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Trump Hits Out At Kamala Harris, Calls Her 'Lunatic'

POSTED ON July 25, 2024 •   Politics      BY Benedicta Bassey
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump/ Photo credit: CNN

Republican candidate Donald Trump has tackled the US Vice President Kamala Harris during his first ever rally since she became the de facto Democratic nominee for November's poll.

Trump called  her a “radical left lunatic” in a speech where he also claimed that Harris was in favour of the “execution” of babies due to her position on abortions.

Trump, the former president and Republican nominee said: “She is a radical left lunatic who will destroy our country.”

“We’re not going to let that happen,” he told a crowd in North Carolina, repeatedly mispronouncing Harris’s first name.

Trump’s address comes as Harris, 59, hits the campaign trail armed with President Joe Biden’s endorsement — after his historic decision over the weekend not to seek reelection.

The 78-year-old Republican had been attacking Biden over his age, but is now being forced to pivot as he has become the oldest nominee in US history.

Trump stressed that Harris was “the ultra liberal driving force behind every single Biden catastrophe.”

From dubbing her “Lyin’ Kamala” to alleging that her record on the border has allowed communities to be “ravaged by migrant crime,” he charged that “she’s unfit to lead.”

He also raised the politically explosive issue of abortion, after Harris pledged to put abortion rights at the centre of her campaign and to fight for the right to control one’s own body.

“She wants abortions in the eighth and ninth month of pregnancy. That’s fine with her, right up until birth and even after birth, the execution of a baby,” Trump claimed.

Trump alleged that the Democratic Party leaders ousted Biden in an “undemocratic” way, saying: “Now we have a new victim to defeat.”

“If we start beating her in the polls by 10 or 15 points, are they going to bring in a third candidate?” he added.

Trump accused Harris of covering up Biden’s “mental unfitness” too.

Nevertheless, Harris’s candidacy has stirred enthusiasm among Democrats after weeks of turmoil over Biden, who came under pressure after a disastrous debate performance against Trump last month.

She pointed to her work as a California prosecutor dealing with what she said were “predators” and “fraudsters” before adding: “So hear me when I say I know Donald Trump’s type.”

AFP

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