawmaker that the former president tried to overturn the election results in Georgia in 2020 so he could remain in office.

During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," the frequently combative Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) argued the former president had every right to lash out at Kemp at the rally in Atlanta Saturday night because the Georgia governor made it clear he won't vote for Trump in November.

That led the CNN host to remind him that the two Republicans have a history stemming back to the Georgia state certification of votes in the 2020 presidential election.

After Bash briefly mentioned the 2020 dispute, Mullin replied, "You're talking about something four years ago, let's talk about what's happening today in this election today. Governor Kemp came out, not today, but in this election cycle, Kemp came out and said that he wasn't voting for president Trump in the primary — that's a problem."

"Kemp is in office because [former] President Trump endorsed him and Kemp and his wife know that," he continued. "And so the media wants to talk about that. They want to talk about anything but what this Harris/Biden administration —," Mullin complained.

"I would not be asking you about this had [former] President Trump brought it up on the stump and then done it in social media," Bash interrupted as Mullin tried to talk over her.

"I really wanted to ask you about the Middle East, but before we go, I just do want to say that the reason why Governor Kemp didn't endorse Donald Trump in the primary is because Donald Trump tried to overturn what Kemp believes was a free and fair election in his home state," the CNN host lectured which led to the Oklahoma Republican to open his mouth with nothing coming out as she moved onto the next topic.

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On Sunday morning, MSNBC's "The Weekend" co-host Michael Steele lambasted Donald Trump for his attack on Vice President Kamala Harris at a Saturday night rally where he called her a "horror show."

He also used his commentary to shame the press for once again giving the former president a pass when it comes to reporting on Trump's outrageous attacks.

Reading a transcript from the rally where the former president said of Harris, "I don't want even define her, I just want to say who she is, she's a horror show, she'll destroy our country," the former RNC chair launched into a rant.

"I'm curious how reporters cover this, because to be honest, y'all leave a whole lot of this on the table. Y'all just leave too much on the table and you take what this man says as if, 'A' it's meaningful and 'B' it's important," he began. "But for that title, president, former president in front of his name, there's no way this iteration of Donald Trump would be a viable candidate for dog catcher, let alone president."

"I just don't understand why we allow so much of what he says to seep into our culture and our politics as normal — that is not a normal quote from a human being running for president," he continued. "He cannot string a competent coherent sentence together, talking about someone else who is his political opponent."

"And we, in the press, and the media and others, look at this as this sort of dogfight, this 'Who is ahead, who is behind' rat race, as opposed to what this actually says about how we have fallen as a country to allow that crap every day on our air," he concluded.

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