Kellyanne Conway advises GOP presidential hopefuls to praise Trump but argue “his time has passed”
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From the August 23, 2023, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DANA PERINO (CO-ANCHOR): Kellyanne, one of the things you write today at Foxnews.com is “At the first Republican debate watch for six key things. They could make Biden a one-term president." Tell us a little bit more about that. I encourage everyone to read the full piece, but your takeaways on maybe a couple of those six?
KELLYANNE CONWAY (FOX CONTRIBUTOR): Yes, first and foremost, Dana, they have to train their fire and ire on the guy who currently has the job, Joe Biden. I know it is fun to say I'm against Trump or I'm going to reach for a viral headline tonight. There's somebody who already has the job of president. He is not qualified. He is awful at the job. Two-thirds of Democrats don't want him to run again. His vice president, if you can believe it, is even less popular than he is and they are underwater on all the major issues. So the things I am looking for tonight are, number one, how will they handle the frontrunner who's not there, Donald Trump? He is hovering over, he's beating every one of them in every poll. But they have an opportunity to say, ‘Look, I really appreciated his policies. I worked with him to effectuate some of them. But I think his time has passed. He can't-out run his legal woes. I represent a change. I can beat Joe Biden.'