By Raul Castillo
Aug 13, 2024, 10:34 PM EDT
Sarah Matthews, a former spokesperson for former President Donald Trump, said that the current Republican presidential candidate is “desperate” because he feels that the election against Kamala Harris “is slipping away” and that is why, she says, Trump is resorting to conspiracy theories about his rival.
In an interview on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” Matthews expressed concern about Trump’s recent tactics, describing how he is embracing false online theories about his political opponent.
“I think he feels like this election is slipping out of his control, and that’s where we’re starting to see him spiral into latching onto these conspiracy theories, as you pointed out with the AI-generated crowds, that are obviously easily disproven,” Matthews said, as reported by The Hill.
Trump has downplayed the significance of the large, enthusiastic crowds Harris has drawn at her recent rallies, falsely suggesting that images of these crowds were generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
Matthews criticized this stance, stressing that although the theory is absurd, there is still a risk that some Trump supporters will believe it because he is actively promoting it.
“I know it’s crazy,” Trump’s former spokeswoman said. “But there will be people who believe it, because he’s promoting it. And that’s what happens when he gets desperate, he promotes these conspiracy theories,” she insisted.
Dismay in the campaign
Harris’ campaign has made significant gains in the polls, and her ability to mobilize young voters has been one of the factors that has raised concerns among Trump’s team.
Matthews also noted that Trump’s recent statements could be hurting his own campaign. One example of this was his appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, where he questioned Harris’ racial identity, implying that her identification as a black woman was circumstantial and inauthentic.
Another incident highlighted by Matthews was Trump’s rally in Georgia, where the former president attacked the state’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp. Kemp is popular among Republicans and has been a vocal opponent of Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
“These are not winning campaign messages,” the former spokeswoman concluded, suggesting that Trump’s tactics reflect a sense of vulnerability that could be detrimental to his candidacy.
With information from The Hill.
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