President Donald Trump attacked Sen. Kamala Harris on Tuesday, criticizing her for past comments she made about Joe Biden and calling her his “number one pick” shortly after the California Democrat was announced as Biden’s running mate.
“I was a little surprised that he picked her,” Trump said during a press conference at the White House, adding that “she did very, very poorly in the primaries.”
Trump said Harris was “nasty” and “disrespectful” to Biden during the primary, and his campaign sent out a statement claiming Harris “called Joe Biden a racist and asked for an apology she never received,” adding that “Phony Kamala will abandon her own morals.”
Harris criticized Biden during a June 2019 primary debate for his record on bussing, but stated at the time “I do not believe you are a racist.”
Trump also focused on Harris’ position on the Senate Judiciary Committee, telling reporters that she was “nasty” during Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing.
“I won’t forget that,” Trump said.
Voters rejected Harris. They smartly spotted a phony. But not Joe Biden. He’s not that smart,” a narrator in the video says. “Slow Joe and phony Kamala. Perfect together, wrong for America.”
Harris dropped out of the Democratic primary in December, before the first nominating contests were held.
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The Trump campaign also went after Harris for being too far left, claiming that she called “for trillions of dollars in new taxes and backing Bernie Sanders’ government takeover of healthcare.”
