Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has defended his personal attacks against Democratic opponent Kamala Harris. “I believe I have a right to attack her personally,” Trump said at a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. “I’m very angry with her.”
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Others are also very angry with Harris because of what she is doing to the country and how she is using the justice system against opponents, said the 78-year-old. “I don’t have much respect for her intelligence, and I think she will be a terrible president.” That is why it is so important that he wins the election in November.
Harris is the Democratic presidential candidate following US President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the election campaign and is thus running against Trump in the election. The Republican regularly denigrates her as “stupid”, “crazy” and a dangerous “left-wing radical” during campaign appearances. He also recently sharply attacked Harris with regard to her origins and skin color. Harris had long campaigned exclusively on the basis of her Indian ancestry and then “suddenly became black”, Trump claimed during an appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. This caused a great stir.
Trump: I’ll do it my way
Several Republicans – including Nikki Haley, who herself ran as a presidential candidate in the party’s primaries – recently publicly advised Trump to make fewer personal attacks against Harris and to make more substantive points. Trump was asked about these statements by Haley and others at the press conference, but dismissed such advice. His campaign is going well, Trump replied. “I think we’re hitting a nerve.” This is a different kind of race. “All we have to do is call our opponent a communist or a socialist or someone who will destroy our country.”
Trump said he appreciated Haley’s advice, but added: “I have to do it my way.” Harris also attacked him personally and called him “weird.” Compared to what the other side is doing and how radical and “sick” his opponents are, he is running a “very quiet campaign,” the Republican claimed. “I mean, we’re here. There’s no shouting.”
Trump’s press conference resembled a campaign rally in many ways, with the former president beginning with a 45-minute discussion of why he thought the country would go downhill with Harris. Supporters were present and interrupted his remarks several times with cheers. Afterwards, Trump shook hands with his supporters, took selfies with them and signed autographs.
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has defended his personal attacks against Democratic opponent Kamala Harris. “I believe I have a right to attack her personally,” Trump said at a press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. “I’m very angry with her.”
Others are also very angry with Harris because of what she is doing to the country and how she is using the justice system against opponents, said the 78-year-old. “I don’t have much respect for her intelligence, and I think she will be a terrible president.” That is why it is so important that he wins the election in November.
