Former President Donald Trump is falling apart as he sees polls, like the latest New York Times/Siena College survey, showing Vice President Kamala Harris tempting Republican voters away from him, Democratic strategist Maria Cardona argued on CNN Tuesday.
Her assertion came after a heated back-and-forth between herself and former Trump administration official Matt Mowers over the former president's repeated lies about FEMA aid to states devastated by Hurricane Helene.
The latest Times/Siena poll, noted anchor Brianna Keilar, "shows Harris gaining ground with Republicans. Do you think the Trump campaign should be worried, Matt?"
"No, I wouldn't be too worried because I think he's still in a margin of error race," said Mowers, adding that in battleground states, "most polling shows a one to two-point race in either direction, depending on the poll, for Trump or for Harris. This is really tight."
Cardona, however, disagreed.
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"Here's why this really matters, and why Donald Trump and the Trump campaign are worried," said Cardona. "And in fact, you see, in Donald Trump's demented approaches to his rallies now, in his speeches with upping the lies and completely going off script, is because they are worried about what they are seeing.
"I think the critical piece in this New York Times poll is that voters are now seeing the vice president as the agent for change."
In other words, Cardona continued, "Voters are now seeing her, and I think Donald Trump is helping her do this. And her underscoring this every chance she gets is really important. Voters see her as the one who actually worries about issues that are important to them. They see her as the one representing their needs, and that is something that she's going to talk to every single day between now and the election."
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