With November 8th just a couple of weeks out now, it has become more important than ever for both presidential campaigns to hone in on their strengths and focus on getting to the White House. That being the case, it has become increasingly crucial for the surrogate speakers of both candidates to really align their efforts and push through any media resistance to achieve their goals – which makes the fact that Trump’s surrogates seem to be single-handedly undermining any progress that the GOP candidate could’ve made over these past few days that much worse.
Doubling Down on Deflection
With the media now seemingly solely focused on the various scandals surrounding Trump’s growing list of blunders and sexual assault accusations, it has become a staple of his surrogates to deflect from the controversies in the attempt to steer the conversation back towards policy. However, with such glaring evidence existing in the form of audio clips and video footage working against their candidate, it only stands to make their case worse, making them seem either exceptionally un-empathetic towards the alleged victims of his various missteps or, in some cases, just extremely out of touch.
Legitimately Making It Worse
In addition to the amount of deflection Trump’s campaign has been engaging in as of late, there is also the fact that some interviews with his various surrogates end up making headlines for being the exact wrong thing to say. For example, this past week, Trump surrogate and former Republican Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, made news for claiming that Hispanics won’t be much of an obstacle for Trump in her state due to the fact that, “They don’t get out and vote.” With Trump’s numbers already dwindling with Hispanic voters, Brewer’s comments couldn’t have come at a less opportune time, and it will interesting to see whether or not this latest addition to the media frenzy will be enough to turn Arizona blue.
Preparing to Take a Loss
Though Trump’s surrogates may not be completely unified on all fronts, it seems as if they can all agree on one thing: the vast and all-compassing corruption of our political system that has led to the mass rigging of the polls – in some cases, before they are even set up. In any case, it would appear that the Republican candidate’s surrogates will continue to support his claims that the election process has been set up to work against him – of only to soften the blow of their seemingly inevitable loss in the coming days.