Landon Parvin, once a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, told The Wall Street Journal there are ways for Haley to take on what he called "the Great Pumpkin far away in Mar-a-Lago" — as long as she brings more personality than Ron Desantis.
One piece of advice Parvin gave Haley was to stand up for Trump's vanquished opponents, including Meatball Ron and Chris "Bum"Christie.
"You alone now carry the banner. Speak up for all the Republicans who have been demeaned, diminished, and threatened by Trump. He can no longer hurt you." Parvin told the Journal.
Parvin also advised Haley to respond to Trump's sass — a difficult task considering he is terminally online — with her own, but she should remember there is an art to it.
"Do it with humor, or you'll look like you want to stand on his ventilator tube," Parvin told the Journal.
He recommended highlighting how Trump's legal battles make him unfit for president by using clever quips in regards to his criminal indictment related to payments made to adult star Stormy Daniels.
(The strategy did not work out for DeSantis, but maybe Haley can use it to woo independents and moderate Republicans concerned about Trump's many indictments.)
Parvin also advised Haley to combat "stereotypes" thrown at her by Trump, who has spent a lot of time predictably coming up with racist nicknames against the Indian American candidate.
Although it is unclear if Haley already read Parvin's words, the GOP candidate has ramped up her attacks on Trump, commenting on his age, questioning his memory, and hitting at his legal troubles.
On Friday afternoon, following the announcement that Trump would have to pay $83 million in damages to E. Jean Carroll, who sued the former president for defamation, Haley posted on X that his legal troubles were a distraction to other policy issues on Republican's minds.
"America can do better than Donald Trump and Joe Biden," she wrote.
Instead of agreeing, users ratioed her posts. |
