Steve Schmidt Flat Out Calls Trump A Plague

Steve Schmidt called Trump a pestilence and a plague of locusts who descended upon Republican candidates at the end of the campaign.

Schmidt said:

When you look at the race, the issue, I think, that we’re going to see play out over the night is the degree to which Donald Trump and Air Force One and the dramatic rivals in all of the states for these mega rallies where he incited all manner of racial animus, in fact does it turn out to be a pestilence arriving. Was it a plague of locusts arriving for these Republican candidates? in Ohio yesterday Donald Trump came, spent the last day in the campaign trail, campaigning for Mike DeWine, running for governor of Ohio. Did he give Mike DeWine a lifeline or did he push his head under the when we look at these Florida returns right now, it seems to be the case that Donald Trump was an anchor around the ankles of the two Republican candidates?

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At the end of the day, what the race has been about is a referendum on trump and Trumpism. Donald Trump has traveled the country, incited the American people, he’s stoked a cold civil war. He has led a campaign of racial animus, the likes of which we have not seen in the modern era, something that would recognizable to Lester Maddox or George Wallace. What we’re going to watch play out over the night is whether Trumpism faces its first validation or first repudiation, looking at the early returns, I would bet on repudiation. It will be a long night, we’ll see how it turns out.

The Republican candidates in Florida have rebounded, but there is still no evidence of “red wave” sweeping the country. At worst, the country is fighting to a draw. Trump hasn’t boosted the Republican Party, but what we are watching is a divided nation fighting it out in a slugfest.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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