Team Felon 'Praying' He Won't F*ck Up Debate With Harris
The highly anticipated debate between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday will be the first face-to-face encounter between the two candidates. Harris, a former prosecutor, has been prepping for the debate; Trump, a raging narcissist, has not.
The Daily Beast noted some reactions from Team Trump. They're praying. Thoughts and prayers, you guys.
"I think—I pray—he can be disciplined," Republican strategist Tricia McLaughlin told Politico, voicing concerns about Trump trading personal attacks over focusing on policy.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich theorized that could be exactly what Harris wants, and she could try to "bait him."
"She'll be personal and try to demean him," Gingrich told Politico. "I think, I hope, what he'll do is be a guy who's been a real president—while she has been kind of a semi-vice president—and a guy who knows all the world leaders, and a guy who has been through an enormous amount, and just be calm and steady and stick to the real differences."
However, if Trump is indeed backed into a corner with personal attacks, all bets could be off, said McLaughlin, who served as a senior adviser in Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign.