Dem Strategist Nomiki Konst: Hillary Is in Trouble; Will Lose to Donald Trump

HEMMER: “Could very well be — I mean, this could be a cage match general election, right ladies? I mean, wow. Nomiki, you said I think Hillary is especially vulnerable running against Trump.”
KONST: “Yes.”
HEMMER: “How come?”
KONST: “I think that Democrats are underestimating Trump. I mean, first thing, we know that he is the most malleable candidate. He’s going to be able to position himself as the working class, fair trade, Republican, sort of like a Reagan Democrat in other words, and Hillary Clinton is not able to corral that support right now. She is losing the working class vote to Bernie Sanders. And if Bernie Sanders isn’t the nominee, that working class vote undoubtedly going to go to Donald Trump. She also as — as Ashley said, she has really tough time engaging younger members of the Democratic Party. I’m not just talking about Millennials, I’m talking about those under 50 who’d been showing up and supporting Bernie Sanders but not supporting here. So there is enthusiasm gap. But more importantly, Donald Trump is going be able to talk about the issue that all voters care about and that is the economy. And Hillary Clinton’s track record with the economy, when he talks about free trade, he is saying he wants fair trade. That’s what Democrats want. They don’t want free trade. So, this is really — this is —“