Former President Donald Trump said he has the “right” to personally attack the vice president Kamala Harris because he doesn’t “have much respect for her”.
Speaking to reporters at a news conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday afternoon, Trump was asked if he thought his “strategy” of attacking his political opponents was working in his re-election campaign.
“I think I have a right to personal attacks,” Trump said. “I don’t have a lot of respect for [Harris]. I don’t have a lot of respect for her intelligence, and I think she’ll make a terrible president.”
“Whether the personal attacks are good or bad — I mean, she’s really attacking me personally,” the former president continued. “She actually called me ‘weird’ … it was just a sound. And she called JD.” [Vance] and I “strange”. He’s not weird.”
Harris running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Waltzwas one of the first democrats WHO began describing Republican policies as “strange” during an interview with MSBNC in late July.
This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.
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