GOP strategist: Signal Gate fizzled out

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Republican strategist Douglas Heye says ‘Signal Gate’ faded fast as it didn’t involve Trump directly or affect issues voters really care about.  #SignalGate #Trump

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00:00So the signal crisis essentially guaranteed to make the Democrats and anyone who opposes Donald

00:05Trump basically apoplectic, and yet the Democrats as a party haven't been able to make it stick.

00:11Why? Well, I think partly because this was not about Donald Trump.

00:15And there were a lot of Republicans who spoke out as well and said this was careless,

00:20this was foolish, all of which is true, but it wasn't about Trump. So that's number one.

00:25And number two, there's so much other news that really impacts everyday life for everyday Americans constantly,

00:32that while things like this were a flashpoint, because there was very little dissension within Trump world,

00:37there was some but not much, Trump was able to move past this.

00:41And voters are focused on what impacts them.

00:45And that's one of the key lessons I think Democrats are trying to grapple with,

00:48is they talked on all these issues that most voters don't really care about.

00:53So every time I would watch a college football game during the fall, let's say North Carolina versus Georgia Tech,

00:58I'm watching that game, two swing states, every commercial break, Kamala Harris cares about they, them,

01:05Donald Trump cares about you.

01:06That was a really important message for Trump. It's one of the reasons that he won.

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