Amy Tarkanian: Republican strategist on Trump ruling out another Presidential debate

Donald Trump has ruled out another Presidential debate ahead of the US election in November. 

Both Trump and opponent Kamala Harris claimed victory following the debate this week, but polls suggest Harris performed better.  

In election polls, the candidates are neck and neck. 

Republican strategist Amy Tarkanian tells Heather du Plessis-Allan that another mishap could result in Trump losing those who are still wavering in the centre. 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hither dup for c Ellen.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
So Donald Trump has ruled out another presidential debate against
Kamala Harris before the US election in November.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
So, because we've done two debates and because they were successful.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
There will be no third debate. It's too late anyway,
the voting's already begun.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
You've got to go out and vote.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Amy Takanian is a Republican strategist. Hey, Amy, Hello. Is
Trump saying no because he knows he lost that debate?

Speaker 1 (00:28):
I believe. So he's actually claiming only a loser would
call for another debate, So he's trying to change the
narrative and out the win.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Isn't a smart move from him to not go in
for another one?

Speaker 1 (00:42):
I would actually say so because I think that he's
already got his base in place very solidly, and there
are a number of people who are still wavering in
the center, and if he continues to have another mishap,
it very well solidify his next loss. Right.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
So, which is to say that the only one who
can benefit from a debate is really Kamala Harris?

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Correct, because she already comes in kind of at a
lower threshold. People really don't know too much about her.
They don't know too much about, you know, where she
stands on a number of issues. They just know that
she's held a few different offices throughout her lifetime, but
they don't really know exactly much about her as the individual.

(01:27):
So I think in this first debate, or this only
debate that she had between her and President Trump, she
really was able to shine without giving too much detail
about her stances. So she allowed him to take the bait, flounder,
fall apart, make himself, you know, continue to look you know,

(01:49):
very angry, upset, and and that's really what their message
has been. It's been, you know, do you want to
go back, do you want to go into another abyss
of anger or do you want to move forward? And
do you want to be positive? And they really don't
have to break down any policy in the meantime, which
is unfortunate, but that's where we are right now.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
I know that two right minded people and people who
are maybe able to look at this kind of dispassionately.
The eating cats and dogs comments is pretty loony. But
does it actually hurt Donald Trump all of the coverage
that he's getting as a result of.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
This, Well, I would say to his base, they actually
believe it. And so now there are stories that are
popping up on social media from people who are of
Haitian descent who are saying, listen, you know, my grandpa
used to do this for voodoo rituals. My auntie used
to do this, you know. But it was back in

(02:45):
Haiti because it was a third world country and they
were in survival mode. Not many stories, you hear, if
at all, about it actually happening here in the United
States of America, have been verified.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
I mean, thank you, really interesting stuff. Appreciate time. That's
Amy's Titanian who's a Republican strategist. Now on that. Apparently
there is a hard right conspiracy theorist who's traveling with
Donald Trump at the moment, and some Republicans are blaming
this woman for the cats and dogs comment that he
made during debate. I've never heard of her before. Laura
luma Is her name, has like a huge following on Twitter.

(03:19):
Is apparently well known for spreading conspiracy theories, including probably
most notably, that the nine to eleven attacks were an
inside job that was carried out by the US government,
which obviously makes it particularly weird that she was at
the nine to eleven Memorial with Donald Trump on Wednesday,
and people got reasonably upset about that for obvious reasons. Anyway,
she traveled to the debate with Donald Trump on his

(03:41):
plane on Tuesday US time. Here's a really interesting thing.
On Monday US time, one day before the debate, she
tweeted the cats and dogs theory on Twitter. And for
that reason, because she had done it twenty four hours
before the debate, people and the Republicans reckon that he
got that idea from her. For more from Heather Duplessy

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