Plouffe: Trump Is ‘Lazy’

The Associated Press
The Associated Press

From Kristen East writing at Politico:

Donald Trump needs to stop being “lazy” if he wants to have a good general election campaign, David Plouffe says.

Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager and political strategist, spoke with Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer — also former White House officials — on their podcast “Keepin’ it 1600,” at length about Trump’s chances against Hillary Clinton in November.

Trump’s decision to give a set of remarks — with the aid of a teleprompter — earlier this week is just one example of how the candidate is lazy and unwilling to go about the traditional means of campaigning, Plouffe said.

“It’s so offensive as a practitioner,” he said. “Get on your plane and go to Ohio. It’s not that complicated … I think he’s actually quite lazy. He’s lazy.”

Read the rest of the story at Politico.

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