CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip Campaign Surrogate Advice How to Mitigate Disaster 2024 08 01

WHAT IS A CAMPAIGN SURROGATE TO DO ADVICE? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU REALLY WANT TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO QUOTE UNQUOTE, MITIGATE SOME DISASTER WOW, YOU'RE REALLY WHAT ABBAS CAN FIX THAT IS LOVE YOU TOO. >> VAGUE. ANYBODY HAS EVER DONE TO THINK THAT I COULD LOOK AT THIS AND BE LIKE, OH, OKAY, NOT HERE'S HOW WE GOT TO FIX THIS. >> ONE LINER. >> YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, I WORKED FOR ONE OF THOSE SURROGATES, DR. BEN CARSON, WHO I THINK IS AN AMAZING MAN. >> AND I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT HE'S MADE ON THIS, BUT CLEARLY THIS WAS A MISTAKE. I MEAN, THERE'S NO IF ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT. I THINK SCOTT JENNINGS HAD A GREAT LINE ABOUT IT THE OTHER NIGHT WHERE, YOU KNOW HE BASICALLY SHIFT THE BED AND NOW THE QUESTION IS, IS HE GOING TO ROLL AROUND IN IT? I THINK THERE IS A MOOD HE'S GOING DO. >> YES. WELL, IT APPEARS SO NOW WE'RE IN THE 48 HOUR WINDOW. >> I MEAN, YOU WANT THESE STORIES TO GO AWAY AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOES. >> HE DOESN'T. >> D