Former President Trump was in foul mood the past few weeks and has repeatedly called Vice President Harris a “b*tch” in private, the N.Y. Times’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan report via Axios.
Trump advisers privately concede his misogynistic language is deeply problematic, and something they worry he will unload in a public debate to his detriment. It has been noted that Steven Cheung, Trump campaign communications director, told The Times: “That is not language President Trump has used to describe Kamala, and it’s not how the campaign would characterize her.”
Trump stated about Harris on Wednesday in a phone interview with “Fox & Friends”: “I heard she’s sort of a nasty person.”
At his Mar-a-Lago news conference on Thursday, he asserted Harris is “not smart enough to do a news conference.”
Vice President Kamala Harris since launching her presidential bid has enjoyed a massive boom in fundraising, volunteer signups and rally attendance, raking in earned media as the cameras turn to the trail. It is noted that despite that mounting momentum, Harris has yet to sit for an interview or take questions from the stump since launching her campaign July 21. However, she told press pool reporters on the tarmac Thursday that she hopes to have an interview by the month’s end.
