The greatest challenge Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face is convincing Americans that they are capable of bringing the country together at a time of such division, Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker said on Sunday.
“I think both of the candidates, their challenge over the coming weeks is to show that they can do that,” Corker told NBC News’ Chuck Todd.
The Tennessee Republican, who recently removed himself from consideration to be Trump’s running mate, expects the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s campaign to make a “sincere effort” between now and the November election to demonstrate that he can heal racial divisions and unify Americans.
“My guess is the same thing will be happening in the Clinton campaign,” Corker said, adding that the current conversation in America “has been way divisional.”
“I hope that both of these candidates candidly will rise to the occasion and on this particular issue of bringing people together,” he told NBC.
Corker continued, “Millennials in our country today probably are more embracing of diversity than any generation we’ve had and it’s my hope again … that our country will focus more on unity and not division. And I hope both campaigns will take advantage of that.”
