President Donald Trump's "affordability" speech in Pennsylvania this week was a "disgusting" display, said University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry Sabato on MS NOW — and proof he's "getting worse" by the day.
This came amid a segment discussing Democrats' electoral victory this week, in which, among other things, they recaptured the mayor's office in Miami for the first time in decades.
"I want to start with you. What happened in Miami?" asked anchor Katy Tur.
"Well, what happened in Miami is the Democrats had a superior candidate," said Sabato. "But much more important than that, we're seeing in Miami and Georgia and Virginia and New Jersey, all across the country, a reaction to Donald Trump's failures, and his failures are mainly in policy terms. That's what people are responding to."
"But believe it or not, at last, fissures are appearing even in the Republican coalition and Republicans, finally, at least in some cases, are expressing themselves," Sabato continued. "And there is real repulsion, just repulsion at the sorts of things that Donald Trump is saying and doing. As with that sickening, disgusting speech in Pennsylvania last night."
"What was so bad about it, Larry?" asked Tur.
"Oh, god. How much time do you have?" said Sabato. "Well, I know it's an hour, but it's a short show. And he spoke for a long time. The constant personal attacks, the nastiness, the viciousness. Yes, we've seen this all along, but he's getting worse. I mean, if it is humanly possible, he is getting worse. The lying is also increasing, doubling, tripling, quadrupling. I mean, he — he lies as often as he breathes."
"I saw something that really shocked me today ... Pew Research Center came out with something they've had for many, many years, annually or more frequently than annually: trust in government," said Sabato. "And you know, I'm as I said, I'm old. I went through the 50s with Eisenhower and the 60s and all the presidents we had then, and during Eisenhower and Kennedy, 80 percent of the American public trusted their government to do what was right, all or most of the time, 80 percent. We've just reached an all-time low under Trump 2.0: 17 percent. One-seven percent of Americans trust the government all or most of the time to do what's right."
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