The presidential race is "scary close" as the polls in all the battleground states are razor thin with just one month to go before the election, Rep. Adam Schiff told NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
The California Democrat said that his party is "well poised to win this thing. But it's still scary close."
He emphasized that "I can't remember a time in history when we had such a clear and dramatic choice about the direction the country would take, whether we move forward to an economy that works for everyone, with a democracy that is healthy and intact, or whether we move back to this terrible, you know, Trump American carnage."
Schiff added that "I think, faced with that prospect and that choice, Kamala Harris will win this race, and I'm very optimistic about the outcome."
In July, Schiff had pushed for Harris to replace President Joe Biden as the Democrat presidential candidate and said that he thought Harris could win "overwhelmingly" against former President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, he stood by that remark, but stated that "I think she can win overwhelmingly ... by the standards of today."
He specified that, "given how divided the country is, ‘overwhelming' may be winning by 100,000 votes or 80,000 votes in these key battleground states," adding that, "I think that's within her capacity to do."
Schiff pointed out that when he made the comments in July about Harris, he was "urging that the torch be passed to her, and it was. And I think the effect has been dramatic."
He stressed that, "young people who were disengaged are now engaged, interested, active, volunteering," but cautioned that the swing states remain exceedingly close between the two candidates.
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