Democrats' debate advice to Clinton: Let Trump screw up
'He’s going to say some cockamamie stuff,' says one lawmaker. 'Give him the rope.'
By Burgess Everett and Seung Min Kim
09/21/16 05:08 AM EDT
Democrats have some advice for Hillary Clinton at her first presidential debate: Let Trump be Trump.
Donald Trump’s more tightly scripted campaign of late could backfire on him when he squares off against Clinton on Monday in Hempstead, New York, Democrats believe. He won’t be able to rely on the teleprompter he’s been using of late, they say, and Trump’s only recent extended interview with The Washington Post showed that, left to his own devices, he’s apt to stumble back into controversy on issues like Barack Obama’s birthplace.
“He’s going to say some cockamamie stuff,” said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.). “Give him the rope.”
Indeed, the best strategy for Clinton, lawmakers advised, is to let Trump do most of the talking.
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