President Trump’s campaign adviser Steve Cortes called out pollster Frank Luntz after he “cowardly” refused to take up his debate challenge.
The former Trump Hispanic advisory council president appeared to have had enough of the social media attacks from Luntz and struck back with an invitation to a “man-to-man debate.” Cortes followed up by noting how the Republican pollster “unsurprisingly” backed out.
Luntz, who famously predicted that his profession would be “done” if Trump defied 2020 election polling, repeatedly mocked Cortes on Twitter where he has criticized the Trump campaign’s efforts to challenge election results in several key states due to alleged voter fraud.
Declaring that the election “is over” in several recent posts, the pollster quote-tweeted Cortes and others in his attacks, accusing the campaign adviser at one point of “terrible senior advising for strategy.”
You cannot certify something that didn’t happen.
This is terrible senior advising for strategy, Steve. https://t.co/FBxwm44Stj
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 21, 2020
Cortes finally called Luntz out over the weekend, telling him that “instead of tweeting at me all the time, I have a better idea: an in-person, man-to-man debate, streamed live.”
“You name the time and place, I’ll be there. You can correct me and illuminate the voters,” he added in response to another one of Luntz’ sarcastic tweets. “Deal?”
.@FrankLuntz, instead of tweeting at me all the time, I have a better idea: an in-person, man-to-man debate, streamed live.
You name the time and place, I’ll be there. You can correct me and illuminate the voters.
Deal? pic.twitter.com/RaEJvRSrjM
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) November 22, 2020
“We can do it much quicker right here: Trump didn’t win,” the 58-year-old pundit responded. “I yield my time.”
Cortes did not let the reply go unchallenged, slamming Luntz and his “pollster/consultant class” in a scathing rebuttal.
“Unsurprisingly, @FrankLuntz cowardly declines my sincere debate offer,” he wrote.
“I’m the ‘man in the arena’ fighting for a cause while he hurls insults from the political skybox,” he added. “His pollster/consultant class represents everything working people hate about politics…”
Unsurprisingly, @FrankLuntz cowardly declines my sincere debate offer.
I’m the “man in the arena” fighting for a cause while he hurls insults from the political skybox.
His pollster/consultant class represents everything working people hate about politics…
1/4 pic.twitter.com/KupeMR5UXb
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) November 23, 2020
“Frank ingratiates himself with any Swamp power brokers, takes all sides of any issue, and personifies the ossified permanent political class…,” Cortes continued.
He added that “our America First movement challenges this crony cabal of Beltway bloviators and administrative state apparatchiks, and so they’ve resorted to myriad schemes to overthrow Trump: the Russia hoax, a sham impeachment, and, now, corrupting the 2020 election.”
…our America First movement challenges this crony cabal of Beltway bloviators and administrative state apparatchiks, and so they’ve resorted to myriad schemes to overthrow Trump: the Russia hoax, a sham impeachment, and, now, corrupting the 2020 election…
3/4
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) November 23, 2020
Cortes concluded with a stinging take on the pollster’s “fixation” with him, calling it “creepy and weird” while telling him to “shut the hell up” if he won’t man up to a real debate.
“But we fight on — as happy warriors on a patriotic mission,” Cortes wrote. “Frank, if you’re unwilling to debate man-to-man, then shut the hell up and stop tweeting at me constantly. Your fixation with me is creepy and weird.”
…But we fight on — as happy warriors on a patriotic mission. Frank, if you’re unwilling to debate man-to-man, then shut the hell up and stop tweeting at me constantly. Your fixation with me is creepy and weird. #MAGA
4/4
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) November 23, 2020
Luntz has so far not replied, but plenty of Twitter users were happy to seem him called out.
Frank is chicken!
— TR L (@2GDS2010) November 23, 2020
We love u @CortesSteve 💯💯🙏🏻
— YOUNIQUE LOOKS (@BIANCAJOYRAMJIT) November 23, 2020
The credibility of Mr Luntz was flushed down my toilet. He now lays amongst the rest of the national pollsters.
— roberto Diaz de Villegas (@robertoDiazdeV1) November 23, 2020
The credibility of Mr Luntz was flushed down my toilet. He now lays amongst the rest of the national pollsters.
— roberto Diaz de Villegas (@robertoDiazdeV1) November 23, 2020
That is a response from a guy that knows he would get owned if he did a live debate. If he thought otherwise he would love to prove a Trump supporter wrong, he just cannot. Everytime I see Frank on TV I change the channel he is nauseating. Keep up the good work Steve
— Kevin Ross (@KLRCAR) November 23, 2020
Just in case @FrankLuntz needs a refresher. pic.twitter.com/ksWqg4s5o8
— Bridget Powell (@B2coolBridget) November 23, 2020
Luntz doesn’t have much credibility left at all. I always found his assessments irksome. And is covering his poor polling ass with this Trump lost the election crap.
— Ann Marie (@AnnMari91768044) November 23, 2020
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