Trump’s family:
Throughout Trump’s campaign, the support of his family has been an important factor. In many ways, his family has seemed to be highlighted and focused on more than any other in campaigns past. This has not been without reason. Trump’s campaign has focused a lot on him being relatable and always being transparent. He doesn’t sugar coat his words with political speech or beat around the bush. His children, in the same way, were not trained for politics and have had to depend on their own strengths and abilities to support Trump. This has given Trump and edge over Hillary, who has repeatedly struggled to gain America’s trust and appear transparent.
Hillary’s response:
As a result, Hillary’s campaign has strategically done what any campaign should, used their opponents biggest strength as their biggest weakness. Trump’s family, specifically Ivanka has been one of the biggest components of his campaign. His family has complimented his anti-political campaign by giving Trump the necessary support he has needed. Because of Trump’s campaign focusing so much on getting rid of political correctness, many Republican’s are not as vocal for endorsing Trump, making his family’s support vital. As a result, Hillary’s campaign has constantly attacked Trump and his family in order to disqualify Trump and his family’s character and also, indirectly keep the focus off of Hillary and her own mistakes. This has given Hillary copious amounts of time to prepare and appear presidential, while the media continues to paint Trump and his family as unqualified.
What you can expect to see:
Conclusively, over these next few weeks you can expect Hillary’s campaign to continuously try to disqualify Trump and his family by promoting negative characteristics about Trump and critiquing every comment his family makes in response. His family as a result will have to tread carefully and be very precise with what comments they choose to make. They need to address some of the issues, and then move on. Hillary’s campaign is wanting the public to remain focused on Trump’s past actions leading up to the election. Trump’s family could play a part in shifting that focus to other parts of Trump’s campaign.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-crude/
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-19/trump-s-family-keeps-low-profile-in-home-stretch-of-campaign