Frank Luntz Previews All-Important Debate By Slamming Trump’s ‘Persona’: No ‘Ability’ to Communicate

ELECTORATE. AND JOE BIDEN CAN COMMUNICATE TO THEM. >> I DID MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, LABOR DAY IS THE TRADITIONAL KICKOFF TO THE CAMPAIGN SEES I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT APPLIES GOOD MORNING, FRANKLY, I'M NOT SURE IT'S APPLIED FOR THE LAST FEW CYCLES, BUT WE SAY IT I MEAN, WHAT IS LEFT TO DO AND 64 DAYS. >> OH, IT'S THE DEBATE IS EVERYTHING EVERYTHING EVERYTHING WHEN THE VOTERS SEES SIDE-BY-SIDE, THE TWO CANDIDATES AND THEY LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY, NOT JUST IN THE ANSWERS. IT'S THE BODY LANGUAGE. IS THERE CONTEMPT TO SOMEONE FOLD THEIR ARMS? DO THEY LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING? DO THEY SEEM PRESIDENTIAL IN THEIR APPROACH FOR TRUMP CAN HE KEEP QUIET? >> CAN YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN TO HER RESPONSE OR DOES HE HAVE TO RESPOND TO EVERYTHING FOR HARRIS? >> DOES SHE SEEM OPEN-MINDED? DOES SHE SEEM WILLING TO TAKE IN INFORMATION, NOT JUST PROJECT EACH ONE OF THEM HAS DIFFERENT GOALS FOR THAT DEBATE, BUT EACH ONE IN THE END HAS TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE READY, NOT JUST FOR THAT MOMENT. BUT VOTERS ARE THINKING WHO DON'T WANT TO REPRESENT ME TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THREE OR FOUR YEARS FROM NOW. THAT'S WHY BIDEN HAD TO STEP ASIDE WHEN HE DID AND THAT'S THE CHALLENGE FOR HARRIS RIGHT NOW. SHE DID NOT DO WELL IN HER PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. SHE DID NOT SHY AND NOW SHE HAS TO PROVE SHE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO IT AND TRUMP HAS TO PROVE THAT HE DOESN'T TREAT HER RUDELY, OBNOXIOUS LEE BECAUSE HE LOST A LOT OF FEMALE VOTERS IN 2020 WHO WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR HIM OVER POLICY BUT WE'RE NOT VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONA. >> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD ABOUT DONALD TRUMP IS THEY, THEY REALLY PUSHING THIS NOTION. OH, HE DOESN'T DO DEBATE PREP, HE DOESN'T DO HE DOES DEBATE PREP. WE KNOW HE DOES DEBATE PREP. HE MAY NOT DO FORMAL MOCK DEBATES IN A ROOM. OR MAYBE HE DOES AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW, BUT WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO PROJECT THAT IMAGE OF I DON'T CARE THAT MUCH BECAUSE IN 2020, HE WAS TOLD BY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE CHILL OUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO FOR THE JUGULAR LEAD. PRESIDENT BIDEN, SPEAKER AT THE TIME VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HE'LL HURT HIMSELF AND TRUMP COULDN'T DO IT. HE COULDN'T LAY OFF HE JUST HAD TO GO AND IF I WAS ADVISING THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW, WHICH I DO NOT I'D SAY TO HIM THAT SILENCE IN SOME CASES IS THE BEST LANGUAGE THAT SILENCE BECAUSE HE HAS QUESTIONS THAT HE CAN ASK THAT SHE CAN'T ANSWER WHY DID INFLATION GET SO HIGH IN NEW YORK ADMINISTRATION? WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF YOUR POLICIES CAUSED IT? WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SOLVE IT? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO? IT'S NOT MY QUESTION. THAT WAS RONALD REAGAN'S QUESTION. IF HE ASKED THAT QUESTION PLAINLY, HE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T BELIEVE HE HAS

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