Democratic, Republican strategists react to Trump's Reflecting Pool speech
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[0:00] Tens of millions of Americans are
[0:01] expected to cast ballots today. State
[0:03] officials say they've already received
[0:06] about 60 million votes in early voting.
[0:09] CBS News contributors Joel Payne and
[0:11] Aaron Magguire are here with me in
[0:12] Studio 57. Joel is the chief
[0:14] communications officer for Move On and
[0:16] Aaron was the director of press
[0:18] communications for President Trump's
[0:20] 2020 campaign. Happy election day to you
[0:22] both and a warm welcome. Um, so
[0:25] President Trump gave his closing message
[0:27] at the reflecting pool yesterday. I just
[0:29] want to play a sample of that and get
[0:31] your reaction.
[0:32] >> The Democrat party has nominated the
[0:35] most extreme and dangerous
[0:37] slate of candidates in American history.
[0:39] These are the most dangerous
[0:42] candidates ever put up. There's never
[0:44] been anything like what we're seeing.
[0:46] Jihadists and uh Muslim Brotherhood
[0:50] members.
[0:53] Aaron, what do you make of not just the
[0:55] message, but the setting, some people
[0:57] finding it unusual and disconnected from
[0:59] the rest of the Republican messaging?
[1:01] >> What I would say is that could have been
[1:03] a beautiful messaging opportunity. You
[1:04] have the reflecting pool. If I had been
[1:06] the speech writer there, I would have
[1:07] been using that setting as the gravitas
[1:09] to the message. I would have been
[1:10] saying, "Look at us who is at our ba