Al Sharpton: Trump Continuing to be ‘Tone Deaf Is Frightening to Republicans’

‘He’s playing to his base, his most boiled-down version of his base’

EXCERPT:

SHARPTON: "There’s no doubt that the race will tighten for several reasons and probably go back and forth several times. I think that the campaigns of both candidates must really watch where the concerns of people are. Where are we in the pandemic? Where are we in terms of some of the social questions like policing and like gun control? And I think the ones that read it and handle it correctly will be the ones that will drive their turnout and will have their hand on the pulse of where the country is. When we are entering this RNC starting tonight, it appears that the President is tone deaf because he’s playing to an audience that’s not there, suburban housewives that are moving toward the urban center, he's playing to people that wave guns, a couple that wave guns at Black Lives Matter marchers who were marching peacefully, being speakers. Contrasting that with a Colin Powell or a Governor Kasich, Republicans that have spoken at the Democratic Convention, I think his tone deaf is frightening for the Republicans. And if he doesn't catch up, I think — even though the race may tighten — it gives the edge to the Democrats."

Video files
Full
Compact
Audio files
Full
Compact