During an election day segment, Joe Scarborough noted that Donald Trump is acting in a completely opposite way to how he did when he ran in 2016.
Scores of Democrats are scarred by the results of the election in 2016. But the American public knows a lot more about Trump than they did then. And the former President is also much different cogntively.
Trump's closing message to voters has been very dark, and he's been speaking at venues that don't look close to being full. Even worse for the Republican, Joe Scarborough says, he's doing things that will make it difficult for him to win the election.
Former GOP strategist Tim Miller contrasted the two election seasons, telling the Morning Joe panel, "In 2016 he learned a lesson, the playbook was there for him the last ten days. It was after 'Access Hollywood,' after Comey. He was still Trump, he was still advancing some noxious views, views that aren't traditional conservative views, but he was on-message-ish. It was draining the swamp, it was the border.
Scarborough followed Miller's comments by saying:
"The last ten days of that election, he showed discipline. And he got quiet, he got out of the way and let it be a referendum on Hillary Clinton. This time, he's done just the opposite... The last ten days: Execute Liz Cheney... insulting everybody, you know, 'Kamala Harris is trash.' You can go down the list."