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What Harris and Trump Say About Each Other In an unprecedented moment in modern American history, the 2024 Republican and Democratic presidential candidates will face off in their first debate after just seven weeks of campaigning against each other. The New York Times analyzed what the two candidates have said about each other on social media from July 21, when President Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris became the front-runner to replace him as the Democratic nominee, through Sept. 6.
(For the most part, their statements on social media mirror their public comments at rallies and other events.) While both candidates attack each other, The Times found that former president Donald Trump targets Ms. Harris much more frequently, an average of more than three times per day, and his posts (on Truth Social) almost always include a personal smear.
What Harris says about Trump in personal terms Ms. Harris's posts about Mr. Trump (on X) tend not to go for the jugular.
A handful of times, she has drawn attention to his history of legal trouble, saying, for example, that she knows "Donald Trump's type" because she "took on predators, fraudsters and cheaters" as a prosecutor. She has also described him in the following ways: Aug. 22 'an unserious man' Aug.
31 'unable to comprehend anything other than service to himself' What Trump says about Harris in personal terms By contrast, Mr. Trump's attacks on Ms. Harris resemble the name-calling insults of a sexist schoolyard bully.
He frequently drops personal slights into political attacks, but he has also attacked Ms. Harris numerous times in personal terms without making any particular reference to her policies or political record. Some of these posts have touched instead on her racial identity or included generic insults referencing her authenticity or capability.
Here is how he has described her: July 22 'HORRIBLE INCOMPETENT BORDER CZAR' July 22 '"Dumb as a Rock" Kamala Harris' July...
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