Conservative Warns The MAGA Faithful Trump Is Likely To ‘Get His Clock Cleaned’ By Harris In A Debate

Philip Klein is the editor of the conservative National Review, and he has some bad news for Trump supporters who think failed former president Donald Trump can stand toe-to-toe in a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Now that Trump has tentatively agreed to three debates, the first of which will be held on September 10 and hosted by ABC News, Klein is warning that despite what the disgraced ex-president says, Harris is a formidable opponent and excellent debater.

In his latest column, Klein writes, “Donald Trump said today that he had agreed to the September 10 debate against Vice President Kamala Harris and proposed two additional debates. A lot of conservatives are confident that once Harris is forced to speak in an unscripted environment, she will unravel. But I am not so sure. If Trump doesn’t sharpen his attacks in the coming weeks, he could very well get smoked when they face off.”

Klein adds that Trump’s debate with President Joe Biden may have been a success, Donald didn’t exactly shine in the spotlight, either, though his performance was overshadowed by how badly Biden did.

He spoke using a sort of MAGA shorthand that is comprehensible to those who already support him or who spend a lot of time online, but not to persuadable voters. When Biden confronted him on the story about his calling members of the military “suckers and losers,” Trump said it was false. He then said, “It was made up by him, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was made up, just like the 51 intelligence agents are made up, just like the new thing with the 16 economists are talking. It’s the same thing.

Trump’s propensity for believing whatever conspiracy theory he reads online and trying to pass such lies off as facts also doesn’t bode well for the convicted felon who is standard bearer for the GOP, Klein notes.

Yet here’s how Trump spoke of Walz:

She picked a radical left man that is — he has things done that — he has positions that are not even possible to believe that they exist. He is going for things that nobody has even heard of. Heavy into the transgender world. Heavy into lots of different worlds.

“Heavy into lots of different worlds.” Anybody who isn’t already familiar with the Walz record is likely thinking, what the heck is he talking about?

Harris, on the other hand, Klein explains, has her own problems when it comes to speaking extemporaneously. Underestimating her, however, is an enormous mistake.

“But the Trump campaign would be wise to assume that she will come to the debate well-equipped with many talking points on all of the issues most likely to come up and she will stick largely to script. There are a lot of avenues for Trump to challenge Harris and get her off her game, but that requires a command of details that he can use to make arguments in a comprehensible way. If Trump decides to wing it and thinks he can get away with the type of performance he did at the first debate or Thursday’s press conference, he will get his clock cleaned.”

Kamala Harris will eat Donnie’s lunch when they debate. If he thinks he can steamroll her the way he did Biden, then you can expect to see Harris turn Trump into a quivering mass of protoplasm. After that, all that remains is a Democratic landslide when the votes are tallied.