Trump campaign zeroes in on a new threat: Elizabeth Warren

[DonViejo]

The president's team is about to go after a candidate he had left for dead.

By ALEX ISENSTADT 06/15/2019 06:35 AM EDT

President Donald Trump’s reelection machine is setting its sights on a new target, one it had left for dead just a few months ago: Elizabeth Warren.

With the Massachusetts senator rising in polls and driving a populist message that threatens to cut into the president’s blue-collar base, the Trump campaign is training its firepower on Warren with an eye toward blunting her momentum.

Trump aides and their allies at the Republican National Committee, who initially believed their money and manpower were better focused elsewhere, are digging up opposition research, deploying camera-wielding trackers, and preparing to brand Warren as a liberal extremist. The reassessment of Warren, confirmed in conversations with more than a half-dozen Trump advisers, reflects the volatility of the massive Democratic primary and how the reelection campaign is reacting to it.

The Trump team — including the president himself — had been focused almost exclusively on Joe Biden to this point. But Warren’s rise now has them thinking she could pose a serious threat in a general election. Warren’s disciplined style, populist-infused speeches, and perceived ability to win over suburban female voters, Trump advisers concede, has raised concerns.

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[Pachamama]

1. Good luck with that

I think at this point anything he throws at her will backfire and actually make her more popular and embarrass Trump.

Maybe that’s the strategy in terms of chiseling away at Biden? Seems like a risky miscalculation. It could even help Biden and she will only get points in that will show the American Public and especially women how awful Trump is.

[marylandblue]

6. No, it's a typical Trumpian approach.

He likes to take down his enemies one by one. He always goes after the one who seems strongest at any moment. But with such a wide open primary, he has trouble choosing a target. Even worse for him, unlike 16 Republicans and Clinton, each one has had time to prepare a counterstrategy, and they are all doing something different.

Meanwhile, Pelosi can draw his fire anytime she wants to.

[dalton99a]

2. "Russia, if you're listening

Tool up for another target: Warren"

[sop]

3. Trump will attack her for having been a Republican and a believer in laissez-faire capitalism,

back when he was a Democrat and supported abortion rights. That should be interesting.

[Greg K]

4. Which means:

Get ready to hear "Pocahontas" a lot.

[Bayard]

5. I was just thinking that

"President Pocahontas". He should be thinking more in terms of Geronimo.

[NYMinute]

7. If I were Senator Warren

I'd give Trump a Native American name -- like Bullying Pig or Dances with no brains. It will stick.

[Trenzalore]

8. That should be good for another 5% increase in her polling numbers