‘This is a Wake-Up Call!’ ABC’s Jon Karl Sounds Alarm on ‘Much More Radical Trump Presidency’ Following New Polling Data
ABC’s Jon Karl sounded the alarm for Democrats following a new New York Times-Sienna poll showing Trump ahead of Biden in several battleground states.
Karl joined George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America Monday morning to discuss the poll that shows President Joe Biden behind former President Donald Trump in five of six key swing states.
Karl also addressed a Washington Post report on Trump’s plans to exact revenge against his political enemies if he is reflected, saying “This would be a very radical Trump presidency, much more so than even the first one.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl. Jon, in addition to our New York Times, has a poll out this morning showing that Donald Trump is leading in five out of the six big battleground states. Now, presidents have come back in the past, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama. But this is tough news for Joe Biden.
KARL: Look, this is a wake-up call. This is frightening for not just the Biden White House, not just for Democrats, but for anybody who fears what a return to a Trump presidency would mean. He can win. The New York Times poll is not the first one to say this. He can win. It is early. And the biggest challenge for Biden is it’s not just that people have suddenly fallen in love with the idea of Trump going back to the White House. They haven’t. It’s that only 23% of the country in our poll thinks the country is on the right track.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Voters don’t seem too fazed by the fact that Donald Trump has been indicted so many times, But a conviction could make a difference.
KARL: It really could. I mean, we’ll see. But I mean, the idea of voting for somebody that’s under investigation, even somebody who’s been indicted, is one thing. Voting for voting for a convicted felon is another thing entirely.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Donald Trump already planning for another term.
KARL: I mean, it’s just incredible. I don’t think that voters have come to terms with what he is talking about doing. He is talking about a campaign of revenge and retribution. There was a fascinating story that is consistent with my reporting in The Washington Post talking about how he wants to go out and prosecute his political opponents, not just Democrats, but people that served him. John Kelly, his former chief of staff, Mattis, is former Defense Secretary Bill Barr, his former attorney general. Are voters really ready to sign up for that? He’s talking about invoking the Insurrection Act on day one, using American troops on the streets of U.S. cities, something he tried to do when he was president last time but was stopped by his own people. This would be a very radical Trump presidency, much more so than even the first one.
STEPHANOPOULOS: All fueled by a big lie about the last campaign. Yes. Karl, thanks very much for that.
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