Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile says she’s “never seen anything like” the political movement led by former President Donald Trump as he solidifies support within the GOP and a major poll shows him tied with President Biden in a hypothetical rematch.
Ms. Brazile said she’s old enough to remember two big political movements: President Ronald Reagan’s hold on the conservative base and President Barack Obama’s ability to galvanize people with hope and change.
“I’ve never seen anything like this with Donald Trump. I mean, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? I mean, being convict… I mean, being indicted, that’s making him stronger? Raising $10 million using an ugly mug shot to raise money? This is a movement,” she told ABC’s “This Week.” “And anyone who thinks that you can apply the old political rules to try to defeat this candidate based on he’s scary, he’s ugly, whatever you might want to call him, this is a movement. And we have to respect the fact that it’s a movement.”
Ms. Brazile, who served as campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign, was responding in part to a Wall Street Journal poll that said
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