Former Walter Mondale campaign manager and Fox News contributor, Bob Beckel, said he “would expect an October surprise” in the upcoming elections on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Five.”

“I would expect an October surprise. I’m telling you. I think I know what it is, I’m not going to say anything, I think I know what it is, but it is going to shake things up…it’s going to have to do with national security” he predicted. 

Beckel also expressed surprise that “for once the Republicans have not figured out how to screw things up with bad messages, they seem to me to be fairly disciplined.”

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