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Trump rips addition of Harris to Dem ticket: 'Nobody more insulting to Biden' during primaries
President Trump weighed in on Joe Biden’s running mate pick of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Wednesday, saying there was “nobody more insulting to Biden than she was" during the Democratic primaries.
President Trump weighed in on Joe Biden’s running mate pick of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., on Wednesday, saying there was “nobody more insulting to Biden than she was" during the Democratic primaries.
“She left angry, she left mad,” Trump said during an afternoon news conference.
Harris made her mark on the presidential race during a debate in Miami in June 2019, when she called out Biden for touting his past work with segregationist senators and his opposition to school busing.
As a woman of Indian and Jamaican heritage, Harris said she took Biden’s opposition personally: "There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me," Harris said at the time.
Trump added that Harris also claimed she “believed the women” who have accused Biden of inappropriate touching and kissing over the years.
“I believe them, and I respect them being able to tell their story and having the courage to do it,” Harris told reporters in April 2019. But Trump accused Harris of suddenly changing her tune.
“Now all of a sudden she’s running to be vice president,” the president said, adding he didn't expect Biden to choose Harris.
“I was surprised he picked her because of the horrible way she talked about him, and frankly because of the way she dropped like a rock,” in the Democratic primaries, Trump continued. “Generally speaking, you don’t want to pick somebody that went down.”
Just before the president’s news conference, Biden and Harris appeared together for the first time since Biden announced Tuesday that the junior U.S. senator from California would be his running mate. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON OUR TOP STORY.
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- Pence tells 'Hannity he 'can't wait' to debate Kamala Harris.
- Richard Fowler: Biden-Harris will appeal to the emerging electorate, opening American Dream to all.
- Kamala Harris criticized by Rose McGowan for accepting past donations from Harvey Weinstein.
- Hannity claims Biden picked Harris as running mate because she's 'a favorite of the radical far-left.'
- Pence tells 'Hannity he 'can't wait' to debate Kamala Harris.
- Richard Fowler: Biden-Harris will appeal to the emerging electorate, opening American Dream to all.
- Kamala Harris criticized by Rose McGowan for accepting past donations from Harvey Weinstein.
- Hannity claims Biden picked Harris as running mate because she's 'a favorite of the radical far-left.'
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