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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Donald Trump to focus on Vice President Kamala Harris’ policies over personal attacks if he wants to win the election this fall.

During a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the South Carolina senator said the former president was at risk of losing the 2024 race if he continues with his insult-driven campaign.

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“President Trump can win this election,” Graham told moderator Kristen Welker. “His policies are good for America, and if you have a policy debate for president, he wins. Donald Trump the provocateur, the showman, may not win this election.”

Asked if he agreed with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who had recently called out Trump, her rival in the GOP presidential primary, for being fixated on talking about crowd size or knocking the intelligence of the Democratic presidential nominee, Graham said there were better ways to go after Harris.

“Yeah. I don’t think — I don’t look at Vice President Kamala Harris as a lunatic,” he explained. “I look at her as the most liberal person to be nominated for president in the history of the United States.”

WATCH: Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC (R) says “policy is the key to the White House,” while Donald Trump focuses on personal attacks against Kamala Harris.

“If you have a policy debate, he wins. Donald Trump the provocateur, the showman, may not win this election.” pic.twitter.com/HnKaq4nlo4

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 18, 2024

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Accusing Harris of drawing from the “Soviet Union playbook” with her stances on the economy, environment and social issues, Graham said, “I would make it about policy. A nightmare for Harris is to defend her policy choices.”

“Every day we’re not talking about her policy choices as vice president and what she would do as president is a good day for her and a bad day for us,” he added.

Offering the Republican candidate a blueprint for success, Graham said, “I’m looking for President Trump to show up in the last 80 days to define what he’ll do for our country to fix broken borders, to lower inflation.”

It may be hard to reorient Trump’s current campaign strategy, however.

During a Saturday rally near President Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Trump couldn’t help but stray from policy.

In between claims about a floundering economy, Trump said the vice president was “not a very good wordsmith” and declared that he was a “better-looking person than Kamala.”

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