Trump blasts Harris as ‘radical’ in first rally since Biden’s exit
Al Jazeera
Republican claims Harris is a ‘radical left lunatic’, as Biden praises VP as ‘tough’ and ‘experienced.’
Donald Trump has launched a volley of attacks casting Kamala Harris as a radical extremist, claiming his de facto opponent for the White House has been the “ultraliberal driving force” behind Joe Biden’s policies.
In his first public campaign event since Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed his vice president, Trump said that Harris would be the most left-wing occupant of the White House “times 10” if elected in November.
“If you want socialist healthcare, nation-wrecking inflation, the death of American energy, and a lying, radical left-liberal, San Francisco extremist as your commander-in-chief, then Kamala Harris is your candidate,” Trump said on Wednesday at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Trump, who repeatedly mispronounced Harris’s first name, said the vice president had been ranked the most liberal member of the US Senate and made Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, look like a moderate.
The Republican singled out Harris’s record on abortion and immigration, in particular, claiming that she was in favour of the “execution” of babies and had overseen the “deadly destruction” of the US border in her role as Biden’s diplomatic lead tasked with liaising with Central American countries.
