More and more Republicans are asking Donald Trump if it might be possible for him to stop the personal attacks on Kamala Harris and focus on a persuasive message. His answer? Absolutely not. In yet another country club press conference, Trump says he's "entitled to personal attacks" because he doesn't respect Harris, calls her stupid, and rants about communists. Meanwhile, Harris and Joe Biden hold their first joint event since Biden stepped down from the race, and it's full of good policy and good vibes. Plus, Tim Walz talks tacos, and RFK Jr. might be looking for an exit strategy.
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- Show Donald Trump holds another absolute banger of a press conference while Kamala Harris and Joe Biden hold their first joint event since the president left the race, big announcement about lower drug prices. And later, RFK Jr. was apparently willing to drop out of the race if Kamala Harris offered him a job. But first, there is one topic that Republicans are focusing on the last couple days and it's not Kamala Harris or the economy
Or even immigration, it's this.
Gonna win talking about whether she's dumb. I will say that in that discussion with
On to me, he seemed quite rambling. I mean, it was like, yep. He rambles. He goes on too long.
At his rallies and in these exchanges and at his presser the other day to where you get kind of bored, you lose the thread, you lose interest. The waiting formula for President Trump is very plain to say it's fewer insults, more
And that policy contrast. -It's insane to attack.
Kamala Harris personally when in fact the attacks
On her actual policy statements will be much more devastating.
And Peter Navarro. - Fresh from prison to the podcast studio. - Yeah, he was guest hosting for Steve Bannon on The War Room. I guess Tommy wasn't available.
That's right. Well, they record the same time as Pots Save the World, so Tommy's never available for the gig of his dreams. Peter Navarro went to prison for Trump?
Now is criticizing his campaign strategy. Maybe you should take what he has to say a little bit seriously No, right over there So Republicans are once again nervous that Trump's lack of discipline and obsession with petty grievances aka his personality Might cost him a race. He was favored to win just a month ago so his campaign tried to send the old man out to talk about the economy in what was billed as an major policy speech
In North Carolina this week. Let's listen to how that went. We're talking about a thing called the economy. They wanted to do a speech...
On the economy. A lot of people are very devastated by what's happened with inflation and all of the other things. So we're doing this as a
>> Sexual speech, you're all intellectuals today. Today we're gonna talk about one subject, and then we'll start going back.
To the other because we sort of love that don't we? But it's an important, no it's an important subject. They say it's the most important subject. I'm not sure it is but they say it's the most important. Spoiler, he did not talk about the economy. In that economic policy speech, he ended up just going on. He did his usual STEM speech rambling. He did his
Tampon tim thing he's yelling about kamala harris it was just a complete mess so then trump's advisors somehow convinced him to shuffle out of another one of his golf clubs today for a redo on economic
Let's see how that went. on the Maduro plan. We call it the Maduro plan like something straight out of
Venezuela or the Soviet Union. She wants to change a free enterprise type country into a communist type country. That's what she knows. Ideas and Joe Biden too, I mentioned
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