'I hope that is a TV ad': Obama adviser singles out Harris' CNN town hall winning message
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Jim Messina – who served as President Barack Obama's campaign manager in 2012– pointed to one moment during Vice President Kamala Harris' CNN town hall where she delivered what he believes is the winning message for Democrats.
Appearing on CNN on the night which had been set aside for a debate with Donald Trump, only for him to balk after he flopped during his one face-to-face with his opponent in October. Harris took advantage of the change in format to make her case to voters.
According to Messina, she made a compelling case with one brief statement
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"John [Heilemann] brought up the town hall last night on CNN," he began. "I think there was a perfect distillation of the last ten days last night when she looked at the camera and said, 'Let's be very clear, Donald Trump has an enemy's list, and I have a to-do list for the American voter.'"
"Right," co-host Willie Geist replied.
"That's their 'close.' I hope that is a TV ad tomorrow," he elaborated. "It's a perfect distillation of, 'I'm in it for you, and he is in it for him.' That's the closing argument that people need to understand."
"We're sitting here in an absolutely tied race with a very small amount of voters who are sitting undecided – a lot of people saying, 'Am I going to vote?' That distillation, that frame is exactly what the Harris campaign wants and Trump is playing into it.," he added.
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