Trey Gowdy Urges Trump to Fire Debate Preppers After 'Land of Missed Opportunities'

Former Fox News host and South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy believes that former President Trump should fire anyone who helped him prepare for his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. Gowdy believes that the debate was a "land of missed opportunities" for Trump.

Former Fox News host and South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy believes that former President Trump should fire anyone who helped him prepare for his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Gowdy made the comments during an appearance on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures." He said that he believes the debate was a "land of missed opportunities" for Trump.

Trey Gowdy Urges Trump to Fire Debate Preppers After 'Land of Missed Opportunities'

"I think he missed an opportunity to talk about the issues that are important to the American people," Gowdy said. "He missed an opportunity to talk about the economy, he missed an opportunity to talk about national security, he missed an opportunity to talk about the Second Amendment."

Gowdy also said that he believes Trump was "too focused on attacking Harris" instead of focusing on his own message.

Trey Gowdy Urges Trump to Fire Debate Preppers After 'Land of Missed Opportunities'

"I think he would have been better served if he had just focused on his own message and his own vision for the country," Gowdy said.

Gowdy's comments come after a number of other Republicans have also criticized Trump's debate performance. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that Trump "needs to get his act together" and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said that Trump "needs to be more disciplined."

Trey Gowdy Urges Trump to Fire Debate Preppers After 'Land of Missed Opportunities'

Trump has not commented on the criticism of his debate performance.

In other news, journalist Mark Halperin accused the media of protecting Vice President Kamala Harris "at all costs" after Tuesday night's high-stakes ABC News Presidential Debate.

Halperin, a former ABC News political director, said the moderators' soft treatment of Harris' policy flip-flops was the "biggest failure of the night."

"Bigger to me, was last night was the best — and if the Harris campaign continues to hide her, maybe only chance — to get her to explain her issue position changes. That to me was the biggest failure," he said.

Halperin also criticized Trump's performance, calling it the "worst [presidential] debate performance I've ever seen."

Trump's performance was also panned by Halperin as the "worst [presidential] debate performance I've ever seen."

"Last night he demonstrated what most of us thought was the case: He's utterly unable to do it," Halperin said.

Despite what he saw as biased media coverage and a poor performance from Trump, Halperin wasn't convinced the debate would have a big impact on the polls.

"There may be movement, there may not," he said.

Fox News Digital reached out to ABC News for comment.