Did the Trump campaign botch the timing of its shakeup? Dana Perino weighs in

Here’s Dana Perino with her thoughts on the timing of the announcement on the Trump campaign’s new leadership team. In short, they botched it:

Rinse & repeat: give a decent speech on an important topic and then eight hours later announce a personnel change that will step all over it

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 17, 2016

If you give the media a choice between covering substance or process/personnel, they'll choose the latter. It's a natural response.

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 17, 2016

Let me answer my own question – because it is 2016 and nothing freaking matters!

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 17, 2016

Great point. Adding a senior aide of the female gender angle…it never ends. No one will remember his WI speech. https://t.co/laVY1d702z

— Dana Perino (@DanaPerino) August 17, 2016

And that’s exactly what the media is doing this morning — all Trump shakeup, no Trump speech in Wisconsin.

***

Related:

MAJOR shakeup this morning with the Trump campaign

What to expect going forward from Steve Bannon: ‘Heavy emphasis on nationalism and populism’

AP reports on new Paul Manafort corruption allegations