Trump lingers on Biden despite pivot to ‘radical’ HarrisTrump lingers on Biden despite pivot to ‘radical’ Harris
By
David Sivak
August 5, 2024 7:00 am
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Former President Donald Trump won’t give up on taunting President Joe Biden as he tests out new lines of attack against his current opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump has joined Republicans in painting Harris as a “San Francisco radical” who failed as Biden’s “border czar.” His campaign’s first ad against Harris used the immigration crisis witnessed under Biden to call her “dangerously liberal.”
But he has simultaneously continued to incorporate material about Biden into his speeches. “He was choking like a dog,” Trump said of their debate at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday, describing Biden’s exit from the race two weeks ago as an undemocratic takeover.
“They did a coup, he just doesn’t know it,” Trump quipped in a dig at Biden’s age.
The preoccupation with Biden suggests a degree of whiplash among Republicans, who just days ago were hoping Democrats would reconsider replacing him at the top of the ticket.
Trump focused so heavily on Biden at a rally in Minnesota that the Harris campaign asked, “Does he remember who his opponent is?”
“I don’t want to waste a lot of time, because it’s over,” Trump told the crowd despite repeated jabs at Biden’s golf game and other lines from old stump speeches.
However, Trump has simultaneously begun to refine his pitch against Harris, who will become the new Democratic nominee on Monday.
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