Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the Trump campaign has been trying to direct its messaging to more voters beyond their base.
Fox’s Shannon Bream played a clip of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (R) saying that November’s election “is not just for the MAGA vote” and that Republicans should focus on reaching a wide range of voters, including women, college-educated voters and moderate Republicans. Bream then asked Vance, former President Trump’s running mate, what the campaign should be doing to reach those voters.
“Well, first of all, I think Ambassador Haley is right that we have to reach a broader group of voters, but I think that we’re doing exactly that,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.”
“Shannon, if you look at what President Trump has been saying at his rallies, what I’ve been doing at my rallies and my press events, is we’ve been making a very simple argument that when Kamala Harris became president, or vice president, I should say, she caused policies that led to a rapid increase in inflation and a rise in chaos around the world,” he continued.
He went on to say that he and Trump have “a vision” to reduce energy and food costs and to make housing more affordable. He said that they will continue to target Vice President Harris’s record and expressed confidence they will win in November.
“And of course, the media has been giving Kamala Harris a three-week love fest, but the unfortunate fact for Kamala Harris is her record is her record,” Vance said.
“And we’re going to prosecute the case that Donald Trump caused peace and prosperity, Kamala Harris caused chaos and lower take-home pay. I think that we get that message out there, Shannon. I feel very confident the American people are going to elect Donald Trump president in November,” he added.
Since launching her bid for the White House, Harris has garnered enthusiasm from Democrats and soared in the polls to close the gap with Trump. According to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ’s national polling average, she has a 1.8 percentage point lead over Trump based on an aggregate of 120 polls.