GOP Analyst Tells CNN Trump McDonald’s Stunt Was ‘Solid Move’ — But ‘Kamala Harris Is Going To Win’
Republican political analyst Mark McKinnon told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that former President Donald Trump’s McDonald’s photo op was a “solid move” — but said he still thinks Vice President Kamala Harris “is going to win.”
Trump has been leveling attacks claiming — without evidence — that VP Harris never worked for the chain, and even that McDonald’s confirmed this (they did not). At a Pennsylvania McDonald’s franchise that was closed for business to accommodate Trump’s stunt, the ex-President donned an apron and enacted a brief stint in the restaurant, where he repeated those attacks.
On Monday morning’s CNN This Morning, McKinnon praised the “troll” as a “really good” photo op, but told Hunt he still thinks the key “gaps” in support favor Harris:
HUNT: We’ve been sitting here in the break talking about what we saw from Trump at McDonald’s and kind of what he accomplished by doing that. And he’s clearly trying to troll Vice President Harris over what she has made kind of a central piece of the biography she’s trying to sell to voters. But it’s also a place that he, obviously, has, you know, loved in public for quite some time.
What is your assessment of this – this campaign move?
MCKINNON: A solid move for Trump. I thought it was – I thought it was really good.
I mean to – to your earlier guest’s point, it makes him just seem down to earth. You know, he’s still Trump, but he’s, you know, he’s hanging out with McDonald’s with real people talking about stuff that real people like. That’s definitely a good move.
But my point in the “Vanity Fair” piece is that this – this thing is baked. There’s not really many undecided voters at all. This is going to be decided – I think there’s – this is about the gaps and this is the reason why I think Kamala Harris is going to win.
When – when – when it’s all about turnout, what’s key is enthusiasm, right? You know, whose voters are more excited about going out to vote? And Harris has like a ten point advantage. So, that’s one gap.
There’s a gender gap. She also has about a ten-point advantage on women voters. And then I think there’s an early voting gap, as we see from the data coming in, like you just showed in Michigan, there’s huge numbers of early voters turning out.
Now, we’ll wait to see until after the election what that really means. But generally what that means is the Democrats vote early, and so if those numbers are up, it’s likely more Democrats.
So, I see a lot of signs that polling is not picking up that are advantages for Harris. And I think that she’s going to win.
HUNT: So, Mark, I – just to – I absolutely take your point. And, obviously, I put a lot of stock in kind of how you think about these things.
Watch above via CNN This Morning.
