{"id":2339100,"date":"2024-09-10T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-big-strategy-for-debate-is-to-point-to-trumps-legal-troubles-byron-york-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:24:28","slug":"harriss-big-strategy-for-debate-is-to-point-to-trumps-legal-troubles-byron-york-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harriss-big-strategy-for-debate-is-to-point-to-trumps-legal-troubles-byron-york-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris\u2019s \u2018big strategy\u2019 for debate is to point to Trump\u2019s legal troubles: Byron York &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharriss-big-strategy-for-debate-is-to-point-to-trumps-legal-troubles-byron-york-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2339100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent commentary, Byron \u2063York discusses Vice\u200c President Kamala Harris&#8217;s strategy for an\u2064 upcoming debate, which is anticipated to focus on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal issues. York suggests that \u2063Harris may adopt a &#8220;prosecutor mode,&#8221; aiming to provoke \u2062Trump by referencing his felony convictions, particularly\u200d the recent guilty verdict concerning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-charges-against-trump-are-rarely-ever-pursued-by-das\/\" title=\"The Charges Against Trump Are Rarely Ever Pursued by DAs\">business record falsification<\/a>. \u200dHe \u2062contrasts this \u200cwith the previous approach taken by President Joe Biden, which attempted to frame Trump as a threat to democracy. Harris, who replaced Biden as the Democratic \u2063candidate, initially abandoned\u200d this \u2063strategy but may revert to it in the debate.<\/p>\n<p>York notes that Harris&#8217;s\u200d campaign sought to \u2064alter the debate&#8217;s muted microphone policy, emphasizing her desire\u200c to aggressively challenge Trump. However, after\u200d agreeing to the rules of the debate, she will be limited to answering questions rather than directly interrogating Trump. Meanwhile, concerns are \u2063raised about whether this prosecutorial strategy will be effective given \u200cthe debate&#8217;s format. As the debate approaches, there are speculations about how Harris&#8217;s performance will shape her campaign in relation to Trump and his \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-candace-owens-drops-trailer-of-interview-with-andrew-tate\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Candace Owens Teases Interview with Andrew Tate\">current legal troubles<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris&rsquo;s &lsquo;big strategy&rsquo; for debate is to point to Trump&rsquo;s legal troubles: Byron York<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1756910\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/byron-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Byron York<\/a> predicted that Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> plan for Tuesday night&rsquo;s debate is to reference former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> legal battles, part of a larger plan to get under Trump&rsquo;s skin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>York, the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-blasted-for-airing-royal-familys-dirty-laundry-in-oprah-interview-whine-athon\/\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Blasted For Airing Royal Family\u2019s Dirty Laundry In Oprah Interview: \u2018Whine-athon\u2019\">chief political correspondent<\/a>, explained how President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign had attempted to portray the former president as a threat to democracy, which did not convince many voters prior to Biden dropping out. When Harris took Biden&rsquo;s place as the Democratic Party&rsquo;s presidential candidate in July, York noted she basically dropped this strategy &ldquo;immediately in favor of the vibes campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-presidential-debate-live-updates-trump-harris-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TRUMP-HARRIS DEBATE LIVE UPDATES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So will she bring it back? I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; York said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham Angle<\/em>. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s much more likely that in prosecutor mode, she will bring up Trump&rsquo;s legal problems, the prosecutions, the guilty verdict that he got in New York, and see if she can get under his skin. I think when you talk about her getting under his skin or trying to, I think that&rsquo;s really her big strategy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2586230&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=fe2120d30186396869c11586dbd53dd5\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3024969\/six-things-people-want-to-know-trump-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records<\/a> back in May, though his criminal sentencing for these counts has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3068066\/judge-postpones-trumps-hush-money-sentencing-to-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>been delayed twice<\/a>. The most recent delay last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3144902\/trump-sentencing-delayed-new-york-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pushed Trump&rsquo;s sentencing to Nov. 26<\/a>, three weeks after the presidential election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>York also stated that a strategy Harris was likely to use during the debate was to act like a &ldquo;tough prosecutor&rdquo; against Trump, and this was why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3133999\/harris-team-fighting-muted-mics-abc-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>her campaign was seeking to change the debate&rsquo;s muted microphone policy<\/a> ahead of Tuesday night. The Harris campaign has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3143804\/kamala-harris-accepts-rules-abc-trump-debate-including-muted-mics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>since agreed to keeping the muted microphones<\/a>, and candidates will only have their microphones on when it is their turn to speak.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Kaylee McGhee White has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3147280\/harris-basement-strategy-electability-kaylee-mcghee-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>similarly predicted that Harris will refer to Trump as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-vance-campaign-in-minnesota-in-bid-to-flip-the-state-for-the-first-time-in-five-decades-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump and Vance campaign in Minnesota in bid to flip the state for the first time in five decades - Washington Examiner\">convicted felon&#038;rdquo<\/a>;<\/a> in this debate but that a strategy of running as a prosecutor would not work in this debate due to the muted microphones. As such, White said that Harris will be put in the same spotlight as Trump, and the vice president will have to answer policy questions herself rather than questioning the former president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The debate is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3146292\/what-know-second-presidential-debate-hosted-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hosted by ABC News<\/a> and moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3146441\/trump-harris-abc-debate-what-know-moderators-david-muir-linsey-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>David Muir and Linsey Davis<\/a>. There will only be two commercial breaks throughout the entire 90-minute debate, which is set to begin at 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) contended that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3147067\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-liz-cheney-no-conservative-endorsing-radical-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the stakes are higher for Harris in this debate<\/a>, referencing how the vice president has largely avoided the press and detailing her policies. Ahead of Tuesday night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3139436\/four-campaign-strategies-harris-cnn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harris has only done one interview<\/a> as the presidential nominee, which was done late last month with her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1756910\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1756910\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron York suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s main strategy for the upcoming debate is to highlight former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal issues, aiming to provoke him. As the chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, York noted that President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign had previously tried to frame Trump as a danger to democracy, but this approach failed to resonate with many voters before Biden withdrew from the race. After Harris took over as the Democratic presidential candidate in July, she quickly shifted away from this strategy in favor of a more relaxed campaign style. <\/p>\n<p>York speculated on Fox News\u2019s The Ingraham Angle about whether she would revert back to her earlier tactics, stating it was more likely she would adopt a &#8220;prosecutor mode&#8221; and bring up Trump&#8217;s legal challenges, including his recent guilty verdict in New York. He emphasized that trying to unsettle Trump seems to be her primary focus.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records in May; however, his sentencing has been postponed twice and is now scheduled for November 26\u2014three weeks after the presidential election. York also mentioned that Harris might take on a tough prosecutor persona during the debate and indicated that her campaign had sought changes regarding microphone policies ahead of Tuesday night\u2019s event. Ultimately, they agreed on keeping muted microphones so candidates will only speak when it&#8217;s their turn.<\/p>\n<p>Kaylee McGhee White from the Washington Examiner echoed predictions that Harris would label Trump as a &#8220;convicted felon&#8221; during the debate but expressed doubts about how effective a prosecutorial approach would be given the muted microphones. This means both candidates will face similar scrutiny and must respond directly to policy questions rather than solely targeting each other.<\/p>\n<p>The debate will be hosted by ABC News with moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis and will feature only two commercial breaks throughout its 90-minute duration starting at 9 p.m. ET. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) remarked on Sunday that there are higher stakes for Harris in this debate since she has largely shunned media interactions regarding her policies; leading up to Tuesday night, she has conducted just one interview as a presidential nominee alongside her running mate Governor Tim Walz (D-MN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2339101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris-on-a-plane-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3896,4021,4158],"class_list":["post-2339100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-debate","tag-harris","tag-strategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris-on-a-plane-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}