On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” columnist Mark Shields stated the attention paid to Senator John McCain’s (R-AZ) funeral and President Trump’s response to McCain’s death is a factor in President Trump’s polling trouble.
Shields said, “I think there are two factors that contribute to Trump’s trouble. First, I think the McCain funeral and its attendant attention was just a reminder of a hero, of military service, and Donald Trump’s total tone-deafness during that entire week. I think the contrast is in people’s minds. Anybody who is a veteran, knows a veteran, has a veteran in the family, respected military service, I think had to look at it and just be — recoil from his performance.”
He added, “The second thing is, I think, quite frankly, his tweeting is wearing thin. I think it’s lost its freshness. I mean, when you tweet two dozen times about the national anthem and the NFL — he did have an ability almost to drive the political narrative. And I think that’s failed him.”
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