2024-07-26 10:08:27
“Harris is a radical leftist lunatic.” (Donald Trump, US Republican presidential candidate)
“Extremists like Trump are taking America backwards.” (Vice President Kamala Harris)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, held ‘counter-campaigns’ in North Carolina and Indiana, which are considered key battleground states in this presidential election, on the 24th.
In particular, candidate Trump strengthened his offensive by raising a kind of ‘color theory’ and ‘conspiracy theory’ as Vice President Harris was closely following in various opinion polls just three days after President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race on the 21st.
Vice President Harris also countered that candidate Trump suppresses the freedom of blacks and women. NBC reported on the 24th that former President Barack Obama, who had not supported Vice President Harris, also decided to support Vice President Harris soon.
● Trump: “Harris is a Marxist”
At a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Trump called Vice President Harris a “liar.” He went on to say that Harris is “the most incompetent vice president in American history” and that she is a “lunatic leftist” who will destroy America.
He had been covering his right ear, which was grazed by a bullet, with a bandage since the shooting on the 13th, but he took off the bandage for the first time during the rally and wore only a flesh-colored bandage. The supporters who filled the rally also cheered, chanting “USA” as he attacked Vice President Harris.
Trump also criticized President Biden as a “fake progressive.” He went on to say, “Harris is a more progressive ‘Marxist district attorney’ than hard-left Senator Bernie Sanders (who advocates for a wealth tax, etc.).” He defined Vice President Harris, a prosecutor from California, a Democratic stronghold, and a mixed-race Jamaican-black-Indian, as a “socialist who must be eliminated.”
Trump also floated a conspiracy theory that “the real reason Biden dropped out of the race was because the Democratic Party’s political bosses pressured him to kick him out.” He claimed that the so-called “deep state,” an elite group of vested interests including former President Barack Obama, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Democratic Party big donors, nominated the radical Vice President Harris as the presidential candidate instead of President Biden.
Trump attacked Vice President Harris, who supports abortion rights, saying, “Harris wants abortions to be allowed in the eighth or ninth month of pregnancy. She thinks it’s okay to ‘execute’ babies before and after birth.”
Trump also criticized Vice President Harris for “never being on the border” despite her role in the Biden administration’s immigration and border policies.
● Harris, who highlighted ‘black women’, said, “Trump is taking America back”
Vice President Harris spoke at an event hosted by Zeta Phi Beta, a black college student club, in Indianapolis, Indiana on this day. Zeta Phi Beta is part of the Divine Nine, a black college student group that led the civil rights movement.
Vice President Harris graduated from Howard University, a famous black college in Washington. She also belonged to the Divine Nine, the Alpha Kappa Alpha fraternity she was active in during her time there. She has put her identity as a black woman at the forefront of her campaign, taking a stand against former President Trump.
Vice President Harris exclaimed, “When we come together, America changes. When we vote, history changes.” She appealed to progressive voters to unite, saying, “The judges Trump chose overturned the abortion rights precedent,” citing the fact that Trump appointed three conservative justices to the Supreme Court when he was in office, filling six out of nine justices on the court.
Vice President Harris also emphasized, “These extremists are trying to take us back, but we are not going back,” regarding the release of Project 2025, a blueprint for Trump’s second term, by the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation. The Hill, a political media outlet, reported that she would nominate her vice presidential candidate before the 7th of next month.
Washington = Correspondent Moon Byeong-gi [email protected]
2024-07-26 10:08:27