Pollster Frank Luntz said former President Donald Trump may have an edge in the Sept. 10 debate on ABC News if he uses silence at key moments but also asks his Democratic presidential rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, about questions that “she can’t answer.”
“The debate is everything,” Luntz said on CNN News Central.
“If I was advising the campaign right now, which I do not, I’d say to him that silence in some cases is the best language … because he has questions that he can ask that she can’t answer,” he said.
He shared some suggested questions for the Republican nominee.
“Why did inflation get so high under your administration? What exactly are you going to do if your policies caused it? What can you do to solve it?” Luntz suggested.
“And most importantly, are you better off today than you were four years ago? It’s not my question. That was Ronald Reagan’s question,” he continued. “If [Trump] asked that question plainly, he will be successful. I don’t believe he has the ability to do so.”
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Harris has been busy on the campaign trail with her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), and had her first sit-down interview with Walz by her side on CNN last week.
Trump successfully debated President Joe Biden on June 27, which led to calls for the president to step aside as the Democratic presidential nominee in the 2024 election. Harris entered the race with Biden’s endorsement and launched her presidential campaign on July 21. Biden campaigned for Harris on Sept. 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and gave a speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.