There are six weeks left before Election Day, with Schmitt encouraging former President Donald Trump to “keep hammering” the vice president on the issues voters care about. The Missouri senator claimed Harris is “the most radical candidate,” citing how her political record, such as supporting “true open borders amnesty,” goes against her new policies as a presidential candidate.

“So she’s not flip-flopping, Laura. She’s just lying,” Schmitt said on Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle. “She’s got two things that she’s doing right now. One is sort of scripted stuff with the teleprompter, and the other is unintelligible word salads like we saw with Oprah Winfrey. It’s embarrassing for her. That’s why they keep her off.”

Schmitt also contended that the former president is viewed by many as “a change candidate,” which will help him due to the 2024 election being “a change election.” He also argued that Trump is doing better in this election cycle than in his first run for president in 2016.

Schmitt then said he is “not at all” surprised over Harris getting the endorsements of over 700 national security officials, arguing that “permanent Washington” wants Harris to be president while “normal Americans” want Trump back in the White House. 

Ahead of the election, a new CBS News-YouGov poll found that Harris has gained some ground on voters who view the economy as the biggest issue. Forty-seven percent of those polled said they support Harris, compared to 43% who said the same last month.

A majority of respondents in the poll, 59%, still said the economy is very or fairly bad, while 39% said the economy is very or fairly good.