Happy Halloween: Democrats, in Painting an Alarming Picture of Trump, Risk Handing Him a Mandate

If Trump wins he could be expected to vow to do much of what his opponents warned he would do.

AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
President Trump in a garbage truck on October 30, 2024, at Green Bay, Wisconsin. AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Vice President Harris is ratcheting up warnings about what President Trump will do in a second term, a Halloween strategy of placing the most frightening specter of him before the American people. It’s a gamble with risks. If the former president prevails on Tuesday, expect him to claim a mandate to do much of what his opponents have been saying he will do. 

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