‘Little Worried’: Fmr Obama Advisor Raises Concerns That Harris’ Closing Message Could Alienate Swing Voters

Former Obama advisor Tommy Vietor expressed concerns Tuesday on his podcast about Vice President Kamala Harris’ closing message on former President Donald Trump, suggesting her labeling him a fascist might alienate undecided swing voters.

Over the past week, corporate media and the Harris campaign have amplified comparisons of Trump to Hitler, following comments from Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, John Kelly, who told The New York Times and The Atlantic that Trump “met the definition of a fascist” and reportedly admired figures like Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. On “Pod Save America,” Vietor voiced his concern over this messaging, saying the tone has become “mixed,” sounding “partisan and hyperbolic.”

“I’m a little worried about the balance of the moment and not because of the message testing of ads. It’s just because you have to ask yourself what is breaking through in the closing days, and I do think it is primarily this conversation about Trump and fascism,” Vietor said. “I think it’s valuable to say the top people that worked for him don’t trust him to be president again — I think that’s alarming new information, probably for a lot of people. But it’s gotten mixed in with conversations about praising Hitler’s generals and things that I think just sound partisan and hyperbolic, and a lot of people brush it off.”

One of Vietor’s co-hosts then stepped in to defend the Harris campaign’s rhetoric, noting that CNN’s Anderson Cooper had raised the topic of Trump being called a fascist. Vietor clarified that while he wasn’t placing blame on anyone for focusing on the subject, he emphasized that swing voters might be more concerned about the economy than this issue. (Read more from “‘Little Worried’: Fmr Obama Advisor Raises Concerns That Harris’ Closing Message Could Alienate Swing Voters” HERE)

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