'Obvious racism': Staunch conservative hits Trump for squandering opportunity in Ohio
A conservative pundit on Monday offered rare criticism of former President Donald Trump over repeated false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets.
CNN analyst Shermichael Singleton slammed Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, for campaign rhetoric about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio that he described as hateful and not politically savvy.
"You're making arguments that are steeped in obvious racism," Singleton said. "It turns off a whole lot of people."
Singleton argued Trump and running mate Sen. J.D. Vance missed an opportunity to use Springfield as an example of why they condemn President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' immigration policy.
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Such an argument would be more likely to appeal to independent voters in key swing states such as Pennsylvania and North Carolina who are more interested in policy than extremist language.
"You have to bring in people from the middle and we've already seen for months now that Trump is still sort of struggling with getting some of those moderate-leaning Republicans," he said.
"I'm wondering who are those voters? What type of profile do they fit in? And this type of rhetoric, does it turn them off? And I would say that it probably does."