(NewsNation) — Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly says that despite former President Donald Trump‘s recent “unforced errors” on the campaign trail, he is a better choice than Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Donald Trump is unpredictable. He won’t let go of grudges. He’s hurting himself,” O’Reilly told “On Balance with Leland Vittert” Monday, adding, “[If] you’re going to vote for Kamala Harris, you’re going to feel pain like you’ve never felt before, and that’s my opinion.”
Recent Decision Desk HQ aggregate polling shows the pair neck and neck at 47%, just three months out from the 2024 presidential election.
O’Reilly believes Trump’s polling advantages should be higher, but his stump speech tirades are detracting from policy points.
Last week, Trump made false claims about Vice President Kamala Harris’ race and insulted ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. Days later, in Atlanta, he derailed his speech to rehash the 2020 election cycle and his claims of election fraud.
“In the state of Georgia, he should be winning by seven or eight points just because of Laken Riley … that should have been the focus of his remarks over the weekend. Not Brian Kemp and the 2020 election beef,” O’Reilly said.
Acknowledging the GOP nominee’s recent flubs, O’Reilly told NewsNation he is interested in telling the “truth about both candidates,” calling Harris a “far greater danger to the country than Donald Trump.”
O’Reilly said he does care about the potential “economic Armageddon” on the horizon under a Harris administration.
“Trump is a capitalist. He won’t mess around with that. He’ll cut taxes. He’ll get as much money in circulation by the marketplace, not the federal government, as Biden did as he can,” O’Reilly said. “Okay, so that’s how I make my determination: What’s better for the folks?”
Experience during a turbulent time is what would be best, O’Reilly claimed, adding, “Stock market meltdown. Maybe a war in the Middle East. It’s chaos, and you’re going to turn that chaos over to Kamala Harris, who has zero accomplishments at the federal level.”
Prior to Harris’ vice presidency, she was California’s attorney general and a U.S. senator.