Carville on Harris-Trump Debate: ‘I Could Be Eating My Words on Wednesday, but I Think She’s Going To Do Quite Well’

Jackson: “Well, the timing is interesting because we were reading your op-ed in The New York Times that lays out a few key steps for the vice president that you think she’ll need to do to defeat the former president. And one of them is essentially to let Donald Trump be Donald Trump tomorrow. So how does she do that without letting him steamroll? Or is that part of the point?”

CARVILLE: “I don’t think he’s going to be able to steamroll. I mean, it — the term, negotiations are pretty specific and she can point to that and the [inaudible]. I keep — I hate to say this because you’re not supposed to say it. I think Trump is walking into a giant trap.”

Jackson: “OK, why?”

CARVILLE: “Oh, if I was — I think she’s well prepared. She’s been in Pittsburgh. She’s got really top people preparing her. She’s going to have low expectations because President Biden did so horrible in June. It wasn’t that Trump did great, it was that that Biden didn’t do very well at all. And I — I have to say this, I could be eating my words on Wednesday, but I think she’s going to do quite well. And I think he made a big mistake by accepting this debate.”

Jackson: “Well —“

CARVILLE: “I really do. OK, clip and save this and we’ll find out on Wednesday morning or tomorrow night.”

Jackson: “Yeah, because people [inaudible] laugh at me, make a fool of myself, but that’s OK.”