President Donald Trump escalated his personal insults toward Kamala Harris at a rally in Georgia Wednesday night as he faces intense scrutiny over his praise of Hitler and reports of sexual misconduct allegations.
“This woman is crazy,” the former president said at an event hosted by the far-right youth group Turning Point USA in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth. He said voters should stand up to the vice president and tell him: There was no one like you. You cannot connect two sentences. The world is laughing at us because of you. ” He also said that in a recent interview with CBS, she “gave answers that sounded like they came out of a trash can,” later adding: “She is not a smart person. She has a low IQ.”
The rally, with less than two weeks until Election Day, comes after the Guardian interviewed a former model who accused Trump of molesting her at Trump Tower in 1993 after being introduced to her by notorious sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump campaign denied the claim after it was published. Stacey Williams said the unwanted contact felt like part of a “twisted game” between the two, adding that Epstein and Trump are “really, really good friends and have worked together a lot.” “It seems like we had a great time together,” he said.
Williams’ testimony once again put the spotlight on about two dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct throughout his career. Harris is campaigning with former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, who is trying to encourage Republican women to support Democrats.
The Georgia rally also came after Harris gave a surprise speech in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday in which she denounced the former president as a “fascist” who wants “unchecked power.” Trump’s former chief of staff, retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly, told the New York Times this week that he believes Trump meets the definition of “fascist” and is “definitely an authoritarian.” he said. He also said that President Trump had repeatedly commented that “Hitler also did good things.”
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In a characteristically rambling speech, Trump continued to meander about Google (“Google treats us much better. Do you realize that? What happened to Google?”). McDonald’s (“McDonald’s was one of the most viewed things (Google) has ever offered”). Emmanuel Macron (“I stopped the war with France”). Richard Nixon (“It wasn’t great when I found out he was recording every conversation”). and the vice president’s name (“You can’t call her ‘Harris’ because no one knows who the hell you’re talking about”).
He threatened to sue CBS’s “60 Minutes,” repeating false claims that the network manipulated Harris’ interview after President Trump withdrew from a scheduled interview with the show. He repeated his threat again in a speech about an hour later.
Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also endorsed Trump in Georgia, calling Kelly a “known liar.” Trump did not address Kelly at the rally, but on Truth Social he called Kelly’s former chief of staff a “scumbag” and “a completely depraved human being.”
President Trump praised Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has been accused of undermining democratic institutions and aligning with Moscow and China, at a “faith-focused” town hall in Zebulon, Georgia, early Wednesday. did.
Asked about his religious beliefs, Trump said, “Believing in God gives you a huge advantage over people who don’t believe in God.” He went on to falsely suggest that he had withstood more investigation than notorious gangster Al Capone.
