Donald Trump and his allies accidentally created a monster that could mean a loss in the presidential election, according to a former Republican campaign aide.
Matthew Dowd, who previously worked for George W. Bush's campaigns, appeared on MSNBC on Sunday to discuss Trump's bid to unseat President Joe Biden. The host began by discussing Trump's guilty verdicts and their impact on the race.
The host then drew attention to former Republican Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, and his response to the verdicts. He suggested the country should respect law and order, and therefore the jury's decision in the case in which Trump was convicted of 34 felonies for business records violations.
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Specifically, the host noted that Hogan, who is now running for Senate as a Republican, earned "immediate condemnation from many of his GOP colleagues, including a senior Trump advisor, who said Hogan just ended his campaign for the Senate."
"Hogan is locked in a close race in a heavily Democratic state. Are Republicans more concerned with loyalty to Trump, than even winning back the Senate?" the host asked.
Dowd replied that "we saw that in 2022 when they nominated candidates the most everybody knew they couldn't win and ended up all losing in these crazy candidates that they nominated."
"They seem to be wanting to go down a path of following Trump no matter what he does, and I find it unbelievable, that the Republicans who support Donald Trump are criticizing somebody, another Republican, for saying we should stand by law and order," he said. "I think this whole thing creates an immense vulnerability for Donald Trump and the Republicans because what they have done in two major ways is try to undermine two of the most fundamental principles of our democracy."
He continued:
"One obviously we know is trial by jury and the other is the votes that happened in November of 2020. And what they are saying is, we don't care what average citizens, practicing their civic duty whether it is serving on a jury or voting in a voting booth, we don't care what they want. We don't care what they choose. We don't care what they decide. The only thing that matters is what is good for Donald Trump in this, even if it is rejecting every voter across the country and any jurors."
"So to me, it has created a tremendous vulnerability that I think the Biden campaign will take advantage of," he added. "It's that that they don't care about what citizens want."