Jason Miller, the communications director for President Trump’s 2016 campaign, argued Monday that former Vice President Joseph R. Biden winning the Democratic Party’s nomination would be the president’s best shot at winning reelection in 2020.
“I want Joe Biden, I want Joe Biden,” Mr. Miller told the Washington Examiner’s “Behind Closed Doors” podcast.
“I want Joe Biden in the worst way,” he said.
Mr. Biden, who officially joined the crowded 2020 Democratic field Thursday, is leading the pack in most national polls, with Sen. Bernard Sanders trailing considerably behind.
Mr. Miller said Monday that Republicans shouldn’t worry about Mr. Biden winning over disenchanted white, working-class voters who backed Mr. Trump in 2016.
“The way that you need to look at it is change versus the status quo,” he said. “If Trump as the incumbent is able to be the change agent in this race, he wins. Joe Biden makes Donald Trump the youth candidate in this race. He can literally stand there and point at Joe Biden and say: ’You’ve been here for 45 years screwing this place up. I’m still trying, as me Donald Trump, I’m trying to clean up this mess that you as a career politician have made over these years.’
“Where I get more nervous as a Trump ally is [facing] someone with a complete blank slate,” he added.
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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