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Politico reports:
We spent last night working the phones calling Republicans to find out what the hell happened to attacking Harris as the “border czar” who wants to end private health insurance, decriminalize border crossing and the like.
And we can tell you this morning that virtually every Republican we spoke with was flat-out distraught by what they perceive as a self-inflicted wound not only for Trump, but for Republicans down the ballot.
We’re not just talking about moderate Republicans like former Maryland Gov.-turned-Senate hopeful Larry Hogan — who blasted Trump’s statement as “unacceptable and abhorrent” — or Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who called the comments “very unfortunate.”
The Daily Beast reports:
Other GOP figures commented publicly to argue that questioning Harris’ race isn’t a good idea for political reasons. “It’s not a great idea for either of the parties to be playing racial identity politics, whether it’s white dudes for Kamala or whatever this is,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) “clearly didn’t like what he heard from Trump,” according to Punchbowl News, which noted that the lawmaker remained cautious in criticizing the former president.
“My comment is any time we’re commenting on anything but this Biden administration’s failed economy, failed border, failed national security, we’re not gaining ground,” Tillis was quoted as saying. When asked if he believed Trump should apologize, Tillis answered: “I’ll leave that to President Trump.”
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is refusing to weigh in, saying “I ain’t getting involved in that. Let him talk about what he wants to talk about. I’m talking about how bad our country is in shape right now because of her.”
If Donald Trump wanted to steal the spotlight away from Kamala Harris this week, well, he succeeded in doing that. Just not in a politically advantageous way.
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